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In this week's episode, Denny talks to Harper Lebel about life in the NFL and life as a dad coaching his own kids. It’s another great episode full of laughs and life lessons on "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett!

Coach Denny Barrett

Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond! 

Harper LeBel Stats
*Drafted by the Chiefs in ‘85.  
*11 years in the N.F.L with  Seattle, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore.  
*Currently Color analyst for Georgia State 
*On- air host for Atlanta Sports Radio 92.9 The Game.  

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond! This week Denny goes deep into High School Sports with Notre Dame Athletic Director Alec Moss. What’s it take to be a high school athlete? What’s it take to be a Collegiate athlete? Alec and Denny answer these questions and more on Episode #27 of “Swing Hard.”

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond! Episode #26 continues the "Swing Hard"  series on coaching decisions and getting into the mind of the coach. In the previous episodes Denny talked about what happens before the game, during the game and now Denny and Theresa talk about the post game speech. You won’t want to miss it! 

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond! Episode #25 continues the "Swing Hard"  series on coaching decisions and getting into the mind of the coach. This week’s episode is all about hitting and base running.  How does Denny come up with his signs? What the heck is an indicator? Find out this and more when you take this journey into the “offensive” mind of Coach Barrett. You won’t want to miss it! 

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond!  Episode #24 continues the "Swing Hard"  series on coaching decisions and getting into the mind of the coach. This week’s episode is all about how to prepare your defense. What does Coach Denny say to a pitcher on the mound? How does he set his defensive lineups? Find out this and more when you take this journey into the defensive mind of Coach Barrett. You won’t want to miss it! 

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond!  This week we are starting a new series on coaching decisions and getting into the mind of the coach. This week’s episode is all about preparing for the game. Get into the mind of Coach Barrett as he puts together the lineup and sets player positions for the day. You won’t want to miss it! 

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond!  On this week’s “Swing Hard” Podcast Denny talks to performance coach Darin Reisman.  Mental health is such a huge part of the current sports world and Darin and Denny break it down.  This is a show you don’t want to miss. 

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond!  This week, Denny talks to LA’s own and World Series champ Coco Crisp about his 15 years in the Big League. Plus, Denny recalls how Coco was one of his biggest nightmares when coaching against him at Pierce College. You don’t want to miss this episode of “Swing Hard!” It's fun, informative and always entertaining. 

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond!  Episode #20 is a good one! Denny talks to 710 ESPN’s Travis Rodgers. Denny and Travis discuss the Lakers, Rams and of course, the Dodgers! Plus, Travis shares his college baseball story and how his son is following in his footsteps. It’s fun, it’s informative, it’s Swing Hard with Denny Barrett.

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett

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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond! On episode 19, Denny goes deep into the world of strength and conditioning with Notre Dame’s Nick Garcia. Nick will let you know when the best time for your child to workout plus, what kind of workouts should he or she be doing. Plus, Nick admits he’s a Giants fan and it doesn’t go over well with Denny. 

"Swing Hard in case you hit it!" Denny Barrett