EPISODE #39

PART 1: We’ll discuss recommendations that will help coaches more efficiently build rapport with players.

PART 2: We’re going to run an operating system update on your bunting paradigm.

PART 3: You great listeners get a sneak peak as I’m going to share with you part of the 80/20 BASEBALL DRILL MASTERY guide.

PART 1: This part is an add-on bonus to episode #37 when we discussed the ‘FEWER PITCHES, BETTER PITCHERS’ strategy, or as I like to call it, the ‘Yu Darvish Effect’. All pitching coaches and pitchers need to hear this. Don’t get caught chasing the shiny object.

PART 2: A WINNING APPROACH TO FAILURE. We discuss exactly how coaches should handle the failure of their players. This specified approach will add wins while also facilitating a much better team culture.

Episode #37

A breakdown of 5 aspects related to the “Shorter Arm-Path” trend, evolving within the pitching community, and how pitchers/coaches can optimize the pitcher’s arm-path.

Plus, we discuss the “Yu Darvish Effect” and how it negatively affects many pitchers.

In episode #36, we discuss specific strategies that’ll give coaches a winning game plan when it comes to getting the most out of the tryout process.

In this episode, we discuss exactly how to make batting practice much more productive, and in part two of the episode, we discuss exactly what your players can do to slow down the opponent’s running game.

PART 1: We discuss how conventional batting practice has been flawed for so many years and why great batting practices avoid this outdated BP format.

PART 2A: We discuss weighted-ball training, and we breakdown a recent article, written extremely well by Mike Reinold, that had some interesting findings when it came to studying weighted-ball programs.

PART 2B: The 6 questions that must be asked of every study we come across to gauge the validity of the results.

(And I apologize for the audio on this episode as it’s a bit off during the second half of the episode)

PART 1: We discuss some great books for young players to read at the beginning of the season.

PART 2: We discuss what the optimal amount of coaching is, and how it is often situation dependent.

PART 3: We discuss the huge value of gamification and the various ways this plays out while training/practicing.

EPISODE #32

 

PART 1: I have a recommendation for you that is super-quick to implement and can speed up the dead-time between pitches while also improving the accuracy of ‘sign’ exchanges.  We also discuss why speeding up the pace of play while maintaining authenticity is very important to the future of baseball.

 

PART 2: We discuss exactly how to best balance your approach and actions when coaching your team.

 

PART 3: We discuss the 2 MOST COMMON MISTAKES teams & players make at the beginning of their throwing routine/throwing program.

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EPISODE #31

 

Coach Colter Bostick of Maximized Baseball joins us on episode #31, as he and I break down the topic of “Focus” and the major influence that “Focus” has on player success, coaching success, and life success.

 

Follow Colter on Twitter @maximized_bsb

 

 

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EPISODE #30

 

PART 1:  We start off by discussing one of the newest ‘player development’ related books that recently hit the stores, I mean Amazon, a few months ago. I’ll share my specific take on it, and then I will share with you, as objectively as a I can, whether or not I recommend you read it. 

 

PART 2:  Secondly, I’ll share with you the key moves to establish effective and efficient baseball player ‘conditioning’, and what I say may surprise some of you.

 

PART 3:  Lastly, we will talk about how to accurately judge/assess hitters, and we get into why most offensive stats are distractions from the most useful statistics. We’ll breakdown how we can see through the clutter and more accurately assess a players offensive contribution to the total number of runs produced. 

 

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