Defensive Guru Perry Hill Teaches How To Think 'Inside The Box'

About this episode

Mark Simon interviews Perry Hill about his approach to teaching defensive skills in baseball.

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Seattle Mariners infield coach Perry Hill for a discussion on how he's taught defensive excellence to pro baseball players for 40 years. Perry explained how he wants his players to own all the batted balls hit within their defined box, what makes Cole Young a good second baseman and what he's working on. Perry also had a fun answer when we asked him how defense comes into play in his everyday life, such as going to the supermarket. Then Mark was ...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Simon

Guest: Perry Hill

Topics covered

• defensive excellence
• baseball coaching
• infield play
• player development
• defensive strategy

Keywords

• defense
• baseball
• coaching
• Perry Hill
• Seattle Mariners
• Cole Young
• infield

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seattle Mariners

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