Baserunning! A topic that is not talked about enough but is so crucial to having a successful offense.

No better way to talk about baserunning than bring on one of the best at teaching it in the game, Matt Talarico.

Matt is currently the baserunning coordinator and MiLB Hitting Coach for the New York Yankees.

In this episode, he talks about coaches who influenced him early on, how he became obsessed with baserunning, and some tips to help players steal more bags!

• Credits parents for allowing him to be creative
• Coaching at the University of Dayton and Wright State University
• The aha moment as a coach
• Go to a college that fits you well.
• Derek Woodley and Matt Roberts were two of the coaches that made the biggest impact on Matt.
• "They both cared so much about you as a person". The amount of effort that he put in every day was inspiring, kept every practice plan, planned for practice every day.
•  Getting excited about changing baseball through baserunning.
• Where did the fascination about baserunning come from?
• Not trying to make every player steal 60 bags.
• Mike Roberts played an instrumental role in helping Matt learn the art of stealing bases.

Check out Matt's website Stealbases.com

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