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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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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.


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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.


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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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Episode #020: Josh breaks down 5 steps to increasing velocity.


Timestamps:
(1:50) Raise your benchmark
(4:45) Gain weight and muscle
(10:35) High intensity throwing
(18:15) Weight lifting
(26:40) Take time off from playing 


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Episode #019: Jared and Josh break down pitch grips for Zack Wheeler and Yu Darvish.


Timestamps:
(0:00) Intro
(2:10) Darvish fastball
(6:48) Wheeler fastball
(10:20) Darvish sinker
(15:00) Wheeler sinker
(17:15) Darvish cutter/slider
(20:50) Wheeler cutter
(26:00) Darvish sweeper
(29:10) Wheeler sweeper
(32:10) Darvish curveball
(35:05) Wheeler curveball
(37:50) Darvish splitter
(46:05) Wheeler splitter


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Episode #018: Jared and Josh dive into 6 strategies to improve command.


Timestamps:

(1:45) How your mindset impacts command
(19:40) Using differential balls
(28:55) Facing live hitters
(35:35) Adding athletic throws
(46:05) Maximize pitch usage to throw more strikes
(50:25) Throwing to small targets


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Episode #017: Jared and Josh do an in-depth breakdown of 2 MLB pitchers: Shota Imanaga and Tanner Houck.

Timestamps:

(1:15) Shota Imanaga intro
(3:55) Imanaga fastball cues and characteristics
(11:45) Tanner Houck pitch usage
(19:30) Why Imanaga's fastball is so good
(26:15) How Houck has improved the movement of his pitches
(38:55) Imanaga's splitter
(44:50) Houck mechanical changes


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