ABOUT US
Jessie Grissom Oviedo, FL
Jessie is a Central Florida Native who graduated from Hagerty High School in Oviedo, FL. During those Four years, Jessie Contributed to the varsity team as a defensive utility Player. The team earned an 88-7 record and later competed to become a division 8A State Champion runner-up. Jessie was awarded the Trailblazer Award and was nominated as Team captain for both her travel-ball team and in a separate season of Highschool ball. She batted an average of .414 with a slugging percentage of .677 which earned her a scholarship to continue playing at the Collegiate level with the St. Johns River State Vikings.
Jessie was recruited as a shortstop but developed and started at multiple positions including 3rd base and Center field. During the years playing for the Vikings her stats were recorded as: .418 batting average, .559 on base percentage and a .784 slugging percentage. Since her last game as a student athlete in 2017, Jessie has pursued her passion for the game through Coaching. Since graduation she has focused her attention to sharing her knowledge and passion for the game through 1-on-1 training, running camps & clinics as well as coaching travel ball. The Lady Vikings have GOne onto win the College world series for their division on 2024
Jessie Hangs her hat on providing performance optimization in Hitting, Feilding, Vision tracking optimization and Player Intrapersonal skill development, for any player at any level of play. She uses her Knowledge in Primitive reflexes as well as Motor preference training to create long term results as players move through the levels of the game as well as their individual stages of life. Jessie has developed an approach to her swing theory that has proven to increase Exit velocity, Adjustability, and Quality at bats while Decreasing strikeouts, pop-flies and groundouts, increasing a player’s overall confidence. Additionally, Jessie helps players understand game strategy and helps them develop into exceptional teammates by boasting a positive attitude and reinforcing with work ethic. This has shown to improve player focus and diligence both on and off the field.
“keep integrity and your work ethic intact… an honorable character is your best calling card and that is something anyone can have!”
-Kathy Ireland
Text or call: 321-663-0030
Email: Jessie@builttobarrel.com
Jgriss18@gmail.com
Instagram: @Coach_JessieGrissom
Twitter: @Jessie_GrissomL
Built to Barrel is a lifestyle.
Our mission is to build community, acceptance and culture through softball and baseball. Whatever your Athletes goals are we can sureley help them, at any age or stage in life.
Yes, we offer slowpitch lessons.
Perform as your body wants to!
It's easier, more efficient and safer!
What are the benefits for athletes?
The profiling of motor preferences make it possible to emphasize the physical capacities and natural qualities of an athlete (called motor profile) and to limit training that is far from the athlete's spontaneous qualities (called opposite motor profile or shadow zone) in order to limit the risks of regressing by inhibiting the athlete's natural qualities, which would result in a loss of self-confidence and an increased risk of injury.
How motor preferences work ?
The human brain is lateralized and has dominant areas that are used extensively to the detriment of other less used areas that are opposite to them. The use of the dominant brain areas will be natural while its opposite will require more effort.
For example, for a right-handed person, writing with the right hand will be natural, easy and fluid, whereas writing with the left hand will be much more difficult, anarchic and will require concentration.
Exercise to better understand: quickly cross your arms several times. You will notice that it is always the same arm that is positioned in front.
Now cross your arms again quickly, but this time try to reverse the arm that is in front.
Have you noticed that this change requires effort and is not natural. This is exactly what happens when you use your motor profile with completely natural movements or when you use your opposite profile which generates more difficulty and therefore more energy expenditure.
what is motor preference?
