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Jim Rickon: Labeling Players, Scouting, and Amateur Baseball
Jim Rickon is currently a scout for the Cleveland Indians. He has been with the Indians organization for over 20 years as a player and coach. He has served as a hitting coach, coordinator, and now scout. In this...
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Cody Decker on Pinch Hitting, Data for Players, and Pulling Pranks
Normally on the show we have coaches at various level who come on and talk about their current coaching situation, how they go about developing players, and give advice to everyone listening. However, I think it's...
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Training Pitchers REMOTELY with Ben Brewster
Can you develop pitchers without actually seeing them in person? Ben Brewster and Tread Athletics have been doing that for several years, and have been doing it extremely well. Ben is the Co-Founder of Tread...
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Jim Maciejewski - Developing High School Players, and the value of Consistency
What makes high school baseball beneficial? To me it's actually closer to what college is like. Same teammates everyday, competing against teams in your league, and winning is relevant. It's important for the game...
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Jeff Banister - Managing in MLB, Analytics, and Resiliency as a Kid
Experience. Wisdom. Those are the first two words I think of when I think of Jeff Banister. Jeff has been coaching in professional baseball for over 35 years. He has been a MiLB manager, Field Coordinator, and MLB...
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Director of Coaching Development with USA Baseball, Andrew Bartman
Former college coach and current director of coaching development at USA Baseball, Andrew Bartman, stops by to share some wisdom this week. Andrew has been at several colleges at the NAIA and JUCO level. He shares...
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Tyler Packanik - A Data Driven Approach to Developing Infielders
"Defense wins Championships" We've all heard it a thousand times. However, it can take a back seat to hitting because it's not as much fun to talk about (My opinion). Defense is one of the things that allows hitters...
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Adam Vrable - Competing in practice, Teaching players to own their craft
Currently in his 7th season as Volunteer Assistant and the University of Louisville, Adam Vrable loves what he gets to do, coach. His passion for baseball sticks out like a sore thumb when you listen to him talk. Adam...
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Should kids throw Curveballs? Coaching Trevor Bauer in High School - Jim Wagner
For over twenty years Jim Wagner has been working with pitchers of all ages. He currently runs his own pitching facility, Throwzone Academy in Los Angeles, California. Jim's very first client was a 10-year-old named...
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Ian Macdonald - Recruiting High School Baseball Players
Currently the recruiting coordinator at the University of Charleston, Ian Macdonald takes us behind the curtain to see what it's like to be solely focused on recruiting high school baseball players. We talk about...
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Josh Bloomer - Creating buy in, using tech in hitting, and game planning
We sit down with the hitting coach for the Duke University softball team, Josh Bloomer. Josh started his career as a high school math teacher for 15 years. During that time he was the Head Softball coach at Louisville...
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Baseball is 90% Mental - Dr. Brent Walker
Brent Walker is the Associate Athletic Director of Championship Performance at Columbia University. He has spent several years working with all sports including baseball. He has several professional baseball clients...
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