BachTalk

Season 4 Episode 17 is out with Anthony Gomez. Anthony is currently the Director of Player Development at PRP (Passion, Resilience, Process) located in Noblesville, IN. Anthony played college baseball at Vincennes and Ball State University. He played one season at Vincennes and two years at Ball State. Anthony talks about actually being cut from Ball State his senior and how he didn't maximize his overall training. Anthony talks about his beginnings at PRP and how he adapted into the coach he currently is. Anthony goes onto explain PRP's overall philosophy on pitching development and how today's player development is looking at overall mound presence development. He explains why PRP has their pitchers practice on the mound almost everyday and the overall throwing progression of pitchers. Anthony has a wide knowledge of biomechanics of throwing combining with Strength & Conditioning and overall human movement has allowed him to become one of the best overall performance coaches in the Midwest. Please join me in listening to Anthony!!

Timestamps:

• Background 1:50
• Munster HS 3:10
• Vincennes University 4:00
• Ball State 5:30
• 3 biggest things at the beginning that you learned 14:30
• How this facility became one of the Midwest pitching development centers 22:45
• Starting the summer program? 27:30
• Explain the overall logical reason behind this 31:00
• More emphasis towards lower half at PRP? 36:00
• Custom programs at PRP, how do you pump athletes in and out of the facility 40:00
• Future of player development? 53:00

Season 4 Episode 16 is out with Garrison Roy. Garrison has a very extensive background working for the Florida baseball ranch, Cressy Sports Performance, and Tread Athletics. Garrison graduated and played baseball at Winston-Salem State University while studying Kinesiology and Exercise Science.

During this episode, Garrison goes in-depth explaining what exactly is a performance coach. There has been a lot of confusion about what exactly is a performance coach. Garrison talks about the four main areas involved in a performance coach (Strength and Conditioning, PT, Nutrition, Sport specific knowledge).

I personally have been interested in how coaches eval their athletes. Garrison and I go in-depth towards his over process evaluating an athlete and how it incorporates to their specific sport. Garrison talks about his overall opinion on biomechanics and how specifically they help and athlete.

Garrison has a wide knowledge of Nutrition, Strength & Conditioning, Biomechanics, Anatomy. Garrison truly is the future of overall player performance and is showing how people need to look at overall training and the detail that it truly takes.

Season 4 Episode 15 is out with "Stretch Talk'. What exactly is "Stretch Talk"? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks, you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates.

This week's stretch talk is about "Keys to having a successful podcast". I go indepth taking about what it takes to start a podcast and how to successfully grow it. Everyone has podcasts today but many of them don't last more than a year. In order to keep yor podcast successful, you need to find something you are interested in while putting high quality content.

Topics include:

• Why did I start a podcast
• What is my overall goal
• What do you need to start a podcast
• What does it take to have a successful podcast
• Make it a brand

Season 4 Episode 14 is out with Josh Elleman. Josh is the owner of Elite/Elleman Strength & Conditioning based out of Cincinnati, OH. Josh specializes in overall baseball development in the Athletic Training and Strength & Conditioning.

Before starting Elite/Elleman Strength & Conditioning, Josh worked in the Boston Red Sox minor system (Pawtucket Red Sox) as an assistant athletic trainer. After working in professional baseball, Josh went onto working with Beacon Orthopedics as an athletic trainer and also working with the prestigious Midland summer baseball program. Josh also spent time at Miami Ohio University working with Men's baseball and Women's tennis teams.

Josh and I go into detail about his overall process of taking an 8th grader into an elite athlete by their senior year of high school. This process is ultimately custom built but the overall progressions and adaptations are similar for most athletes.

Josh has a ton of knowledge about how to properly train an athlete coming from an Athletic Training background and also using this background to become a successful strength & conditioning coach to be the best of both worlds. Please join me in listening to Josh and all of the knowledge he has to offer!

Season 4 Episode 13 is out with "Stretch Talk'. What exactly is "Stretch Talk"? If you have played high school or college sports know you that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks, you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with you teammates. This week's stretch talk is about "what if Im a second string and I'm not playing. I have been in this situation before and I know it can be hard. This is a time in someone's career where they can use it to their advantage or bitch/complain about why you aren't playing. In order to get out of this situation you need to evaluate yourself and your surroundings.

Topics include:

- Be honest with yourself

- Gather all of the information from your coach face to face

- Get your own development program

- Practice isn't practice

- Pre-Game as a second string

- What you should be doing during games

I wanted to share this information to everyone because I know how hard it can be to work all offseason and then sit the bench. It can be a hard time and there is no guidance on how to be successful in this situation. These overall topics will put you in the best situation possible to be able to play baseball as a starter. Just relax and keep working hard!!

Season 4 Episode 12 is out with Cristian Perez. Cristian is currently working for the Cincinnati Reds as a Major League Advance Scouting Coach. Cristian works as being a hybrid between the front office and on-field player development. Before working with the Cincinnati Reds, Cristian attended and played college baseball at Duke University and the University of Southern California.

After college, Cristian worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks as a Baseball Ops Intern. He goes into detail about his experience working with an organization and how he was able to work with many different departments to learn the overall process.

After working the Diamondbacks, Cristian got a job with the Commissioner's office as a Fellow working with International Baseball Operations. Cristian talks about the overall interview process and how in-depth it really can be. He explains the Commissioner's office isn't exactly about how much you know but how well you can fit in the overall organization.

Cristian has one of the most interesting jobs in baseball working with on-field development and the baseball ops department. On field development he worked with catcher development. He also caught bullpens, helped with pitchers pre game, and through BP. On the baseball ops side, he worked with analytics writing reports on the pitchers and catchers side for upcoming series.

Cristian has a wide arrange of skills from his background at Duke and USC, to Baseball Ops, and the Commissioner's office. Its no luck that Cristian has one of the most interesting jobs in baseball. Please join me in listening to Cristian and his overall experiences working in professional baseball.

Season 4 Episode 12 is out with Cristian Perez. Cristian is currently working for the Cincinnati Redds as a Major League Advance Scouting Coach. Cristian works as being a hybrid between the front office and on-field player development.  Before working with the Cincinnati Reds, Cristian attended and played college baseball at Duke University and the University of Southern California.

After college, Cristian worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks as a Baseball Ops Intern. He goes into detail about his experience working with an organization and how he was able to work with many different departments to learn the overall process.

After working the Diamondbacks, Cristian got a job with the Commissioner’s office as a Fellow working with International Baseball Operations.  Cristian talks about the overall interview process and how in-depth it really can be. He explains the Commissioner’s office isn’t exactly about how much you know but how well you can fit in the overall organization.

Cristian has one of the most interesting jobs in baseball working with on-field development and the baseball ops department. On field development he worked with catcher development. He also caught bullpens, helped with pitchers pre game, and through BP. On the baseball ops side, he worked with analytics writing reports on the pitchers and catchers side for upcoming series.

Cristian has a wide arrange of skills from his background at Duke and USC, to Baseball Ops, and the Commissioner’s office. Its no luck that Cristian has one of the most interesting jobs in baseball. Please join me in listening to Cristian and his overall experiences working in professional baseball.

 

 

Season 4 Episode 11 is out with "Stretch Talk". What is exactly is "Stretch Talk"? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates.

Topics include:

• Where to start with a high school team
• Types of technology
• What does a staff consist of
• How to implement technologies with players
• In game technology

Season 4 Episode 10 is out with Andrew Bidochka. Andrew is the owner of Evolve baseball training, a remote strength & conditioning approached training company. Andrew started his company in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic while baseball seasons were getting cancelled, and players were looking for coaching.

Andrew decided in order to get his name out he started reaching out to players on Instagram offer free remote training to get his name out. Month by month, Andrew started adding new clients and now he currently has over 150 clients that he is training remotely.

Andrew has found a market for athletes that do not have to break the bank for remote training but get an overall progressive training program. Evolve Baseball continues to grow at a rapid pace and I am looking forward to what the company looks like at the end of 2022.

Topics include:

- Online evaluation

- Type of progression

- In Season vs. Off Season training

- Nutrition onboarding for athletes

Season 4 Episode 9 is out with "Stretch Talk". This week I sat down with my good friend Corey Arnold. Corey is currently a coach with Canes Baseball based out of Dayton, OH. What is exactly is "Stretch Talk"? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates.

Topics include:

• Coaching/Recruiting 2022
• What it takes to have a successful college season
• Specialization of Athletes
• Talk MLB Lockout
• Minor Leagues 2022
• Best FA Signing So Far/Future
• What Player Could Benefit Most From Roids?
• Favorite 2022 Draft Prospects (College/HS)