PART 2 of the Deven Morgan interview is here! 

In this episode, we continue the conversation with emotional validation for youth athletes. One of the best topics we reached was the binary outcome of a game. The win and the loss need to be explained to the athlete. Kids are at a biological disadvantage because their brain is not fully formed, so they're not able to evaluate abstract thought. 

When we as coaches give only validation for wins and losses it puts an immediate impression on the player. We need to rethink what really matters. Is box score the ultimate tool for development guidance? 

Deven disagrees, it only gives you a map of the game. It doesn't show the hustle plays, leadership moments, or even scorching line drives that were caught. 

We need to rethink everything. 

00:00-03:13 Introduction and Recap of Part 1 

03:14-11:58 Emotional Intelligence, validation, and the youth athlete 

11:58-20:57 Blending baseball data, skills of scale, progress, gamification, and emotional development 

20:58-30:56 What is the goal because if you throw a rock you could probably hit a travel team

30:57-45:54 Throwing, weighted baseballs, gaining VELOCITY 🔥🔥

45:55-48:50 Closing Statments 

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In this episode, we have Deven Morgan of Driveline Academy. Driveline is a baseball firm based out of the Pacific Northwest with an appetite for research. We speak with Deven about youth baseball, how he thinks about the player, and where the future of training will be. 

This is a two-part series! 

In the first conversation, we learn about Deven's background, how he has approached his own son's development, and how we need to optimize for velocity.  

Deven is the Director of Youth Baseball at Driveline. 

00:00-00:54 Introduction 

00:55-09:50 The Original Days of Driveline For Deven Morgan 

09:51-32:30 Development Starts With Testing and Validating With Numbers 

32:31- Narratives Matter!

46:32-47:13 Part 2 Coming Soon! 

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Three topics and we're out! In this new episode concept, we tackle three topics that are on our minds from the daily news and our social media feeds. We will be tackling topics that are surrounding areas of interest like sports, business, people, community, and culture. 

In this episode, we find ourselves in a Twitter storm with player rankings, a coach acting like he's a major league manager, and the future of teaching. 

02:11-15:20 Youth Player Rankings 

15:21-20:55 Youth Coach Goes Bonkers on Umpire 

20:58-36:14 Virtual Coaching 

Aspen Institute Project Play Stats: https://www.aspenprojectplay.org/youth-sports-facts/participation-rates

Spiker's Tweet: https://twitter.com/SpikerHelms/status/1462462931237486599?s=20

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Multi-sport athletes are near and dear to our hearts.- We loved Friday nights and hearing the crowd echo the basketball gym, but are the dual-sport athletes becoming extinct! So much so, we were three-sport athletes in high school.? 

We pull up a tweet from one of our fellow contemporaries to dive into the topic.

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Dave and Spike sit down to talk about the things people want. We want to have good health, save time, reduce effort, more comfort, gain praise, feel more loved, and increase status outside of financial freedom. These aspects play into our decisions and help us become better and move forward in our lives. 

BUT, can it blind us and cause us to make an impulse decision we will regret?

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The probabilities of making it into the league are not on the side of the weak-minded. In this episode, we speak with Matt Adams and Rafael Lopez. The two Major Leaguers share their stories. You will be pleasantly surprised with how and which Matt Adams made it to Major League baseball. You'll also have a deeper appreciation for developing the ability to adapt.

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"REJECTED!" The pleasant sound of TIM KITZROW of NBA JAM rings through my ears. As a defender, you love it, but as the three point shooter from long range you hate it. 

Even though this is a video game there's a direct correlation from getting swatted down by 24x24 pixels in the shape of Shaq and getting  cut from a tryout.

It sucks. 

In this episode, Dave and I talk about not making teams. We also speak on players that have rejected us and went to other teams. This episode is all about getting the palm to the face and feeling like sand paper is rubbing up against your skin. 

How do you feel about rejection? What's your way of developing your thick skin?

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