THE 8020BASEBALL PODCAST by Coach Bo

What's THE 8020BASEBALL PODCAST about?

The 80/20 Baseball Masterclass is a fast-paced, weekly podcast, designed to provide busy youth coaches with an efficient path to mastering the key aspects of coaching youth baseball, making it much easier for you to be a great coach.

You will learn proven/vetted strategies to help you run high-quality practices that improve all the key baseball skills. You’ll learn how to build a training environment that includes both high-quality training reps at scale, and also a great team culture that includes praise, hustle, rules, and respect. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8020baseball/support

What's THE 8020BASEBALL PODCAST about?

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THE 8020BASEBALL PODCAST episodes:

#234 - HOW DIFFICULT SHOULD OUR DRILLS BE?

#233 - PART 2 OF OUR GREAT INTERVIEW WITH COACH ADAM SARANCIK.

#232 - KEY BATTING PRACTICE INFO FOR HITTERS & COACH ADAM SARANCIK JOINS US (PART 1)

#231 - TEAM RULES PROGRESSION | GRADING YOUTH AT-BATS | A MESSAGE FOR STRUGGLING YOUTH HITTERS | & MORE

#230 - THE UPS AND DOWNS OF COACHING | THE HURLEY COACHING TREE | MAKING USE OF STATS | FINDING THE PERFECT VIDEO ANGLE.

#229 - ASSESSING YOUTH PITCHING & HITTING COACHES | BAUER'S SLIDE-STEPS | TOP X-COACHING POSTS

#228 - A MENTAL GAME TIP FOR COACHES, AND THE FINAL PART OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH COACH GOR IN WHICH NICK SHARES THE PROS AND CONS OF PRIVATE LESSONS.

#227 - UPSTREAM COACHING VS. DOWNSTREAM COACHING, AND PART 2 OF COACH GOR'S INTERVIEW IN WHICH NICK SHARES HIS TAKE ON THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF PRACTICE.

#226 - A TEAMMATE-TO-TEAMMATE STRATEGY USED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, & PT. 1 OF OUR INTERVIEW w/ COACH GOR IN WHICH WE TALK ABOUT KEYS TO YOUTH HITTING.

#225 - GOOD TEAM CULTURES: FROM CHICK-FIL-A TO THE TEXAS RANGERS, AND WIN OR LEARN: A BETTER PARADIGM FOR YOUTH BASEBALL COACHING.

#224 - SETTING UP TEAM GOALS, LEARNING FROM THE BRAVES, TOP 5 COACHING POSTS OF THE MONTH, & MORE.

#223 - COPYING SHOTANI, HELPING PLAYERS SET PRODUCTIVE PRESEASON GOALS, & MORE.

#222 - WE DISCUSS MAKING THE GAMES MORE FUN, BETTER WATER BREAK SOPs, EFFECTIVELY MIXING OLDER/YOUNGER PLAYERS, AND MORE w/ KEVIN WOODARD.

#221 - HELP IS EVERYWHERE & HERE'S HOW TO LEVERAGE IT, PLUS PART 1 OF OUR INTERVIEW w/ COACH WOODARD.

#220 - COACHING GEAR ESSENTIALS, MOUND HEIGHT, OUT-OF-LINE OPPONENTS, & MORE.

#219 - 4 KEYS TO REDUCING ARM INJURIES, A COACH THAT TURNED AROUND HIS TEAM USING THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE, & MORE.

#218 - HITTER HOT ZONES, PRACTICE AWARDS, & MOTIVATING A LOSING TEAM.

#217 - TOP COACHING TWEETS OF THE MONTH, THE BIG GAME, & MORE.

#216 - THE FINAL PART OF OUR INTERVIEW w/ AUTHOR & COACH JP NERBUN: BUILDING GREAT TEAM CULTURES & PARENT BUY-IN.

#215 - PART 2 OF OUR INTERVIEW w/ AUTHOR & COACH JP NERBUN: BUILDING GREAT TEAM CULTURES & PARENT BUY-IN.

#214 - INTERVIEW w/ AUTHOR & COACH JP NERBUN: BUILDING GREAT TEAM CULTURES & PARENT BUY-IN.

#213 - OVERCORRECTING, SYMPTOMS VS. ROOT ISSUES, PLAYER & PARENT SURVEYS.

#212 - SHOTANI, LEYLAND, DEAN SMITH, BAT SAFETY, & 5 OF THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES COACHES MAKE.

#211 - THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES YOUTH COACHES MAKE (Part 3), HOW TO DEAL WITH LOSING BIG, HALL-OF-FAME WINNING PERCENTAGE, GOOD PARENT VS. BAD PARENT.

#210 - THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES YOUTH COACHES MAKE & HOW TO AVOID MAKING THEM: PRACTICE MANAGEMENT & PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

#209 - AVOIDING THE TOP YOUTH COACHING MISTAKES - PART 1 OF OUR 5 PART SERIES.

#208 - WE DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST TRY HARD TO AVOID AS WE GO INTO A SEASON, AND WE ALSO BREAK DOWN 3 SURPRISING COMPLAINTS JOHN WOODEN'S PLAYERS HAD ABOUT HIM.

#207 - LEARNING HOW TO PLAY BETTER BASEBALL FROM THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPS, A MUST-DO MOVE AFTER EVERY GAME, AND MORE.

#206 - LEARNING FROM THE WORLD SERIES, AVOIDING COMMON 1B MISTAKES, BASEBALL ABSOLUTES, A TEAM TALK TIP, AND MORE

#205 - HOW LONG OF A BREAK SHOULD PLAYERS TAKE FROM THE GAME EACH YEAR? ALSO, WE DISCUSS HOW TO SERVE UP A DISCIPLINE SANDWICH THAT IS EASIER FOR PLAYERS TO DIGEST, PLUS MORE.

#204 - WE DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE BASEBALL BURNOUT RATE OF OUR KIDS & THE TOP 5 COACHING TWEETS OF THE MONTH.

#203 - COACH ADAM SARANCIK INTERVIEW PART 3: TEACHING SKILL DEVELOPMENT

#202 - PART 2 OF OUR GREAT INTERVIEW W/ COACH ADAM SARANCIK, AND MUCH MORE!

#201 - IS COACHING "SITUATIONAL HITTING" WORTH THE TIME AT THE YOUTH LEVEL? PLUS, PART 1 OF A FANTASTIC INTERVIEW W/ COACH ADAM SARANCIK IN WHICH HE SHARES 10+ ACTIONABLE TIPS.

#200 - A STRATEGY FOR GETTING PARENTS TO BE MORE POSITIVE AND HELPFUL, PLUS A SOLID TEAM CULTURE IMPROVEMENT TIP, AND MORE.

#199 - LEARNING FROM COACH DEION, A GREG MADDUX PITCHING TIP, & SHOULD YOUTH PITCHERS PITCH FROM THE WIND-UP, THE STRETCH, OR BOTH, PLUS MORE.

#198 - IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS A TEAM CULTURE T-SHIRT TIP, SOME JOE MADDON COACHING STRATEGIES, THE TOP 5 COACHING TWEETS/POSTS OF THE MONTH, AND MORE.

#197 - WE DISCUSS A STRATEGY THAT WILL SPEED UP THE LEARNING CURVE FOR OUR PLAYERS, AND WE HAVE A BOOK RECOMMENDATION THAT IS A PERFECT FIT FOR THE 8020BASEBALL COMMUNITY.

#196 - LESSONS & TIPS FROM A SOLID YOUTH BASEBALL COACH THAT RECENTLY FINISHED HIS 5TH SEASON.

#195 - 4 TIPS TO HELP COACHES GET PARENTS ON BOARD, AND PART 1 OF OUR INTERVIEW W/ COACH DAVID PYROOZ.

#194 - 5 THINGS WE SHOULD LOOK TO COACH FIRST WITH OUR YOUTH HITTERS.

#193 - A TIP TO HELP US COACHES GET BETTER PLAYER BUY-IN ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT SO SHINY, AND OUR TOP 5 COACHING TWEETS OF THE MONTH.

#192 - PART 2 OF OUR INTERVIEW W/ MIKE HOFIUS, AND WE ALSO DISCUSS WHAT WE MUST DO FIRST IF WE WANT PLAYERS TO BE GREAT LEADERS.

#191 - 3 TIPS FOR BASEBALL PARENTS/COACHES, & PART 1 OF A GREAT YOUTH BASEBALL CENTERED INTERVIEW WITH MIKE HOFIUS.

#190 - DON'T MAKE THIS COACHING/PARENTING MISTAKE THAT I MADE JUST THE OTHER DAY, AND WE ALSO DISCUSS A PLACE WHERE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT OUR YOUTH ATHLETES TO GO.

#189 - HOW TO BEST PRAISE PLAYERS, 6 SPECIFIC THINGS LUIS ARRAEZ DOES TO BE A GREAT HITTER, & GOOD NEWS FOR NEW COACHES.

#188 - WE DISCUSS 3 MAIN REASONS KIDS QUIT YOUTH SPORTS, & MORE.

#187 - WE DISCUSS WHAT MAKES LUIS ARRÁEZ SUCH A GOOD HITTER, PLUS 2 NEW TIPS FOR BETTER COACHING TALKS.

#186 - 2 TIPS FOR DEALING WITH OBNOXIOUS COACHES IN YOUR LEAGUE/AREA, SUPER HELPFUL COACHING WISDOM FROM "POP", & 3 KEY COACHING METHODS THAT THE LEGENDARY BOB HURLEY SR. USED WITH HIS TEAMS.

#185 - OUR #1 COACHING SIDEKICK, WHICH IS OFTEN UNDER-APPRECIATED AND WHY COACHES SHOULD LEVERAGE IT MORE TO SPEED UP PLAYER IMPROVEMENT. PLUS, HOW THE RANGER'S NEW TEAM CULTURE HELPS THEM WIN MORE.

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