Welcome to the second issue of the JUGS Sports, 2023, 4 Bagger Online Newsletter.

The 4 Bagger newsletters have always featured a who's who of college coaches, Hall of Famers and USA Olympiads—writing and providing instructive videos. These articles can be found at https://jugssports.com/pages/coaches-corner.html#advice-from-the-pros.

• Instructional videos can also be found at our YouTube channel. With over 251 videos, 1,823 subscribers and over 1,500,096 views to date, we encourage you and your players to watch and hopefully get the most out of your practice and our equipment.

Our #1 goal, as always, is to bring you the latest in cutting edge coaching tips, strategic advice, instructional videos, motivational tools and JUGS product information. We are very interested in your feedback and we'd love to hear from you.

Please email me at stevec@jugssports.com with any suggestions you may have to help make the 4 Bagger bigger and better this year. 

Steve Candello,

Director of Marketing, JUGS Sports

Know Where You Are via The Measured Lead Off

In baseball as in life, it is important to know where we are. Global Positioning System (GPS) devices have been developed to help us know our location; however, when taking a primary lead off first base most base runners have no idea where they are.

Reading the Defense

I love aggressive softball. The players love aggressive softball. The spectators love aggressive softball. So, let’s be aggressive in all aspects of the game. I loved to bunt, steal, hit and run, and more when the chance was given to us.

Working With a Pitcher’s Mechanics  

The first time that a person picks up something to throw, it is just something that they do naturally. They watch others throw, and they copy what they’ve noticed about the throwing motion. Usually, they are trying to hit something with whatever they have picked up. Early for me...

Laura Berg practices the Push Bunt using the JUGS Lite-Flite Machine

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A baseball legend, Jack Dunn retired from coaching after his 20th season as head coach at Portland State University and his 39th year of coaching baseball. He never had a losing season at PSU, compiling 630 wins. His lengthy career also included 19 years at Portland high schools Cleveland (14 years) and Wilson (5 years).



The "Mentor" has also been published in numerous coaching magazines and, in 1972, received the Rollie Truitt Award for his contribution to baseball. In 1998, he received The Oregonian's Distinguished Sports Career Award and, in 1999, he was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. In 2009 Jack was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame.