Better Men, Better Ballplayers

86 - Chris Joyner: Auburn University S&C


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Bio

  • Current Auburn S&C coach Baseball (August 2018 - Present, 4th season)
  • 16 years in pro ball
  • Major League S&C Coordinator for Toronto Blue Jays 2014-2017.
  • Major League S&C Coordinator for Brewers 2007-2010
  • Minor League S&C coordinator for Toronto Blue Jays from 2003-2006 working with more than 150 players in the system including Roy Halladay.
  • Has worked with some big time big leaugers like Roy Halladay, Trevor Hoffman, Jose Bautista, and Josh Donaldson.
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    Notes

    • Run your own ship - need to be able to make adjustment on your own because coaches will not always be around
  • Scouts asking S&C what a player is like!
  • Journaling each week and reflecting on the week
    • Sleep, final exam before the start, program, drink enough?
  • All about Developing trust 
  • Listening to the players
  • Know players you have the best interest at heart
    • Push when they need pushed
  • Let them rest when they need to rest
  • Create athlete profiles
    • Movement assessment 
  • Force plate
  • Range of motion
  • Baseline test
  • FMS
  • What is the development from the day they stepped in?
  • Movement is the foundation, and whatever is on top of it will fall
  • You have to have a baseline of movement
  • Explode, load, and drive - 
  • Track average velo and peak velo
  • What does that profile look like?
  • Recognize red flags
  • Earn the right to load up
  • Weight Room where they can just train and be a safe place
  • All about patterning (hinge, push, pull , carry)
  • Menu of options of the patterns (uppers, lowers, total body,)
  • Give them an arm throwing program working with the PC with weightlifting on a calendar. Try to detail as much as possible
  • Adapt to skill work, scrimmage, 
  • Treat it like spring training - hit the most important patterns
  • Starters get them on their routine
  • Relievers treated like position players - 2 days in season or 4 days in off season
  • Always encourage recovery
  • Be as consistent as you can on workout days
  • In season - be on a routine, be consistent,
  • Giving them ownership of a program based on how their body performs, what they like and how it works for them (individualize)
  • Master the simple things
  • Surveys at the end of fall to get feedback from players on all areas what they like and do not like
  • Incoming guys take summer school and it helps tremendously to get used to routine, campus, coaches and their style.
  • Not stretching the cold rubber band - lacrosse ball, thera gun, foam roller
  • How do I prepare? I’m fixing to go do some work, so attack it in your pre work
  • Philosophy - prepare, work, recovery, repeat
  • In season we are more “recovery specialist”
    • Foam roller
  • Cold tub
  • Hot tub
  • Recovery boots
  • Lacrosse ball
  • Same movement pattern but different phase of the pattern (load, explode, drive)
  • How does their top velo and average velo correlate to show when guys can go back to back and how to program him the days before and after appearance
  • What is going on with your body weight?
  • The numbers are telling me you just need to rest and recover
  • squat , hinge, push, pull, carry
  • What movements are they doing on the field
    • Work on them!
  • What the fundamental patterns are - it just doesn’t look right and you address those
    • Make time for it in practice - body weight, pushups, balance, stretch
  • For us it is movement!! If you are not moving right, work on it
  • Heart rate ranges based on who they were (for conditioning)
  • Different conditioning for different guys based on their development
  • Its not a one size fits all
  • Conditioning is about work capacity and does not have to be just running
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