In this episode Donegal Fergus, Shawn Sclechter, and Steven Rosen discuss hitting mechanics for players, coaches, parents, administrators, and other personnel. This episode is geared toward the 13-and-under age group.

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Donegal Fergus, Minnesota Twins Minor League Hitting Coordinator
In 2020 Donegal Fergus begins his first season with the Twins, and his first in a coaching role with a major league club. He spent the last 19 seasons as a college coach, including an associated head coach role in 2019 at UC Santa Barbara. In 2019, the UCSB Gauchos led the Big West Conference with a .296 batting average and .878 OPS, while setting school records with 45 wins against DI opponents, 13 All-Conference performers, and five selections in the first eight rounds of the First-Year Player Draft. Fergus spent the 2014-18 seasons as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Washington. He previously served as head coach at Lower Columbia College (Longview, WA), assistant at Seattle University (2011-12), head coach at Tacoma (WA) Community College (2006-10), and assistant at Lower Columbia (2001-05). Fergus played collegiately at Linfield College in McMinnville, OR, where he graduated in 2000.

Shawn Schlechter, Gulf Coast League Twins (Twins Rookie League) Hitting Coach
Shawn Schlechter joins the Twins organization for his first professional coaching assignment in 2020. He spent the past eight years at North Iowa Community College in Mason City, first as a player and then as a coach. During his six-year tenure working with NIACC hitters, four of his players went on to be picked in the First-Year Player Draft.

Steven Rosen, Dominican Summer League Twins Hitting Coach