Coaching Confidential

Coaching Confidential

By Lou Bernardi & George CarrollSportsBaseball
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Coaching Confidential episodes

  • "Quality at Bats" With Steve Springer

    In this episode,  Coach Lou and Coach George sat down with the QUAB master himself, Steve Springer.  Springer played in the Big Leagues for the Cleveland Indians and the New York Mets.  He is the former mental performance hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays and currently works with players in the California area.  He runs his website Qualityatbats.com and does national speaking events around the country .  He is one of the best mental hitting coaches in the world and  will "get the mind right".  "I didn't start on my high school team, got cut from my college team, and played in the big leagues"-Steve Springer

    33 min
  • "Quality at Bats" With Steve Springer

    In this episode,  Coach Lou and Coach George sat down with the QUAB master himself, Steve Springer.  Springer played in the Big Leagues for the Cleveland Indians and the New York Mets.  He is the former mental performance hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays and currently works with players in the California area.  He runs his website Qualityatbats.com and does national speaking events around the country .  He is one of the best mental hitting coaches in the world and  will "get the mind right".  "I didn't start on my high school team, got cut from my college team, and played in the big leagues"-Steve Springer

    33 min
  • "Identifying hitters weaknesses"- With Brady North

    In this episode, Coach Lou and Coach George sat down with Brady North.  Brady is a Hitting Coach in the Tampa Rays Organization who dives into some import stats on hitting such as WOBA.  We talked about how to evaluate hitters and how to help them make adjustments in practice.  

    27 min
  • "Clutch performers and the playoffs"

    In this episode, Coach Lou and Coach George take three questions from the audience about playoff baseball.  The talk about what it takes to be a clutch performer, how to manage a bullpen, and what it takes to achieve the ultimate goal of a championship.

    28 min
  • "Building a winning team" with Travis Hafner
    In this episode, Coach Lou and Coach George sat down with Travis Hafner.  Travis is a 11 year MLB veteran that played for with the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and the New York Yankees.  He is currently a scout for the Cleveland Indians and coaches his kids travel ball teams in his spare time.  We talked about creating a roster, what coaches look for in a player, the infamous "Pronk Bar", and much more.
    33 min
  • "Audience questions; Travel ball & more"

    In this episode, Coach Lou and Coach George take 3 questions from the audience.  They discuss what would be more difficult over the course of a full season, 20 wins as a pitcher or 50 homers as a hitter.  What's the difference between command and control? What's more valuable for my kids development, keeping him on the local little league team or going right into travel baseball?  

    27 min
  • "Building the player coach relationship" with Alex Nikolic
    In this episode, Coach Lou and Coach George sat down with Alex Nikolic.  Coach Nikolic is an Assistant coach at Queens College (DII) and a former Manager in the Hamptons Summer Collegiate League. We discussed how to build a relationship with your players and how that relationship carries on beyond baseball.  He gives some do's and don'ts while sharing his own experiences.
    33 min
  • "Creating Chaos while being discipline on the bases"

    In this Episode, Coach Lou and Coach George dive deep into baserunning.  They discuss different types of leads at each base, what it means to have an aggressive mind set, and what it means to create chaos on the bases while being discipline in your decision making.  They also have a heated debate on the difference between the "Contact Play" and "Going on Contact" when on third base with the infield in.    

    51 min
  • "Know your Role"

    In this episode, Coach Lou and Coach George dive into the responsibilities of a coaching staff. They give you insight on each coaches role on a staff, they give advice on how to manage your club, and they have some tips on how to be 2 steps ahead of your opponent.  

    32 min

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An inside look on Coaching at the Collegiate and Minor league levels. You’ll get first hand information from different perspectives on topics not commonly discussed in the game of baseball. Coach Lou…