Entering his 13th year in the Cleveland Indians Organization, and his second year on the Major League Staff. Justin spend the first 7 years as a minor league player reaching AAA, and the past 6 years as a coach. He was a hitting coach from 2016-'19 and Spent 2020 in his current role as the Major League hitting analyst. Justin Attended/played collegiately at the University of Iowa. Spent a week in the American Association before he was fortunate enough to sign with the Indians as a non drafted FA. He just finished a masters program in Performance Psychology this past March.

 

On the show dive into the art of coaching, facilitating a learning environment, blending intuition and science, simplifying analytics, and of course, psychology.

 

Time Stamps

2:00- What does a hitting analyst do?

6:00- Filtering Information

9:45- Advanced Reports

16:50- Evaluating new players

20:00- Communication

23:32- Teaching and its role in coaching

30:40- Blending the art of coaching with science/data

37- Facilitating learning environments

43- Mastery vs Performance goals

47:20- Giving Better Feedback

50- Focal Points, Routines and breathing

56:00- Quick Hitters

 

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