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No disrespect to other baseball coaches but tee ball coaches have it toughest. Yet help is scarce for tee ball coaches. Marty Schupak provides some great advice for coaches teaching the youngest of baseball athletes. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about how to find a hitting coach for an 8-10 year old. Show notes
What’s your #1 baseball goal for your kid? Paul Reddick is certain there is something deeper there, and that you need to communicate that to your kids. But how? Paul explains this important concept in this interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about how to help a field leader be a more vocal leader. Show notes
Naturally, confidence is a key component of a player’s mental game. But can we really impact confidence? Dr. Tom Hanson, co-author of “Heads Up Baseball 2.0”, discusses this and provides some amazing tips to help our kids’ confidence. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about how to kindle (or re-kindle) passion for the game among youth players.
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Dr. Tom Hanson, co-author of the book “Heads Up Baseball 2.0”, shares some mental game strategies. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about how to handle kids who miss practice when you’re teaching a progression. Show notes
Kai Correa, assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado and creator of the #FridayFielders series on Twitter, breaks down how to teach fielding fundamentals to young players. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. Show notes
As discussed in Session #70 with Billy Boyer, elite infielding is not just about “get in front of the ball” and “get your glove dirty”. Kai Correa, assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado and creator of the #FridayFielders series on Twitter, breaks down how to teach fielding fundamentals to young players. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about what to do for a 12-year-old who plays 70 foot bases in travel but 90 foot bases for school. Show notes
Tommy Hottovy, Chicago Cubs’ Coordinator of Advance Scouting—Run Prevention, has a fun job. But what can you and I do, given that we don’t have the benefit of reams of data? How can we still help our teams improve their odds of success? This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about making the hitting part of our practices more efficient and less boring. Show notes
Tommy Hottovy, Chicago Cubs’ Coordinator of Advance Scouting: Run Prevention, helps explain what his job is and how he helps his team prepare better game plans using data analytics. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Show notes
Billy Boyer, assistant coach at the University of Washington, gives a detailed tutorial on how to teach the many intricate aspects of high-level double play feeds. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about how to help tee-ball players hit with more power more consistently.
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Billy Boyer, assistant coach at the University of Washington, helps break down some of the nuances that can help elevate the infield play of your players. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Show notes
Kyle Boddy, founder of Driveline Baseball, discusses—among other things—what baseball tech is worthwhile. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about how to handle fielding slumps.
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Kyle Boddy, founder of Driveline Baseball, discusses overload/underload training with bats—a new area of research-backed baseball training—as well as overload/underload training for pitchers, and more. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about what the hands should be doing during the load & stride.
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Tanner Swanson, assistant coach at the University of Washington and popular speaker on the topic of catching, gives some key insights on how to help your intermediate-level and advanced youth, high school and college catchers. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about whether kids should cheer and enjoy the moment, or keep calm and “act like they’ve been there before”. And Austin Wasserman of WassStrength.com tells us about his Base Stealing: Leads & Footwork ebook that talks about creating shin angle and direction in his Wass Strength Tip Of The Week. Show notes
Tanner Swanson, assistant coach at the University of Washington and popular speaker on the topic of catching, sets the vision for us on what it takes to develop good catchers and then begins to share how to make that happen at the younger levels. Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about whether it’s worth teaching kids how to bunt. And Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shares the Supine Anti-Resistance Movement to create separation between the pelvis and the torso in his Wass Strength Tip Of The Week. Show notes
Brent Kemnitz, distinguished former pitching coach for Wichita State, shares some insight on how he coached the mental side of pitching with his pitching staff. We don’t want to talk our pitchers into a slump, as he warned in Part 1 of my interview, but we do want to get them feeling happy, strong and confident. This is Part 2 of the two-part interview. Plus Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com talks the progression of the Kettle Bell SOT Press. Show notes
Brent Kemnitz, renowned former pitching coach for Wichita State, shares about how to coach the little-discussed aspect of the mental side of pitching. The mental game of baseball doesn’t just apply to hitters! This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about what parents should focus on with travel kids during off-team practices. And Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com introduces us to sled drags. Show notes
Baseball rundowns seem easy to execute, yet they are often botched. What rules must we teach and what rules are superfluous? Here is a definitive three-step process to teach rundowns to any age group.
Read the full articleJohn Fitzgerald of Sports Vision Training explains the core concepts of vision training for baseball and how coaches and parents can help. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about how to teach pitching to 9-year-olds. And Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com introduces us to side lunge slides. Show notes
John Fitzgerald of Sports Vision Training explains the concept of vision training for baseball and how it can help young baseball athletes improve their game. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about why advanced players do not put their entire hand inside their fielding glove. Show notes
If your kids are wearing their baseball gloves the traditional way of sliding their hand all the way into their glove, they may benefit from a ‘pro’ way of wearing their glove.
Read the full articleTug Gillingham of Lincoln Park Baseball Academy chats about how to organize and structure baseball practices. We also segue into fungo golf and defending 1st & 3rd situations. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about why advanced players should not catch the ball in the web of their glove. And Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com talks about three different steal starts and which is best. Show notes
Tug Gillingham of Lincoln Park Baseball Academy discusses how to handle some challenges youth baseball coaches face. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about how to create a lineup that maximizes offensive output. And Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shares an article about practice plans and post-game recaps (see below). Show notes
Rob discusses the theory behind efficient youth baseball practice planning so you know what to avoid and gives some tips to help you plan for next season. Plus, Austin Wasserman of wassermanstrength.com shares his 2016 CatcherCon slides for the Wass Strength Training Tip Of The Week. Show notes
Rob rounds up the favorite drills of several coaches and former podcast guests in this Favorite Drill Roundup. Show notes
Nate Trosky of Trosky Baseball explains what complete player development is—and how to achieve it. Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv gives some tips to incorporate game pressure into practices in the Question Of The Week, and Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com discusses reverse lunge tips in Wass Strength’s Tip Of The Week. Show notes
Tim Corbin, head baseball coach of the 2014 College World Series champion Vanderbilt Commodores, gets real honest as he shares some inside information on coaching and recruiting for a Division I college. Plus Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com discusses the importance of understanding youth athletes’ lifestyles in Wass Strength’s Tip Of The Week. Show notes
“Get your back elbow up!” Have you heard this at a game? Or maybe you’ve said it yourself? Why do we say this? And is it a valid cue for our young hitters?
Read the full articleTim Corbin, head baseball coach of the 2014 College World Series champion Vanderbilt Commodores, shares his perspectives on young player development and being a collegiate coach. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. Plus Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shares a video on youth squat patterns in Wass Strength’s Tip Of The Week. Show notes
To celebrate the Cubs winning the 2016 World Series, here are 10 lessons I learned from these championship Cubs. Plus, Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com teaches band-assisted push-ups in Wass Strength’s Tip Of The Week. Show notes
Russell Greene, father of prep superstar Hunter Greene, explains how Hunter grew to become potentially the #1 overall draft pick in the MLB amateur draft in June 2017 and where they may go from here. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview, Plus Justin Stone answers the Question Of The Week regarding helping kids not give up on plays and Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shares a water ball reverse throw drill in Wass Strength’s Tip Of The Week. Show notes
Russell Greene, father of prep superstar Hunter Greene, explains some of the significant struggles Hunter had to overcome on his way to being potentially the #1 overall draft pick in the MLB amateur draft in June 2017. Plus Justin Stone answers the Question Of The Week regarding glove sizes for shortstops and Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com takes us through Sever’s Disease in Wass Strength’s Tip Of The Week. Show notes
Cage Pro tees, with its breakaway tee topper and heavier base, are the new challenger to the Tanner Tee. How does the Cage Pro stack up to the Tanner?
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