BACK TO BACK TO BACK AAU NATIONAL CHAMPION
TOM EMANSKI.
HONORING THE ESPN COMMERCIAL KING THAT ONCE HAD VIDEO TAPE SALES THAT RIVALED RICHARD SIMMONS INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES "SWEATIN' TO THE OLDIES"
IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT KIDS PLAYING TODAY HAVE NEVER SEEN THESE CLASSIC COMMERCIALS. IN THE 90'S ESPN PLAYED THE EMANSKI SPOT ON ROTATION OF 3 TIMES AN HOUR AROUND THE CLOCK.... FOR A DECADE.
TOM EMANSKI
is the man behind Tom Emanski Instructional Videos, a set of nine video tapes which lay out the fundamental techniques of baseball. The videos, sometimes referred to as "The Nine Commandments," have taught millions of youths worldwide how to play the sport of baseball and the commercial for this video has been running for nearly 18 years. Many viewers have memorized Emanski's commercial by heart, albeit unintentionally. Emanski is a former major league baseball associate scout and youth coach.
The Emanski videos are best known for their frequent and long-running commercials on ESPN and during Major League Baseball games. Featured in the commercials is former Major League Baseball star Fred McGriff. Fred McGriff met Emanski at age 18 when he was still in the minor leagues playing Winter Ball in Puerto Rico. Emanski videotaped McGriff's swing and offered to slow it down and analyze it
In 1991, Emanski prepared to release his first videos and filmed a short endorsement clip in Chicago with McGriff, who was then with the San Diego Padres. [1] The commercial advertising Emanski's nine videos has been aired continually and relatively unchanged despite McGriff's multiple team-changes. Because of their frequent showings, Emanski's name has become synonymous with the fundamentals of baseball.
Emanski developed a "building block" approach to improve the fundamentals of hitting, running, and fielding. He tested his techniques on students at Baseball World, a youth baseball school inFern Park, Florida. His teams found success winning back-to-back-to-back Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national youth championships in three divisions: 12 and under (1990), 13 and under/under '90 (1991), and 11 and under (1992). [2] Emanski also coached the 1996 Junior Pan American team to two wins against Cuba and the gold medal. [3]
The frequent commercial airings have made the Emanski Videos widely known in the sports viewing world, and the instructional tapes have become fodder for sports analysts who wish to reference a lack of fundamental play in professional baseball players. source Wikipedia.
WE BELIEVE CAL RIPKEN JR.'s CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK WILL BE BROKE BEFORE ANY COACH EVER CHALLENGES EMANSKI'S IMPROBABLE RUN AT 3 AAU CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW.
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