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  • Not Your Grandfather's Country Music Station -the Continuing Evolution Of Country Music Radio

     Having worked in music radio, most of that at Country music radio stations, for the past 35 years, I recently stopped to reflect on the evolution of Country music that I’ve seen and way Country music radio has reacted.As with everything, Country music and radio aren’t as straightforward or simple as they once were. When I first started playing Country in Eugene, Oregon in 1971 the raging discussion was the emergence in some markets of a “Country-politan” format distinctly different from the traditional Country format that everybody else was playing.More

  • Obstacles to Learning to Play the Guitar

     The guitar has played a major role in shaping Western culture for more than 100 years. The emergence of the legendary “bluesmen”, the singing cowboys, and later the early rock and roll stars of the 1950s all contributed music that helped shape the 20th and now 21st centuries.That the guitar has played such a pivotal roll has meant that everyone has been influenced by that instrument in one way or another.More

  • Tips On Running A Baseball Tryout

     If you need a tryout format for your league, All-Stars, or for an individual team, here are some good guidelines that are flexible and give coaches a good idea of the players' abilities.Make sure you run them. Whatever distances your bases are, make sure they run a dash from home to first and a dash from home to second.More

  • A Plan to Succeed

     If it's so easy to coach youth baseball and do it well, why do you see so many poor coaches? In my years as a player and as a coach, I can tell you that my opinion of poor coaching can be simply boiled down to: A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND A LACK OF PREPARATION! Simply stated...More

  • Successful Hitters Always Have a Plan!

     Here are some thoughts on the above topic from a buddy of mine. The guy’s name is Steve Springer.“If baseball is 90% mental, why do we work on it less than 10% of the time?More

  • Real Players Hit With Wood

     Let me say this up front… I do not like aluminum bats . . .More

  • Teaching Your Boy the Game!

     For those who “coach your son” (or those players who are coached by Dear Old Dad), lend me your ears. Here are some quick and easy thoughts to answer the common problems that surround coaching your own kid.1st & Foremost Help him become the best player that He wants to be.More

  • Why Hitting a Small Ball Leads to Big Results

     In all of sports hitting a round ball with a rounded bat is said to be toughest thing to do. It might be true, it might not, but I can tell you that the difference in Major League Baseball between $2 million per year and pumping gas at a Texaco station could be as little as 30 more hits a year. So, it sure is not easy!More

  • How To Choose a Pitching Machine

     Before we start, let me just add one thought on how I believe ballplayers are made.FIRST… you must learn the proper mechanics!SECOND… you do it over and over and over again!More

  • So You're The New Coach

     So you’re the new coach. Ok, now what?Coaching a team sure seemed like a good idea, maybe even easy…until you started thinking and getting into it deeper.More