Better Men, Better Ballplayers

131 Anthony Renz - Concordia College & Fargo Moorhead Redhawks

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Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Anthony Renz Concordia College

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    BIO

    • HC at Concordia College (MN)
      • AC since 2018
  • Acting HC 2022 
  • 2022 Conference tournament
  • 2023 Conference tournament and win
  • Most hits
  • Most conference players
  • Bench Coach & Hitting Coach with Fargo-Moorhead
    • MLB Partner league (Pioneer, Frontier, American Assoc, Atlantic)
  • American Association champions (1st A.A title since merging)
  • Former AC and GA Shippensburg University (2016-2018) 
    • Regional 2017
  • PSAC tournament 2018
  • 4 guys played pro ball during time at Ship
  • Indy ball grinder!
    • Las Vegas Train Robbers
  • Evansville Otters
  • Fargo-Moorhead

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    NOTES

    • Powerful tool of Twitter
  • Recruiting world at your fingertips
  • Form good relationships 
  • Show I was a good coach and gain trust
  • Work youth baseball camps to grind and learn
  • Off season was CAMPS!
  • The grind makes you better!
  • Make sure the players know it is there program
  • Player driven. Coaches put up guard rails
  • Players win game, coaches lose them
  • The guys after college are set up for success
  • For 4 years we want you to feel like you are involved in the world series
  • Our togetherness is second to none
    • Town ball, playing more together
  • Cobber baseball family
  • Be with a group of guys you can lose with**
  • Team building days
    • Community events
  • Supporting other athletic events
  • Bus rides - Florida trips
  • They should want to come to practice as long as the environment is good
  • Winning helps the experience
  • What can you do to make practice fun?
  • Pick teams - compete more
  • Balance of fun and intensity
  • Conditioning mix of games
  • Practice matters
  • Everyday is a tryout
  • You got to perform - playing hard is given and at end of day you need to perform
  • Elimination in the cage - one pitch, in or out
  • Create competition with the skills set in mind
  • Reward BP “Dinger club”
  • Hit the ball hard determines who you are
    • Line drives - right above the L screen
  • Gaps/HR - knock down the batter eye
  • Group BP based on skill set or lineup
  • Technology helps make live AB more realistic results, provide clarity
  • Technology turns up the focus
  • Train for higher EV
    • Hit a ton of machine
  • Weighted bat work
  • Hit plyo
  • Barrel control
    • Throw two balls and always hit low ball
  • Reward batting practice or out of cage if you don’t accomplish task (put a value on each swing)
  • 2 strikes
    • Unpredictable of 2K pitch needs to be trained with working on getting your barrel to the ball
  • Manage your work - know your body
  • Those who hit often, often hit
  • Stick to what you believe in and stay consistent. Don’t over react with small sample size.
  • Be where your feet are
  • All in right here
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