Mozingo Baseball

Bill Miller, owner of Bill Miller Training and author of "Swing Fast: A Guide to Rotational Power Development" and "Throw Fast: A Guide to Developing Throwing Power" joins the show to talk Force-Velocity Profiling! We dive into why this is so important for baseball players to unlock their power potential!

Guest for this episode is Michael Richards, owner of Elite Athletic Performance in Benton, Arkansas. This episode is all about youth development. Topics discussed include: attacking the lowest hanging fruit, building the motor first, why throwing a baseball isn't always the best option, why mechanics talk is overrated, why travel ball works and why it doesn't, teaching the hip hinge, and how to overcome the fear of failure mindset! Follow Michael on Twitter: @EAPerformance_

Daniel Rollins is the current head baseball coach at Paul D Camp Community College! He played his high school baseball at Middlesex High School and then went on to play at Randolph-Macon College. Since his time at Randolph-Macon, Daniel has coached at nearly every level of the college game and spent some time as a scout in professional baseball!!

Lorenzo "Peanut" Bundy is a former professional player and is currently the Manager of the Winston-Salem Dash in the Chicago White Sox organization. He attended Essex High School, where he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. He went to James Madison University (funny story on that in the show) and signed with the Texas Rangers. He went on to play 8 seasons of professional baseball and has been a coach in professional baseball for the last 30+ years!! Peanut shares his story of growing up playing in a small town, how he ended up at JMU, getting drafted out of high school, and the disappointment of not getting drafted out of college.....but he managed to have success in professional baseball anyway!!!

Lorenzo "Peanut" Bundy is a former professional player and is currently the Manager of the Winston-Salem Dash in the Chicago White Sox organization. He attended Essex High School, where he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. He went to James Madison University (funny story on that in the show) and signed with the Texas Rangers. He went on to play 8 seasons of professional baseball and has been a coach in professional baseball for the last 30+ years!! Peanut shares his story of growing up playing in a small town, how he ended up at JMU, getting drafted out of high school, and the disappointment of not getting drafted out of college.....but he managed to have success in professional baseball anyway!!!

Lorenzo "Peanut" Bundy is a former professional player and is currently the Manager of the Winston-Salem Dash in the Chicago White Sox organization. He attended Essex High School, where he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. He went to James Madison University (funny story on that in the show) and signed with the Texas Rangers. He went on to play 8 seasons of professional baseball and has been a coach in professional baseball for the last 30+ years!! Peanut shares his story of growing up playing in a small town, how he ended up at JMU, getting drafted out of high school, and the disappointment of not getting drafted out of college.....but he managed to have success in professional baseball anyway!!!

In this episode, I share the story of the day I was released and the last game I ever pitched in. I also talk about trying to figure out my identity without being a baseball player.

Reggie Johnson is a former Pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. Reggie attended Essex High School and went on to play baseball at Division 3, Hampden-Sydney College. He went on to become 7th all-time in career strikeouts at Hampden-Sydney and became just the 3rd player in program history to play for an MLB organization. In this episode, he talks about being a multi-sport athlete growing up, what the recruiting process was like, fulfilling a promise to his grandmother, being selected to the All-Star game in his first full professional season, and more!!!

In this episode, we're digging up a story from my past! In April of 2006, 2 months prior to the MLB Draft, I broke my pitching thumb mid-game and threw a CG! I'll also talk about details leading up to that game, including what "I'm from Missouri" had to do with pushing me that year and what impacts the injuries had.

Zak was a 9th round pick by the Texas Rangers in the 2019 MLB Draft. In this episode, Zak talks about overcoming adversity. From setting the bench on his Little League All-Star team, to not making his High School Varsity Team, to dealing with life as a VMI Keydet, and how it all helped him reach his goal of playing professional baseball!!! Keep up with Zak's career at: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kent--000zak