Brother Smalls joins Rob Crews on the Transcending Sport Podcast to discuss his journey and how life philosophy intersects with sport and how we all cope as humans. This is a good one yall. Brother Smalls is the host of the YouTube show, "Kicking It With Brother Smalls".

Mental Skills Coach Jennifer Dudziec joins Rob Crews to break down the mental game and strategies to help players, coaches & parents re-think their approach.

Coach Jennifer's passion, energy, and perspective is what makes her a different type of mental skills coach and I was so fired up after this conversation.

4D Motions's Jim Beadle joins Rob Crews on this episode of the Transcending Sport Podcast. The two go in on the power of 3D Motion Capture, the importance of the kinematic sequence & how it affects power & batspeed as well as key metrics & how they translate to performance for pitchers & hitters.

In episode 60, Master Pitching Coach, Rick Pauly, joins the podcast for part 2 of our discussion.

Some of the topics:

*Travel ball pitchers transitioning to college softball

*Homerun hitting and pitches down the middle

*Spine stability in hitters and pitchers -why it's so important

*Rob breaks down Vertical Bat Angle (VBA) and what that metric means for him and his hitters

*What happened in the super regionals

*Rob and Rick give their WCWS picks and why

*Why the transfer portal makes the sport of softball so much more interesting

*The ACC conference and parody in the college game

Does a riseball really rise? How important is deceleration in the movement sequence? What comes first velo, control or spin? Rick Pauly joins Rob Crews to dive deep into pitching and what drives velocity, the present and future of technology. Rick also explains why sequencing is important. The two also discuss the hitter's decision-window and why tunneling and late movement are important. Rob Crews and Rick Pauly also consult 4D Motion, a sports technology company that focuses on 3D Motion capture. The two discuss in depth how they use it to assess tboth hitters and pitchers. 

Kerri Foster joins Rob Crews to discuss pitching ideas, the increase in homeruns, mental health in athletes, and she shares her spiritual perspective in self-esteem and sports performance. Kerri also shares her take on the pressures of sports and coping strategies.