Upper Hand Podcast

Shawn McLaws and Michael Millay have dedicated their lives to training and the game of soccer, leading them to found Myriad Soccer Academy in the last few months. Shawn and Michael both have Major League Soccer experience, and are committed to the idea of pushing athletes to their highest level, helping each player work toward their individual dreams. See what these two have to say about getting a Soccer Academy off the ground and building a family oriented soccer brand focused on starting a soccer community.

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Ronnie Elliot is the founder of RCE Skills Academy, a fundamentals based sports academy. Coach Ronnie is a graduate of Duke University, where he was a 4 year letterman and 2-year Team Captain of the Football Team. Heralded as one of the top trainers in the Southeast, Coach Ronnie has earned a reputation for developing players through fundamentals, hard work and discipline. Coach Ronnie was the 1998 Junior Olympic Gold Medalist. As a trainer he has worked with Basketball and Football players on every level.

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Cory Childs founded Frog Lacrosse in 2014 to start a program that focused on training and teaching the game of lacrosse. Prior to starting Frog, Cory was the director of True Minnesota Lacrosse, and the founder of Minnesota Frost Lacrosse in 2007. Cory’s playing career included Prior Lake high school where he was Captain of the team and MVP for three years. From there Cory moved on to play NCAA D3 lacrosse at Trine University and Carthage College.

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Bryce Biel has a long history with the game of football and was named All Conference, All Area, and All State Honorable Mention while attending Geneva High School. He continued his football career at Elmhurst College -- Eventually joining the coaching staff as an Assistant Coach at Elmhurst, where he also assisted with the Strength and Conditioning program. Upon graduating from Elmhurst College, Bryce became an interim Strength & Conditioning Coach at Northwestern University. Bryce is now the owner and operator at Legacy Sports Performance, since November 2014.

This sports podcast is brought to you by Upper Hand, the industry leading sports management software provider: www.getupperhand.com

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Coach Bart and Coach Sheets from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) join the Upper Hand Sports Podcast to talk about their 11 years of coaching experience, as well as their current positions in the ABCA National Office. Learn about the upcoming ABCA convention here in Indianapolis and what your sports organization has to gain from this year’s convention and showcase. More than 6,000 baseball coaches and 330 exhibiting companies are expected for the 2018 Convention and Sheets and Bart share how you can make the most of this networking and educational event for baseball coaches.

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Melvin Anderson, CEO & Coach at Maximum Impact Training, shares expertise on using speed & agility training as a base for young athletes. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Melvin is the founder of MIT and Track Minnesota Elite Club Team and has dedicated the past 20 years coaching and developing hundreds of youth. Also known as the “Doctor of Form”, he is considered one of the best running form teachers in the country. Melvin is also the proud father of three division 1 student-athletes.

This sports podcast is brought to you by Upper Hand, the industry leading sports management software provider: www.getupperhand.com

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Alexz Smith is the owner and Club Director at Matchbox Recreation Center. Alexz has coached club volleyball for the last 10 years, most recently serving as the head coach of the 18s division at NESD Volleyball Club. In addition to club coaching experience, Alexz has coached 6 seasons of high school volleyball including a four-year tenure on the Northwestern High School coaching staff. Alexz specializes working with front-row players focusing on attacking, blocking, and offensive strategies and is currently working on building her own facility that will open in 2018!

This sports podcast is brought to you by Upper Hand, the industry leading sports management software provider: www.getupperhand.com

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Upper Hand is joined by LA Goalkeeping Academy owner Michael Magid on his 17 years of experience in goalkeeper training and goalkeeper coaching. He works hard at being a student of the game as well, constantly making his own skills more advanced. His education has stemmed from some of the world’s greatest goalkeeper specialists. Prior to LA Goalkeeping Academy, Michael was the goalkeeping director at Real Socal, an assistant coach for Everton FC’s North American Program, a player/coach for the USL’s SFV Quakes, and a staff coach for Region IV ODP. Hear Michael’s advice on building a network of coaches in your arena, and seeing them as co-teachers, rather than as competition.

This sports podcast is brought to you by Upper Hand, the industry leading sports management software provider: www.getupperhand.com

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We sat down to talk with John Plaugic about his experience as the founder and head instructor at Modern Goalkeeper Training Systems. Plaugic is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/United Soccer Coaches & United States Soccer Federation. He is the Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach at Rutgers University (Newark). Plaugic was previously the Assistant Varsity Soccer Coach at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, NJ. Learn more about Plaugic’s holistic approach to goalkeeper training in this week’s sports podcast!

This sports podcast is brought to you by Upper Hand, the industry leading sports management software provider: www.getupperhand.com

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Matt Pulley, Director of Operations and Lead Hitting Instructor at Power Alley Baseball Academy, joins the Upper Hand Sports Pod. Matt was a catcher in the Baltimore Orioles Minor League System for 7 years and spent 5 Seasons as a Hitting Coach for the Traverse City Beach Bums of the Frontier League in Independent Professional Baseball. He has 12 years of experience in Professional Baseball and over 10 years of academy teaching.

This sports podcast is brought to you by Upper Hand, the industry leading sports management software provider: www.getupperhand.com

Music: www.bensound.com