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Episode #030: Jared sits down with pitcher, Jackson Hicks.

Jackson shares his unique story of not playing college baseball, but still ultimately playing in the Minnesota Twins organization.

He had no college offers out of high school, so he decided to go to University of North Carolina as a student. He ended up joining the club baseball team and pitched for the next 4 years.

After college he decided to go to a couple independent league tryouts and ultimatelly landed in the United Shore Professional Baseball League in Michigan.

It was out of that league the Minnesota Twins would sign him.


He is now a free agent currently rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery.


Jackson shares every bump and bruise along the way that has led him to where he is today.


His story is an inspiration to young players that haven't devleoped into the player they want to be yet.


Jackson is an example of what hard work and perseverance can do.


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Episode #029: Jared breaks down his performance evaluation process and specifically walks through Bobby Miller's (Dodgers) struggles this season.


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Episode #028: Josh sits down with mental performance coach, Austin Merrill.

Austin is the founder of Genesis Performance Consulting. He takes a unique approach to improving mental performance through mental models. This goes beyond traditional sports psychology frameworks.

Austin worked in the Atlanta Braves organization prior to starting his own company.

You can checkout Austin's website here.


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Episode #027: Jared walks through how to create a player development plan (from scratch) for pitchers.

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Episode #026: Jared and Josh sit down with the one and only Alan Jaeger.

Alan has over 30 years of experience coaching baseball players.

He is well known for his long toss protocols and mental game strategies. 

In this episode, we dive deeply into long toss. The benefits, the dangers of not doing it, what long toss actually is, and much more.

We also discuss the injury epidemic and velo chasing.

Alan dives into how he became interested in the mental game over 30 years ago. He talks through the importance of mediation, focusing on the now, and falling in the love with the process.


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You can also checkout all of his resources on his website here.


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Episode #025: Jared sits down with his good friend, Brendan Miller.

Brendan is a neurscience researcher who does deep dives into pitching analytics as a hobby.

He is an obssessive Cubs fan, who also does a podcast with CHGO Cubs, weekly.

In this episode, Jared and Brendan discuss 3 Cubs pitchers:

Justin Steele
Porter Hodge
Javier Assad

They dive deep into their arsenals, what makes them unique, and areas they potentially could improve.


You can follow Brendan on Twitter (X) here.


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Episode #024: Josh breaks down the 3 steps he took to getting recruited by D1 schools.


Timestamps:
(3:30) Step 1: Training for Velocity
(12:30) Step 2: Self-Improvement
(17:50) Step 3: Distribution and Showcasing


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Episode #023: Josh sits down with RHP, Albertus Barber. Albertus walks through his journey from throwing upper 80 to the upper 90's with motivating stories along the way.


You can follow Albertus on Twitter here.


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Episode #022: Jared tells his full story as a baseball player and a coach. From high school, all the way to where he is today.


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Episode #021: Jared and Josh discuss high velocity pitching mechanics.


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