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 sled drags in his Wass Strength Tip Of The Week. Sled drags aren't just for football!
In this 37-minute episode, you'll learn:
- what Brent is doing now that his pitching coach days at Wichita State are behind him
- a major theme he wants all youth coaches to keep in mind
- the biggest barrier for pitchers, and how coaches can help them overcome that
- whether to talk to a pitcher who's doing well
- the tricky part of trying to individualize your handling of each pitcher
- one critical note about handling pitchers who respond to a "push"
- a warning about overpraising pitchers who do well
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- The Mental Game Of Baseball book by Harvey Dorfman on Amazon.com
- The Mental ABCs of Pitching: A Handbook for Performance Enhancement book by Harvey Dorfman on Amazon.com
- Pareto Principle as it relates to youth baseball
- Austin Wasserman's Strength Tip Of The Week on Sled drags
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