Yes. It’s true that we were all impacted by covid in some way this year. But I’ll be honest, if you scrolled my twitter feed this summer & fall, you’d never know there was anything going on. But for the organization that today’s guest runs, that couldn’t be further from reality. Joe Ellison, the relatively new GM of the Ontario Blue Jays, tells us how being north of the border essentially shut them down for almost a year. When I say “shut down”, I mean zero games for the better part of a year. 

https://www.playinschool.com/ellison

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This week’s call finds us in Augusta, Georgia with Roger Wilkinson, founder of Scoutz USA. At the very beginning of the covid lockdown I said that we’d begin to hear 3 phrases over & over again… JUCO, Reclass & Gap Year. We’ll, Roger has figured out an absolutely tremendous solution for prospects looking to take a gap year. He actually set up his academy prior to covid but I suspect that he’ll see tremendous growth over the next few years.

I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk.

https://www.playinschool.com/wilkinson

Today we’re headed out to Cincinnati, Ohio to talk with Jay Basil, founder of the Cincy Flames. It was quite a treat to get to talk with Jay. He’s been involved with youth baseball longer than most of my listeners have been alive. And he’s been running elite events for over 20 years already. It was great conversation listening to comparisons between what travel ball was like 25 years ago vs today.

https://www.playinschool.com/basil

This week's guest joins us from Lexington, South Carolina. Corey Warner runs Bodyshop Baseball & P27 Academy. We’ll get into what P27 stands for. This is yet another episode in my ongoing research of academies. We’ll learn what Corey thinks makes academies such a better option for serious players than traditional travel ball.

I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk.

https://www.playinschool.com/warner

Marty Davis from 643 Sports recently featured me on his podcast. It was a fun conversation focusing on recruiting and specifically how Play In School helps travel ball organizations & prospects.

https://www.playinschool.com/davis

https://www.playinschool.com/lippert

https://www.playinschool.com/goodrich

Today's conversation features Ryan Serena of Rogue Baseball Performance which is located just outside of Denver, Colorado. We discuss a very important topic in today's environment. Contingency plans.

I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk.

https://www.playinschool.com/serena

Today we head to St Louis, by way of Miami, to talk to Joe Lopez of the Gators Baseball Academy. If you're thinking about growing your organization this episode is for you. When Joe joined GBA they were doing great. Since he joined on, with his leadership, they have 7 X'd the size of their club! We'll discus how they did that as well as some thoughts on how to navigate in the time of coronavirus.

I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk.

https://www.playinschool.com/lopez