BachTalk

In Season 2 Episode 6 is out with a new segment called “Stretch Talk.” What exactly is “Stretch Talk?” If you have played high school or college sports you know that everyday you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. These talks turn into some of the weirdest conversations you will have in your lifetime. The conversations can range from informative to just outright opinions. I am wanted everyone to get a better understanding of my personality and who I really am as a person. Every other week I will talk with familiar faces from this podcast or even just talk on my own about a wide arrange of topics. I am excited to start this new segment of BachTalk and start a new style towards the Podcast!

In Season 2 Episode 7 of BachTalk, I sat down with Professional Wrestler Eric Hotchkiss (aka Jason Page). I went to JUCO with Eric at Owens CC in Toledo, OH and played baseball with him. Eric has been traveling around the country performing as Jason Page. Eric explains what it takes to be successful within each match and why pro wrestling is so difficult. Pro Wrestling is a different sport because you are not playing to beat your opponent but you are playing to win the audience over. Eric talks in depth about the lifestyle of a professional wrestler and why he choose to progress into this sport. Pro Wrestling is no joke when it comes to performing and becoming great. Wresting takes a lot of practice to become successful. Most people think it’s easy because the winner is already chosen before the match. What people do not realize is that everything during the match is not staged what so ever. Eric talks about the training aspect behind wrestling and explains what people overlook in the sport today. Please join me in listening to Eric and “Always Remember Be Yourself”. You can find Eric on Instagram @jpageoffical1 and Twitter JasonPageJP he has great content about his wrestling career.

In Season 2 Episode 8 of Bachtalk, I sat down with Patrick Jones who is a Minor League Hitting Coach for the Baltimore Orioles and the host of “Patrick Jones Baseball Podcast”. Patrick has a huge presence on social media in the baseball world having over 19k followers on Instagram. His podcast consists of conversations with coaches and players from all levels of baseball. It is one of the best baseball podcasts out there and I would recommend his show to anyone I know. Patrick is a new age type of hitting coach, using technology such as Blast, K-Vest, and Rapsodo. He loves technology but believes you still need the “old school” mentality of coaching to build a strong foundation towards players. Patrick is a great baseball mind and I am looking forward to see his progression as a coach in the near future. Please join me in listening to Patrick and “Always Remember Be Yourself”. You can find Patrick Jones on Instagram and Twitter @pjonesbaseball for great baseball content.

In Season 2 Episode 9 of BachTalk, I sat down with Garrett York who is a software developer at Driveline Baseball. Garrett helped implement DrivelineEDGE which is a software that uses Pitch Design data to a give visualization to coaches and players about the shape of their pitches flight. Garrett graduated from Earlham College in 2015 with a degree in computer science. After his college career, he decided to pursue playing professional baseball. During this time, Garrett decided to train at Driveline in Kent, WA. He trained at Driveline two separate periods and had two different experiences. He explains what it is like to train at this facility and why it is one of the best in the world. Garrett tells the story about how he was hired by Driveline and it’s truly an inspiring story. Garrett is the definition of someone who pursues their dreams and who doesn’t take no for an answer. Please join me in listening to Garrett’s story and “Always remember Be Yourself”.  

In Season 2 Episode 10 of BachTalk, I sat down with Jared Broughton who is a volunteer assistant at Clemson University. Clemson is one of the best college baseball programs in the country and are always in contention to win a national championship every year. Jared brings a strong knowledge towards the offensive mindset. Jared has mastered the implementation of an offense that includes a strong role towards baserunning. From 2014-2016 he was assistant coach at Earlham College. He played a big role by helping improve the teams record from a 21-18 record in 2014 to 29-14 record in 2016. After Earlham he accepted a job as a Associate Head Coach at Piedmont College in Demorest, GA. In just 3 years Piedmont became one of the top teams in the country in the Division 3 rankings. In 2019 Piedmont was ranked 10th in the nation and the top seed in the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament. Jared is one of the most underrated minds in college baseball and knows exactly how to implement his style of offense. Please join me in listening to Jared Broughton and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.   

Season 2 Episode 11 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played  high school or college sports you know that everyday you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. These talks turn into some of the weirdest conversations you will have in your life time. This week we have a new guest added to  “Stretch Talk” Dan Creekmore plus Isaac Stidham. Dan is a good friend of mine and helps out with our workouts and provides a lot of energy for us. This week we talked about current events in the sports world such as the NFL Draft, MLB, and UFC. We also talked about some pop culture include sneakers and music. Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

In Season 2 Episode 12 I sat down with Eli Steinfield. Eli is a Development Coach in the Baltimore Orioles organization. This position is new to baseball and is becoming a very interesting role. The development coach is the middle man between the analysts and coaches within technology/on-field development. The Baltimore Orioles have adapted to the new age style of development but wants to keep the old school mentality of one on one coaching. Eli attended the Indiana University-Bloomington and graduated with a degree in sports marketing. During college, Eli was an Amateur Scouting Intern with the Detroit Tigers during the 2016 summer. After Indiana University-Bloomington, Eli attended Columbia University and received his masters in Sports Management. While attending Columbia, Eli was a graduate assistant for the baseball team and during the summer he interned for the New York Mets organization in player development during 2018 season. Before the Orioles, Eli was a player development technology apprentice with the Houston Astros during the 2019 season. This allowed him to take a huge dive into technology and how it works within professional baseball development. Eli has a very knowledgeable baseball mind and really understands the game. Eli does a great job at understanding his role and asking questions which he takes as an advantage. He has such a great work ethnic and has a bright future ahead of him in player development. Please join me in listening to Eli’s story and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Season 2 Episode 11 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played  high school or college sports you know that everyday you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. These talks turn into some of the weirdest conversations you will have in your life time. This week we have a new guest added to  “Stretch Talk” Dan Creekmore plus Isaac Stidham. Dan is a good friend of mine and helps out with our workouts and provides a lot of energy for us. We talked about current events in the sports world such as the NFL, MLB, and UFC. We also talked about some pop culture include sneakers and music. Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

In Season 2 Episode 14, I sat down with Reds Broadcaster/Analyst and Founder of Baseball Rules Academy Chris Welsh. Mr. Welsh played professional baseball from 1981- 1986. During his career he played for the San Diego Padres, Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers and the Cincinnati Reds. Mr. Welsh has been an Analyst with the Cincinnati Reds/Fox Sports Ohio for 28 years. During his time as a broadcaster he has worked with Thom Brennaman, George Grande, Marty Brennaman, Jim Day, Jeff Brantley and Jim Kelch. Mr. Welsh founded Baseball Rules Academy eight years ago. He found out that he was not able to find a baseball rules quick enough from the book while broadcasting. He decided to make “the Google of Baseball Rules” to be more efficient at his job. Mr. Welsh has a great outlook on baseball combining new school and old school. Mr. Welsh has so much knowledge and experience from the game of baseball. Please join me in listening to Mr. Welsh and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

In Season 2 Episode 15 of BachTalk, I sat down with Marshall Rich. Marshall recently signed a contract with the Southern Illinois Miners which is a professional baseball organization that competes in the Frontier Baseball League. Marshall played college baseball at Miami Ohio University- Hamilton and University of Cumberlands in Kentucky. I have known Marshall for a long time and he is the definition of a grinder. Marshall knows he is not the biggest player on the field but what he can control is his work ethic and effort. What I enjoy about Marshall’s game is his hustle! He plays everything at 100% and is going to give everything he has each and every day. Marshall has had a crazy past couple years from transferring schools, having his son born while playing college baseball, ending is senior season from the corona, and signing to play professional baseball. Through everything Marshall has kept his head down and worked to become the best version of himself. Please join me in listening to Marshall’s story and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Season 2 Episode 16 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played  high school or college sports you know that everyday you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. These talks turn into some of the weirdest conversations you will have in your life time. This week we have two new guests added to  “Stretch Talk” Grant Peters and Hunter Kraynak. We talked about current events in the sports world, our favorite podcasts, and college after the corona. Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 17 Season 2 is out with Justin Sherman of JustinTime Baseball. JustinTime baseball is an independent baseball/softball training and coaching business in Westchester, NY. JustinTime baseball specializes in youth baseball development to learn the fundamentals of baseball/softball while enjoying the love of game. They offer private lessons, group lessons, team practices, and birthday parties. Justin’s goal is to spread as much knowledge of the game as he can to his community. He has implemented Coaches Clinics for coaches and parents to learn about the game and how to develop a team. These clinics include explanations of practice plans, team building techniques, unique drills, and baseball/softball drills. Justin played college baseball at WestChester Community College and SUNY Purchase College. During his time at SUNY Purchase College, he was the team captain and after graduation he went onto be an assistant coach. During the Pandemic, JustinTime Baseball has gone completely virtual including lessons and clinics on zoom. This idea has been able to spread the love and passion for the game of baseball to kids who are not able to leave their houses during this crazy time. Justin is not only a great individual but he is a perfect example of how to spread the love for game of baseball. Please join me in listening to Justin’s story and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Season 2 Episode 18 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played  high school or college sports you know that everyday you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. These talks turn into some of the weirdest conversations you will have in your life time. My guest this week is my friend Chris Reyes. Chris is currently works for the Miami Marlins in player development as a video manager/amateur scouting. We talk about what it is like to work in baseball during 2020, the MLB draft, how to break into the sports industry, and how to gain experience on your resume even if your internship or job has been cancelled. Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 19 Season 2 is out with Nick Bennett. Nick is a pitcher that was drafted in the 6th round of the 2019 MLB Draft to the Milwaukee Brewers organization out of the University of Louisville. In 2019, he played for Rocky Mountain Vibes out of the Pioneer League at the Rookie ball level. He then continued to play in Wisconsin for the Timber Rattlers out of the Midwest League which is A full season level.  Before playing professionally, Nick played collegiate baseball at the University of Louisville from 2017-2019. Nick had a tremendous career as a Louisville Cardinal! Nick played in two College World Series (2017, 2019), was a 2017 2nd team Freshman All-American, 2017 3rd team All-ACC, and 2019 3rd team All-ACC. During the podcast, Nick talked about what it is to play for Coach McDonnell. Nick said “it was one of the best decisions of my life”. Nick has a very bright future ahead of him and I am very excited to see how he progresses over the next couple years! Please join me in listening to Nick’s story and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.  

Season 2 Episode 20 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. These talks turn into some of the weirdest conversations you will have in your life time. My guest this week is Karl Ellison. Karl played college baseball at Vanderbilt University and Lynn University. In 2019, he played for the Lake Erie Crushers out of the Frontier League. During 2020, Karl has been training at one of the best baseball facilities in the country, Cressey Sports Performance out of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. We talked about what it has been like training with big leaguers over the past couple months, how he finally feels “himself” on the baseball field, and how he his trying to plan the rest of 2020. Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Season 2 Episode 21 is out Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Ops Fellow Carl Gonzalez. What is a Baseball Ops Fellowship? The Fellowship position is designed to provide entry-level baseball executives with an opportunity to gain experience mainly in the International and Player Development departments.  Native-level Spanish fluency is ideal and a benefit for this position. Most of the job will include serving as interpreter, translating documents, assisting on-field personnel with daily planning, supporting recently drafted players upon signing, organization of player immigration documents, and basic analysis of international scouting reports. The Fellow will receive training for any scouting responsibilities associated with the role. Carl graduated from Florida International University with a degree in Political Science and Government. During the 2019 season, Carl worked for the Houston Astros Organization as a Player Development Apprentice. From 2018 -2019 he worked for DRaysBay out of Tampa where he wrote articles about the Tampa Bay Rays in a scouting and analytical standpoint. Carl has a bright future ahead of him in professional baseball. He will be in this business for a long time. Please join me in listening to Carl and “Always Remember Be Yourself”

Season 2 Episode 22 is out with Houston Astros Rehab Coordinator Terrence “TK” Kennell. During the 2019 season, TK was a Strength and Conditioning coach for the Corpus Christi Hooks (Double A Affiliate of the Houston Astros). TK graduated from Arkansas State University with a bachelors in Exercise Science and went on to get his Masters in Applied Sport & Exercise Physiology from St. Mary’s University, Twickenham. TK’s background is in Rugby which has been vey beneficial to his career in baseball. TK explains how different training a baseball player is compared to a Rugby player. Baseball players are trained for quick and fast movements but also keeping players bodies in shape to perform on an everyday basis. Before working with the Astros, TK worked as a Sports Performance coach out of Arete Performance which is located in London, England. Prior to his work experience in London, TK worked as a Strength and Conditioning Consult for the Toshiba Brave Lupus Rugby Club located in Tokyo, Japan. TK has a great mind for strength and coordinating and this conversation was vey beneficial for me.  Please join me in listening to TK and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Season 2 Episode 23 is out with Ty Duvall. Ty recently signed a UDFA with the Seattle Mariners Organization out of Vanderbilt University.  Ty is a catcher that was a part of the 2019 Vanderbilt National Championship Team and was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 25th round of the 2019 MLB draft. Ty decided to forgo the draft and finish his senior season at Vanderbilt. During his time at Vanderbilt, Ty consistently improved his hitting ability. He talks about what changed over the past couple years and why it has made him so successful. Ty says that playing at Vanderbilt is something you really can’t describe. You are tested every single day mentally and physically. Ty even talks about how competitive and interesting the inter-squads can be. Ty has a great head on his shoulders and is always trying to improve at the game of baseball daily. I am really excited to see him progress over the next couple years in professional baseball. Please join me in listening to Ty’s story and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 24 Season 2 is out Rich Birfer. Rich is a Pitch Science Apprentice with the Texas Rangers. Rich attended Western University and received his Bachelors in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. After Western, Rich attended Brock University and received his Masters of Science in Kinesiology. Rich talks about how he become so passionate about baseball. He began writing for a sports blog and during this time he was introduced to PBR Ontario. He would eventually become an Area Scout for PBR and become very interested in Scouting/Pitching. During his time in school his focus was on the Biomechanics of pitches and how to completely understand how they work. He wrote a paper titled “The Manifestation of Muscle Fatigue in Baseball Pitchers: a Systematic Review.” Prior to working with the Rangers, Rich worked as a Pitch Design Engineer for Baseball Development Group and a Scouting Director for Evolution Matrix. He really enjoyed working for both of these companies and believes it put him in the best possible position for his career with the Texas Rangers. Rich has a bright future in baseball and really knows how to go about the baseball industry. Many people know it can be a grind but Rich has a great head on his shoulders and looking forward to the direction of his career. Please join me in listening to Rich’s story and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 25 Season 2 is out with Patrick Dorrian. Pat is currently playing in the Baltimore Orioles Organization and in 2019 played for the Fredrick Keys (Advanced-A affiliate). Pat was drafted in 2014 out of high school in the 12th round of the MLB draft. Pat signed his contract with the Braves in 2014 but a couple weeks into his pro career he decided that he was not ready for his professional career to start. He decided to play college baseball and choose to attended Herkimer College, a JUCO in New York. At Herkimer Pat was a 2 sport athlete (Baseball and Basketball). He ended his career at Herkimer as a 2nd team All-American in baseball. After JUCO, Pat attended Lynn University a Division 2 school in Florida.  Pat would have an amazing 2-year career at Lynn. Pat was a First Team Division 2 All-American and named the SSC Player of the year in 2018. In 2018, Pat hit 17 HR, 57 RBI, OPS, OPS 1.269, and AVG .394. Pat signed a Free Agent contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates after his senior season. In 2019, Pat was traded to the Baltimore Orioles.  Pat has a had a crazy career so far but has shown his maturity and confidence along the way. Pat was so open to talk about all of his experiences over the past couple years and held nothing back. I am really excited to see how his career will progress in 2021. Please join me in listening to Pat’s story and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 26 Season 2 is out with Christian Hook. Christian was the Analytics/Video Coordinator for Northern Kentucky University Baseball from 2016-2020. During 2020, Christian received an offer from the Detroit Tigers as an Analytics Apprentice but this position was cancelled due to COVID-19. Christian is also the son of Milwaukee Brewers MLB Pitching Coach Chris Hook. Christian talks about growing up and not being interested in baseball what so ever until he read “MoneyBall”. He started playing “MLB The Show” and picking specific players for his team. He then realized that there is a real-life job that you are able to do this. He started to pursue the analytics side of the game and how much it can really help the future of the game. Christian studied Data Science at Northern Kentucky University and decided he wanted to help the baseball team. He started hearing about all the new analytical player development tools such as Rapsodo, Blast, and video in general. He convinced the Northern Kentucky Coaches that these new technologies are the future of baseball and they need to invest into these tools. Northern Kentucky Coaches invested and Christian would become the Analytics/Video Coordinator for the team. Christian has some very impressive work including a program called “Maverick” which was made to cut video and distribute data for the players to see on a daily basis Christian has a bright future in baseball and really explains the meaning behind the “Data Revolution” in baseball. Please join me in listening to Christian and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 27 Season 2 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. This week’s guests include “The Fam” which includes Bryanna Bach, Ben Moster, and Lauren Coons. All three of these people have a wide arrange of backgrounds including D1 athletics, being a Marine, studying nursing, and being in a sorority. As the new school year approaches for incoming freshman in college there are so many unknowns for their future. Many schools have cancelled their fall sports for 2020 and restrictions on personal interaction. I wanted to hear from people’s perspective of what they would personally do if they were going to be a freshman in college during 2020? This topic includes: Would you attend to a bigger university? Take classes at a community college? Take a gap year? Train for your sport, go to school, and not waste a year of eligibility? Choose to join a sorority or fraternity? Choose not to go to school all together and start a career? Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 28 Season 2 is out with Ben Fagan who is Co-Owner of DNB (Define New Boundaries). DNB is a clothing brand that represents people pursuing their dreams and what they love to do. They also produce a ton of video content of people that represent their brand. These people include a wide arrange of talents including athletics and cooking. DNB was created originally as a golf trick shot channel and making hot sauce. DNB’s original name was Dalton and Ben after the co-owners. They peaked after being aired on nickelodeon and decided they needed to have a purpose for the overall brand. DNB decided that they wanted to represent their brand as a stable friendship and create a brand that encourages people to ultimately pursue what they enjoy.   Ben Fagan grew up in South Florida and played college baseball at Lynn University. Ben graduated Lynn with a Bachelors of Arts in multimedia and journalism. He also received his Masters of Science in Digital Media. Ben was a pitcher and infielder during his college career. DNB’s message is very strong and inspiring that can be related to anyone. DNB shows people that they should pursue their dreams because at the end of the day its what makes you happy and doesn’t feel like work. I am very excited to see the progression of this company and the future “definers” that become part of the company. Please join me in listening to Ben and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 29 Season 2 is out with Nick Perez. During 2020, Nick was a Cincinnati Reds Baseball Ops Trainee. Nick played college baseball at Rutgers University and Haverford College while studying Economics. Nick talks about the benefits of attending both of these colleges and how they helped him to land the position of Baseball Ops Trainee. During 2019, Nick was an Affiliate Intern for the Chicago Whitesox. He worked for the Great Falls Voyagers who participated in Pioneer League (Rookie Ball Advance Class). Nick talks about how much this internship has prepared him for a career in baseball. Nick also talks about what it is really like to be apart of professional and what it really means to “grind”. While studying at Haverford College, Nick did his senior thesis seeking to assess the impact of the movement of superstars between teams in the MLB and NBA on GDPs of local economies using python. Nick talks about how his academic and baseball career worked hand in hand to help him be where his is today. Nick has a bright career in Baseball Ops and has a very open-minded approach to the game of baseball. Please join me in listening to Nick and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 30 Season 2 is out with Michael Tampellini. Michael is currently a R&D Pitching Analyst at Driveline Baseball. His day to day job consistently changes but his goal still stays the same and that is to help players reach their full potential. Michael attended the University of Delaware from 2011-2015. After the University of Delaware, Michael decided to get his masters at Columbia University in Sports Management with concentration in Sports Analytics. Michael’s dream was always to become a GM and he thought this would put himself in the best position possible.   After graduating from Columbia University, Michael received a job offer from Major League Baseball as an Instant Replay Administrator and would have this job from 2016-2018. During his time with Major League Baseball he realized that his dream was to work with players one-on-one. So, he decided to quit his job start applying for jobs within player development. During Spring Training of 2019, Michael worked as a Spring Training Technology Apprentice with the Houston Astros. This job involved the use of all player development technology such as Rapsodo, Trackman, and Edgertronic. After his job in Spring Training, Michael received a job offer from the Philadelphia Phillies as a Player Development Associate. He oversaw pitch data collection and analysis for the GCL team in Clearwater, FL. He would work with Pitching Strategist Eric Jagers to learn pitch design and how it is so useful in today’s game. Michael has a huge passion for player development and wants to get the most out of every player. Michael has a bright future in player development and I am really excited to see where he will be in the future. Please join me in listening to Michael and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 30 Season 2 is out with Zade Richardson. Zade was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 22nd round of the 2019 MLB draft. He attended Wabash Valley Community College in 2019 and was one of five players drafted out of Wabash that year. Zade played in the GCL rookie league for the Cardinals in 2019 and started to get his foot in the door within professional baseball. He attended Spring Training but was only at the complex for two weeks before being sent home because of COVID-19. He talks about how COVID has benefited him on a personal and baseball level. He also specifics about what specific areas he needed  to work on and improve to put him in the best possible position for the 2021 season. Zade talks about the differences between the cultures of college and professional baseball. The culture of professional baseball is very different in the aspect of Latin Americans are the prime athletes within each organization. He talks about learning more about their culture and what baseball really means to these players. Zade was a late bloomer in high school and committed to Wabash Valley his senior year. The same year he would be drafted by the Atlanta Braves and start to become a prime prospect for many colleges and pro organizations. He talks about how he trained and what he needed to accomplish to become the player he is today. Zade has a great outlook on professional baseball and what he needs to do in order to become a “Big Leaguer”. Please join me in listening to Zade and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 31 Season 2 is out with Ryan Moretti. Ryan is currently the Coordinator of Baseball Operations & Player Development at Iona College. Ryan is in charge of developing and managing a team of analysts in scouting, player development, and pitching. Ryan also works with Head & Assistant Baseball Coaches of Iona College to review reports and incorporate player development technologies to increase player performances. Ryan is also currently interning with Mindful Athlete Training as an R&D intern. He is in charge of reviewing public research involving baseball and biofeedback. He is currently working with R to create predictive models about BioQ metric and Performance. During 2020, Ryan was a Baseball Information Assistant with the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, FL but was cut short due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ryan utilized all player development technologies such as Trackman, BATS, Edgertronic, Rapsodo, BLAST Motion, Force Plates and 4D during his internship to track player performances. Ryan talks about his experience working in Major League and Minor League camp about what is really like to work behind the scenes. Ryan is a Co-Founder of Future GM’s Linkedin Group. The Group works to put out information to the public about how to work in professional baseball and steps to takes to achieve that dream. They have zoom calls every other week to discuss these topics. Ryan has a bright future in baseball. He has shown his passion to work and baseball. He truly wants to work in this industry and it shows. Please join me in listening to Ryan and “Always Remember Be Yourself”

Episode 32 Season 2 is out with Lance Durham. Lance is the founder of Durham Bulls – Cincinnati Baseball Club. The Durham Bulls Baseball Club is dedicated to developing younger players on and off the field. Lance is very dedicated to developing athletes to becoming the best versions of themselves. Lance played in the Detroit Tigers and Toronto BlueJays organizations from 2009-2014. Lance made it has high as Class-A Advanced affiliate (Lakeland Flying Tigers). Lance was known for having great power potential at the plate. Before playing professionally, Lance played college baseball at University of Cincinnati and Kaskaskia College. Lance goes into discussion about what he thinks of hitting during 2020. As we all know, social media has a great influence on younger players and information can spread like wildfire. Lance explains what his overall thoughts of social media are towards baseball. Lance still thinks hitters need a solid foundation towards hitting and that can be lost in the “twittersphere”. Lance had such an easy transition from player to coach and many players lack this aspect. Lance explains what he had to do in order to  make such an easy transition. Lance has a bright future in player development and I can’t wait to see his organization grow as a whole. Please join me in listening to Lance and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 33 Season 2 is out with Eric Sim. Eric is currently pursuing a challenge called “95 mph or die”. His goal is to throw 95 mph twice in 1 session both have to be strikes off a mound. The prize is that Driveline will donate $5000 to Eric’s help a minor leaguer campaign. Eric was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 27th round of the 2010 MLB Draft from the University of South Florida. Before the University of South Florida, Eric played Junior College baseball at Colby Community College. Eric is very active on social media including Twitter and Instagram. He is very honest with the content he puts out and it can rub people the wrong way sometimes. Eric started training to train at the near that end of 2019 to get back in shape. He shows people that training is fun but you have to be consistent and love the overall process. Eric is trying to promote kids to work hard for something and not look for the easy way out. He is trying to be an example to kids in 2020 by showing kids that you can train anywhere in the world and still become great. Eric is a brutal honest person and is a must follow on social media about baseball and JUCO. If you want to see someone with a passion to get better everyday just look at Eric’s content. I really enjoyed talking with Eric about Junior College and why it can be a player’s best decision of their career to attend a JUCO. Please join me in listening to Eric and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

Episode 34 Season 2 is out with Chris Martin. Chris is currently a Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Houston Astros Organization. During this time, Chris is working at the Houston Astros Minor League Instructional League located at their spring training facility in West Palm, FL. MILB Instructional League are currently in a “bubble” which means staff and players are not allowed to leave the facility or hotel unless for an absolute emergency.   Before the Astros, Chris attended Kent State University and played baseball for 5 years. Chris graduated Kent State with a BS and MS in Exercise Physiology. His internships included a research assistant at Kent State University and was a performance intern Cressey Sports Performance at their Massachusetts location. Before COVID-19, Chris Matin was supposed to work for the Houston Astros DSL team located in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. We talk about the potential experience working with such raw talented baseball players that have never stepped in the weight room before. Chris talks about how interesting it would be to build a solid foundation with these players to progress at each level of the minor leagues. Chris explains what it takes to actually become a Strength and Conditioning Coach as a profession and how get your foot in the door. I have received this question from many different college students and I thought this would be a great opportunity for Chris to explain. Chris has a great background to become a successful Strength and Conditioning Coach in professional baseball. He has great feel for players and researches specific aspects to increase baseball player performance. Please join me in listening to Chris and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

  DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 35 Season 2 is out with Johnnie Schneider. Johnnie was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 29th round of the 2018 MLB draft. He played college baseball at Palm Beach Atlantic University and Palm Beach College in Florida. Johnnie is currently at the Cincinnati Reds Instructional camp which is located at their Spring Training Facility in Arizona. He is one of 40 players selected in the organization to attend. The instructional camp is under “bubble control”. Johnnie is not allowed to leave the facility or his apartment unless its an absolute emergency. Johnnie talks about his time during quarantine as a professional baseball player in Florida. He talks about training with his friend driving around to find a large enough area to throw and get work in. Johnnie talks about how this whole year has benefited himself personally and how he was able to grow so much as a baseball player. Johnnie has a great attitude towards the game and knows that making it to the big leagues does not come without working as hard as you possible can. I am really looking forward towards Johnnie’s 2021 season and how much he will have grown as a pitcher. Please Join me in listening to Johnnie and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

DNB DISCOUTN CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 35 Season 2 is out with Corey Arnold. Corey is currently a 17u coach for Canes Baseball out of Cincinnati, OH and works as a consultant for Terillium Inc. Corey is one of my good friends and former college roommate. He played baseball at Earlham College and graduated school with degree in Supply Chain. Corey talks about the transition from playing baseball vs. coaching. When players become a coach they seem to forget what their job is and that is to make players the best they can possible be. Corey tells about how he had an easy transition and couple of stories/examples from his college playing career. We also discuss what we both personally think about Top Velocity and Driveline as a whole and the differences between them. 2020 has been a crazy year as we all know. Corey being a recent college graduate talks about what students should think about as they graduate and put themselves in the best possible position, they can be entering the “Real World”. Baseball is such a symbol of America and what it represents. We take a deep dive into what baseball needs to do as a whole in 2021 to help the game grow. Baseball benefits so many people in America and we hope that 2021 can help to regain some attention to the baseball world. Corey has grown a ton since I roomed with him in college. He always still has to give me a hard time about little things but its all in good fun. I am really looking forward to Corey’s future as a coach and how he can help players become the best version of themselves on and off the field. Please join me in listening to Corey and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.  

DNB DISCOUTN CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 36 Season 2 is out with Matt Smith. Matt is currently a Minor League Athletic Trainer in the Minnesota Twins Organization. Matt graduated from Baldwin Wallace University with a B.S. in Athletic Training and Exercise Science. Matt also received his Master’s of Science in Athletic Training. Matt’s previous internships include Boston Red Sox Assistant Athletic Trainer, Cleveland Indians Major League Athletics Trainer Internship, and Columbus Clippers Athletic Trainer Internship (Triple A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians). Matt talks about his internships and how he was able to get these positions. He talks about how to go about getting connections within the industry and how to get your foot in the door to the professional baseball scene. Matt explains how important it is to know and understand how to work with professional baseball players. Professional baseball players are routine and they want to find what works best for them. Matt tells about how he learns each athlete and finds how each athlete works on an individual basis. This past season Matt has done everything virtual for the Minnesota Twins. He talks about how excited he is to get working with players everyday and getting “the feel” back as an Athletic Trainer. Please join me in listening to Matt and “Always Remember Be Yourself” Congrats to Matt and his Wife Lexi on their wedding!

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 37 Season 2 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. My guest for stretch talk is my good friend Isaac Stidham. Isaac has been apart of BachTalk since the beginning. Isaac has been on my Stretch Talk’s before. I wanted to sit down with Isaac and just talk about life. Topics that we talked about include Do you need to lose sleep to be successful? What does training mean to you? Overcoming injuries and how mentally draining they can be? Being content on finishing your baseball career? Goals for 2021 Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 38 Season 2 is out with Kevin Hollabaugh. Kevin is the Owner of Proforce Sports Performance in Cincinnati, a Professor at University of Cincinnati, and has his own podcast called “PFEDU”. Kevin has a long resume in the Strength and Conditioning Industry including St. Vincent Sports Performance, University of South Florida, and Indiana University Health Sports Performance. Kevin prides himself on being a dedicated Father & Husband, Entrepreneur, and Strength Coach.  Proforce has been voted the best Strength and Conditioning Facility in Cincinnati three years in a row (18, 19, 20). Proforce prides themselves on providing the best individualized programs for each athlete while creating a competitive, positive environment for them to grow. Athletes of all age’s train here from middle school all the way to professional baseball players. Kevin and his staff do an amazing job challenging the athlete everyday to grow and succeed. Kevin graduated from University of Cincinnati with his Masters and Bachelors in MHA. He has almost every certification you can think of including CSCS, FMSC, and USAW. Kevin has interviewed with many professional teams such as the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds. Kevin talks about starting a business in the strength and conditioning field and how he was successful. Kevin has a great Entrepreneur mindset and explains how ProForce has become successful through all the challenges he has faced. He talks what it really takes to become an entrepreneur and what people need to think about before starting their own business. Kevin recently launched Kevinhollabaugh.com to work with entrepreneurs to help and grow their current business. Kevin is one of the smartest Strength and Conditioning Coaches I have ever met and has a great entrepreneur mind. Please join me in listening to Kevin and “Always Remember Be Yourself”

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 39 Season 2 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. My guest for stretch talk is my friend Grant Peters. Grant has been on many episodes including “JUCO Bros Episode 16 Season 2. At the beginning of the year, Grant was a coach at Owens CC in Toledo, OH. This allowed him to gain experience at the colligate level and grow as a coach personally. Topics that we talked about include Coaching vs Playing? What life is really like a year after college? What mistakes do young coaches make? Finding a goal after college? Sit back, relax, and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 40 Season 2 is out with Keegan Burney. Keegan is currently the Recruiting Coordinator at Miami-Hamilton University and a Throwing Trainer at Ohio Baseball Science Academy in Cincinnati, OH. Ohio Baseball Science Academy opened in September of 2020. The goal was to have a facility that was technology and data-driven to help train athlete’s efficiently and become the best versions of themselves. Keegan talks about what is like to use this technology everyday and to learn everyday what is new in todays game. Keegan talks about how much technology is impacting baseball at a collegiate level stand point. Technology has allowed the individual to see what the naked eye cant. There is no guess in todays game and everything has the opportunity to be fixed. Keegan believes he has such an advantage compared to other schools due to the use of technology. Other topics discussed include: How to learn technology when it is not completely available? What it really takes to become a recruiting coordinator for a college program. Balance between coaching and personal life. The NAIA collegiate level compared to NCAA. How should high school athletes choose the best school for themselves Please join me in listening to Keegan and “Always Remember Be Yourself”

Season 4 Episode 34 is out with Colton Lovelace. Colton is the Director of Analytics and Video at Oklahoma State University. Colton began his overall path to Oklahoma State University starting at Kansas University as an equipment manager. He eventually worked his way up to becoming the Director of Analytics and implemented technologies such as Rapsodo, TrackMan, BATS! & Edgertronic Cameras. Colton spent the summer of 2021 working in the Appalachian League working as a Data and Video Intern. Colton furthered his overall knowledge of player development technologies and data throughout his internship. Colton goes in-depth into his overall experience within Oklahoma State University. He talks about his overall interview with OSU that including the entire coaching staff and OSU's 2022 season which includes a top 10 ranking. Colton talks about what has made Oklahoma State so successful over the past 2 years. He talks about the overall data technology implementations they have used, data interpretations towards player development, and the scouting strategy they have used. Timestamps: Intro (1:00) Appalachian League Experience (2:00) Equipment Manager to Director of Player Development at Kansas University (5:30) Intro to Oklahoma State (8:15) Initial Interview with Oklahoma State University coaching staff (10:00) OSU's 2022 season (14:00) Overall role as Director of video and analytics (18:00) Intro into Advance Scouting and Player Development (19:00) Player Development Technology Implementation at Oklahoma State (20:00) Edgertronic Camera usage (22:00) Data Interpretation towards players (25:00) Scouting Reports (28:00) Why R is so important for an organization (30:00) Biggest learning curves within internships (36:10) Favorite Technology for Player Development and Scouting (40:00) What does Scouting and Player Development look like in 5 years (47:00) Pitching Analytics (60:00)

Welcome to Season 3 of BachTalk. BachTalk has its own personal website that will be linked in the description on Instragram (bachtalk_) and Twitter (BachTalk1). This website includes every podcast episode, BachTalk Store, and my new blog (Advice to Myself). Season 3 Epsiode 1 starts with Rich Hempel. Mr. Hempel is currently the Co-Founder of eCoachSports. eCoachSports is an online sports training platform that allows kids to receive coaching from some of the best coaches around the world. eCoachSports biggest platform is Basketball but also includes Football, Baseball, and Golf. eCoachSports currently has a partnership with the National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA). eCoachSports allows kids to have access to some basketball’s best coaches for instruction. This is an amazing opportunity for kids to work on their skills from the most well-known coaches in the NBA. This will leave no doubt in kids minds whether they are getting the proper drills and instruction to further their skills on the court. Mr. Hempel currently is located in Union, Ky. He graduated with a degree from Transylvania University in computer science. Before becoming a successful entrepreneur, he started working for IBM. He talks about how much he grew from that experience and how he started to have that mindset of an entrepreneur. Mr. Hempel talks about how he specifically  got into the industry of online sports training and the turn it has taken since the start of the Pandemic. Mr. Hempel explains what it is like becoming an Entrepreneur and how difficult it is to become successful. Other topics discussed include: How was eCoachSports able to partner with NBCA? What does it take to become an entrepreneur in the sports industry? How does eCoachSports market to other countries? What countries has eCoachSports become popular within? When did eCoachSports start to become world wide? What are the expectations for eCoachSports post 2020? Please join me in listening to Mr. Hempel and “Always Remember Be Yourself”

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 2 Season 3 is out with Ethan Moore. Ethan is currently a Baseball Research, Fellow with the Minnesota Twins. Fellows work with a variety of data sources to generate insight and have the ability to impact front office decision making, player development, and domestic and international scouting. Ethan was most recently the Director of Analytics and Video Coordinator for Cal Poly Baseball. Ethan was in charge of technology data collection including Trackman, Rapsodo, BATS, Blast, and Synergy. He was also in charge of a group of student managers to accommodate all of these tasks. During the podcast, Ethan describes how different the “Student Manager Life” has changed. The student manager team has completely changed over the last three years and is such a vital part of a college baseball program. If you want to work in a front office someday you need to have this experience and learn from people who share the same passion. Ethan is very active on Twitter @Moore_Stats. He recently wrote an article titled “How can I work in a Front Office”. Ethan wanted to write about his experiences going through the MLB front office hiring process and what it takes to get one of these positions. The article had a huge response on twitter and showed how hard it really is to get one of these positions. Ethan’s Previous Positions in baseball include: Director of Analytics and Video Coordinator, Cal Poly Baseball Intern, New York Yankees (Canceled due to COVID-19) Player Development Intern, FAST Arm Care Data Operations Intern, Trackman Baseball Please Join me in listening to Ethan and “Always Remember Be Yourself”  

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 3 Season 3 is out with Eric Minshall. Eric is currently the Director of Pitching Initiatives at Ohio Baseball Science Academy in Cincinnati, OH. He is also the Southern Illinois Miners (Frontier Professional Baseball League) Pitching Coach. During 2019, Eric was the pitching coach for the Bristol Pirates (Rookie Ball Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates). During 2020, Eric opened Ohio Baseball Science Academy located in Cincinnati, OH. Ohio Baseball Science Academy is known for using technology and data to further players overall development. OBSA is also a certified Rapsodo facility which allows them to hold special Rapsodo events to help collect data to interpret RAPSCORES to players. This allows players to be recruited from schools across the country in a database. Before OBSA, Eric started the Cincinnati Throwing Club. Before pitching Twitter and YouTube started blowing up. Eric starting putting pitching development videos on YouTube which allowed his coaching style spread across the country. These videos are still currently on YouTube under Cincinnati Throwing Club. Before OBSA and the Pittsburgh Pirates, Eric worked jobs that were not in the baseball world. Eric goes onto explain that his experiences outside of the baseball world has helped him mold into the coach he needs to be. This also helped him to realize his passion for baseball and pitching as a whole. Eric is one of the best pitching minds I have ever met. He is always trying to further himself in Biomechanics, Data Interpretation, and Sports Science. Eric knows that these qualities are the future of pitching. Please join me in listening to Eric and “Always Remember Be Yourself” Previous positions in Baseball include: Bristol Pirates: Rookie Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates Associate Head Coach: Miami University- Hamilton Director of Baseball Operations/ Coach: Florence Freedom (Frontier Professional Baseball League) Moeller High School Coach (Located in Cincinnati, OH)

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 4 Season 3 is out with Christian Sullivan. Christian is currently the Director of Sports Performance at PRP (Passion Resilience Process) location in Noblesville, Indiana. PRP has become a leading facility in the Midwest for baseball development. PRP currently know for their summer college program which allows players to get the reps they need and not waste time during the summer sitting on the bench. PRP assess and evaluates each and every player to get the most customized program they can achieve. PRP is also well know for their able to develop pitchers at a high level. They also have a great development program for position players that includes the use of technologies such as Rapsodo, Edgertronic and Blast Motion. Christian graduated from Franklin College in Indiana (Division 3). Christian is very interesting because he graduated from college with a bachelors in Economics and had another career before working for PRP. Christian talks about his career change and how it was one of the best decisions of his life. Christian brings a role of “management stress and performance of all athlete”. He has a great understanding of functional anatomy and learning everyday how to convert that know to applied biomechanics into the future. Please join me in listening to Christian and “Always Remember Be Yourself” Topics discussed include: The future of pitching development What is a deload? How do you train players that are currently training with their high school team without overtraining them at the same time? Certified Strength and Conditioning exam? How did he change his career path to Player Development?  

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 5 Season 3 is out with Wyatt Edwards. Wyatt is currently Tim Tebow’s personal Bible Tutor. He is also working with Research and Content Development at XV Enterprises, a company of Tim Tebow. Wyatt received his BBA in Marketing from Tiffin University. He recently finished his Masters of Biblical & Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. Throughout college, Wyatt thought he was going to work in the business world. He really enjoyed marketing because it’s a combination of creativity and knowledge. This was his ultimate passion in college.  He had interests from many different companies on the west coast including Google. Wyatt changed his decision during his last year of college and become really interested in biological studies. He worked for Grace Community Church located in Fremont, OH and started to find his passion. During 2019, Wyatt was hired to be the Assistant to Josh McDowell. Josh McDowell has been a huge leader in ministry for more than 50 years. Working with Josh opened Wyatt’s eyes to ministry and an overall different outlook at life. During one of his trips with Josh to Florida. Wyatt went and did something crazy. He wanted to work for Tim Tebow and he knew that he was located in Florida. Wyatt decided to be bold and show up to Tim’s house. He left a cut out of a recent post on Linkedin with a message. A couple days later Tim called him.  Wyatt and I met at Tiffin University playing baseball our freshman year of college. Wyatt has always be someone that goes outside his comfort zone and really enjoys life. We have stayed friends since college not because of baseball but because we both push ourselves to be the best version of ourselves that we can be! Please join me in listening to Wyatt and “Always Remember Be Yourself” Topics include: Crazy Background, Explain in your eyes. Talk about your daily life of working for Tim Tebow. Worked in different industries before working with tebow. How much as that helped in your future business endeavors. Mentorship? Traveling? Going outside your comfort zone and how to confront it moving forward in life? How do you find yourself giving back to people including your family?  

DNB DISCOUNT CODE: BEYOURSELF15 Episode 6 Season 3 is out with Rory Tekulve Rory is currently Head of Analytics at Miami-OH University and studies business analytics as his major. Rory has an internship this summer at The Strike Zone Facility located in Vermont. Rory is also head of pitching development for a summer baseball program called Cincinnati Royals. Miami Ohio is becoming of the best data driven schools in the Midwest and is one of the best in the MAC (Mid-American Conference). Rory talks a ton about what it is like to be head of analytics at a Division One baseball program. Rory goes in-depth about how they pick specific students, about the different departments, and what they are doing to build the bridge between coaching and analytics. This summer Rory will be working at The Strike Zone Facility located in Vermont. The Strike Zone has a ton of great instructor but he is excited to work with Zac Morain who is the Director of Player Development and worked previously at Driveline. He will be working with all different technologies such as ProPlayAI to understand the biomechanics of pitching. Rory is very interested in biomechanics as a whole for pitching and he believes working at this facility will help him a lot to learn an overall basis. Rory is becoming a product of new age player development. Rory’s goal is to become a data driven developer with the knowledge of biomechanics and strength/conditioning development in pitchers. I am very excited to hear about Rory’s experience this summer and uses what he learns at Miami Ohio!

Episode 7 Season 3 is out with Justin Liserio. Justin is currently a High-Performance Coach at Tread Athletics located in Charlotte, NC. Tread is pitching development company that builds custom training and throwing plans to help pitchers increase velocity and performance. They combine strength/conditioning, pitching development, and nutrition to develop pitchers into the best versions of themselves. Before Tread, Justin studied Kinesiology and Exercise Science at Heidelberg University and played college baseball there. Justin had an interesting college career and decided to not play his senior year of college. He decided to accept an internship at Texas Christian underneath Zach Dechant. Justin has tremendous knowledge about pitching development and in S/C. Justin is paving the road for the new style of pitching development coaches in the industry. I am really excited to him progress at Tread Athletics and the future of pitching development. Topics Include: Not playing your senior year of college baseball? TCU S/C Internship The truth about the CSCS Beginnings of Tread Athletics Tread Athletics Coaching Development Process

Episode 9 Season 3 is out with Joe Singley. Joe is currently a student assistant at Coastal Carolina working with pitchers, catchers, and hitters. Joe currently studying exercise science and is very interested in biomechanics. He is currently know for putting out great catching information TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter Joe was a two-time all-state selection at catcher at Archmere Academy. Rated as the No. 2 catcher and the No. 9 overall prospect in the state of Delaware coming out of high school in the class of 2016. Before Coastal Carolina Joe attended Tulane and Indian River State College, Singley saw his collegiate career cut short due to four shoulder reconstruction surgeries. His dad, Joe Singley, played football at Temple University and then went on to play professional baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. Joe's father's had a long battle with cancer and after his passing Joe started the foundation called Singley Strong in his honor to help families struggling with cancer. Joe talks about this whole social media experience he has had and how his main goal was just to put out great information about catching and what it takes to work hard. He talks about how he has connected with people from all walks of life and how it has influenced his coaching career. Joe has a bright future in coaching and has the passion for it. I look forward seeing what happens his baseball future because it sure is a bright one! Topics Include: How did you start making videos? Explaining the “new style to catching” = way more athletic Extension to Flexion, thumb down REPS= EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE = UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING= ANTICIPATION, ANTICIPATION = COMFORTABILITY Putting out Tik Tok videos good bad and ugly Working with pro guys Exercise science within catching  

Episode 10 Season 3 is out with Alex Simone. Alex is the owner of Simone Baseball Performance and an Assistant coach for the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Code League. A 2010 Major League Baseball draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers out of high school, Alex elected to attend college, playing four years of at the University of West Alabama and LaRoche College. Alex is well known for his content on social media that has reached out to high school, high school, and pro baseball players all around the country. Alex talks about life after baseball and how that he knew exactly what he wanted to do. He loved to train and loved training athletes. He started with just one or two clients after playing and put 100% into them, one of them getting drafted a couple years later. Alex decided he wanted to intern at Cressey Sports Performance. He talks about his experience during that time and how much it helped him along the way. Alex and I commented during this time about our first experiences interning at a strength and conditioning facility and Im glad I wasn't the only person completely lost on their first day of work. Alex currently is training baseball players at a high level and puts out amazing content on social media and his website. He talks about his overall goal is to just help as many athletes as he can and taking a selfless way of looking at his growth over the past couple years. Alex is steering the way for many trainers in baseball and how to use social media as a tool to put out the best possible info and by putting it out for free. Topics: Cape strength coach and then cape assistant coach Background? Played college baseball at west Alabama and LaRoche college and drafted in the 49th round by the Milwaukee Brewers Worked at Cressey Sports Performance… Experience Starting Simone Baseball Performance How? Process? In Season Progress in the Cape Huge advantage for your team in this aspect? First week for a player on the firebirds? How do you eval your guys and transitioning from college S/C programs By position? There is always an interesting conversation towards this Your progression through the summer and when do you feel you should be adding isometrics? Best advice for starting a baseball specific s/c?  

Episode 11 season 3 is out. I decided to talk about how I program my athletes. I go through four sections including- Eval, Pitching Eval, Progression, Exercise Order. I wanted to take a deep dive into these topics because I know they are completely different per coach. Topics that will be included: Eval FMS: OH Squat, SL Squat, Active Straight Leg Raise 1) Truck Stability Test 2) Thomas Test 3) SL Glute Firing 4) Ankle Mobility 5) T Spine Extension 6) T Spine Rotation 7) Arm Care App: Measures Rotator Cuff and Scap strength 8) Broad Jump 9) SL Lateral Jump 10) 40 yard dash   Throwing Eval   Trunk Movement Stabilization Phase Rotation Phase Flexion Phase   Arm Movement Separation Phase Pickup Phase Disconnection Phase Elbow Spiral Phase Driveline Phase   Lower Half Movement Loading Phase Striding Phase Rotating Phase Blocking Phase   Progression GPP/Muscular Endurance Basic Strength Eccentric Isometric Max Strength Speed   Exercise Order   Throwing Program Exercise Order  

Episode 12 season 3 is out with Kris Körper. Kris currently has his own gym out in Las Cruces, NM. It is by far one of the most interesting gyms I have ever seen. Kris puts out a ton of great information on his Instagram and is currently documenting his training with Ronnie Allen who currently is playing for the Florence Yalls in the professional frontier baseball league. Kris talks about his early years of training and how he back obsessed with it. Kris was a highly ranked baseball prospect while he was in high school but wanted to forgo the draft. He decided instead to serve a mission for his church in Boston, MA. During this time, Kris talks about he continued to train out of a barn with stone weights. Yea stone weights this dude is an animal. After serving his mission, Kris went and played junior college baseball and after played at New Mexico State University. Kris goes in depth about his social media but talks about how it is so little of what he does. He believes if he were to blow up his social media, he would be doing a disservice to his athletes and not pay attention to them as much. Kris has such a great outlook towards social media and I will do the same going forward. Throughout the rest of the podcast, Kris talks about his training style and the methods he uses. Kris talks about his currently athlete Ronnie Allen and talks about his custom program. He talks about who it is only specific to him and is very serious about the proper recovery and nutrition that goes into his program to be able to perform. I really enjoyed my time with Kris. Kris is one of the smartest S/C coaches I have met through this podcast and has such a great energy for athletes. He is exactly what a S/C coach embodies.

Episode 13 season 3 is out with Kyle Brennan. Kyle is a performance coach with the Houston Astros that has a concentration with strength/conditioning and catching. For the 2022 season, Kyle will be working the Houston Astros Double – A affiliate Corpus Christi Hooks. Before working for the Houston Astros, Kyle played baseball at the University of Buffalo and started for 3 ½ years. In 2017 Kyle, was named to the Johnny Bench Award Watchlist. After college, Kyle didn't go directly into baseball but decided to work as an EMT. During, this time Kyle started up his catching machine performance page. He decided to post to this page when he had off time during his job in the truck during the EMT. Kyle decided to go full time working in baseball and S/C. He coached two seasons with CatcherMTRX, the Long Island Titans and Ward Melville High School. Kyle went on to pass his CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Program) and obtained Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms). Kyle talks about what its like to work in professional baseball and it is changing every year. Being a professional coach, you need a wide arrange of skills to become successful. Kyle talks about what he is currently working to learn and what makes him standout from other coaches. Kyle mentions technology and data about how important it towards player development during 2021. Kyle has a bright future in professional baseball and shows that he is constantly learning to become a better coach. Kyle is a big advocate of not letting social media affecting his mentality towards his personal life or his coaching style. I am really looking forward to see how 2022 goes for Kyle and how many players he will reach this season.

Episode 14 season 3 is out with Collin Murray. Collin is currently a development coach in the Baltimore Orioles Organization. Before working with the Baltimore Orioles, Collin was a graduate assistant at Georgia Southern University studying to get his master's in communication and leadership. Collin has a concentration using R. His strengths include data visualization and R shinny app.   Before working with the Baltimore Orioles, Collin talks about how he got into baseball. His first job wasn't in player development, but it was a sales job with the Miami Marlins. He realized through that job he wanted to work directly with the players. Collin went to the winter meetings in 2019 and ended up getting a job with the Los Angeles Angels organization as a minor league video intern. After his job with the Angels, Collin decided he wanted to get more into player development and coding so he reached out to a bunch of schools asking about graduate assistant jobs. He was offered a graduate assistant job with Georgia Southern and went from there. During his time at Georgia Southern, Collin produced a player development tracker through an R shiny app that could evaluate each individual player based on their metrics. Collin talks about his story making this app and how he told his players he was going to come back from winter break throwing 90 mph but quickly realized that wasn't going to happen and instead created this app. After his season with Georgia Southern, Collin worked with the Detroit Tigers as a baseball information assistant. Collin talks about his experience working with coaches and players at a professional level each day and how much he learned over the summer. Collin truly shows that with hard work, dedication, and determination you can learn how to code on your own. Collin talks highly about finding a mentor within the coding industry to really help you progress along the way. Collin learned how to code in about two years and is progressing each day. I am excited to see Collin's 2022 season and wish him nothing but the best of luck!

Episode 15 season 3 is out with Lennon Richards. Lennon is currently the Director of pitching at Baseball located in Toronto, Canada. Lennon is a well-known name in the pitching community due to his high knowledge in ProPlayAI which is a marker less biomechanical technology. Lennon growing up was originally a primary catcher, who decided to change to a pitcher. Lennon decided to sit out the spring semester of his freshman year at college. This six-month stretch would lead to Lennon's interest in player development. Lennon then decided he would drop out of college and start his career as a coach. Lennon currently has a blog that called richardbaseball.com, he shares his coaching journey and research he has done during his time a BDG. Lennon talks about how BDG has become a very successful facility for training pitchers and athletes to become the best version of themselves. BDG has become a huge advocate of ProPlayAI from the beginning of its launch in 2020. This has allowed coaches to learn more of how the body works in motion during a pitching delivery. Lennon talks about how each player is not specific to each statistic show in ProPlayAI but explains how to go through an evaluation process of each athlete. Lennon is one of the best analytic minds in pitching development currently and he has shown it through his blog. Incorporating technology, FRC, and S/C into pitching development to get the most out of his pitchers.

Season 4 Episode 1 is out with Max Ramsey. Max is currently a catching instructor at P413 located in Dayton, OH. P413 is becoming a very household name in Dayton, OH. P413 provides elite level baseball instruction for athletes of all age. P413 is known for having one of the only Top Velocity in-house pitching programs in the Midwest. Before working at P413, Max played college baseball at Wilmington college located in Wilmington, OH. Max is also apart of the coaching staff for Canes Ohio organization. Max is a player who was grown through the organization. Max talks about what the canes organization means to him. He explains that its not just about developing players but its teaching players about life and how to continue the growth mind set. Max and I go in-depth talking about catching philosophy and how to implement a good system into an organization. Max talks about how with younger ages today, coaches can be so concerned about results rather than a steady progression of learning the position and their body. We also talked about the overall state of catching in 2022. Receiving is becoming so important in todays game more than it ever has been. Analytics are taking over and truly analyzing who is being the most efficient behind that plate. I had a great conversation with Max and I can't wait to hear how his offseason and summer will end up at the end of 2022!

Season 4 Episode 2 is out with 802 baseball lab Founders Zac Morain and Seth Douglas. 802 Baseball lab is located in Georgia, VT and has been open for only a couple months. At 802 Baseball lab every athlete is properly assessed through their own screening process and a written custom development plan. Zac Morain started his coaching career at Montana state being a volunteer pitching coach. After Montana state, Zac took a job at Drvieline baseball which is a data driven baseball training facility located in Kent, WA. Zac spent a year working at Driveline learning and developing baseball players using a data driven approach to improve player performance Seth Douglas had a different route compared to Zac. Seth played college baseball at Bemidji state university and SUNY Canton. Seth's accolades in college included ECAC Player of the week, USCAA All American, and ABCA New York All-Region Second Team. After his playing career at SUNY Canton, Seth joined the Alpine Cowboys playing in the Pecos League. Conversation topics include -          802 Eval Process (Hitting, Pitching, FMS) -          MILB future hiring process? -          What does it take to be hired into professional baseball 2023? -          New technologies -          Are Biomechanics a must know in player development going forward? Please join me in listening to 802 baseball lab!

Season 4 Episode 3 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. Topics include: Athletes: - Baseline ( Velocity Phase into Mound Velocity Phase) - Live Bullpen (Volume, Intensity, Progression, how to be efficient during this time) - Side Pens (Pitch Design, Pitch Execution)  - Lifting Progression (Strength/Power Phase, Dynamic Lifts, Sprinting) Coaches: - Bullpens (Side bullpen execution, Progression) - Recovery ( Sleep, Progression, Mobility) - Live Bullpens ( Its January and February you arent playing games...)

Season 4 Episode 4 is out with Matt Rienzi. Matt is currently an assistant coach at St. Joseph College- Brooklyn, assistant coach for the Ocean State Waves (NECBL), and a sidearm pitcher for the Polish National Team. Matt goes into detail about St. Joseph's pitching program style including: Preseason and off-season development process Matt's style of coaching Evaluation of a pitcher at a smaller school (does this include technology and the overall process) His coach to player interaction on the field Matt has an interesting playing background including playing for the Polish national team and transitioning to a sidearm pitcher. Some key points that we talked about include: Transitioning to a side arm pitcher Europe baseball growth Leagues that are very competitive in Europe Overall culture of baseball in Europe As most know, I really like to see how an overall person thinks and their knowledge of the game. Matt and I go in-depth about the state of baseball in 2022 and some pressing topics over the 2022 MLB offseason: MLB lockout Robot umpires 2022 development pieces being implemented into professional organizations Matt was a great conversation and I am really looking forward to his bright future in coaching. Please join me in listening to Matt and “Always Remember Be Yourself”

Nutrition: My story: Senior year of college experience Weight loss during season 20 pounds Decrease performance 5 keys to helping with In-Season Nutrition Get an overall estimate of your intake for the day (Mifflin St. Jeor Calculator) and find what your current Macros and calories are Practice vs Game day eating (plan!!!!) Keys to Calories (morning and night shake) Road-trips Supplements Brands (Bare Performance Nutrition, Optimum Nutrition, Pescience Supplement Types Nutrition videos What to search for on YouTube  

Season 4 Episode 6 is out with Gerry DeFilippo. Gerry is the owner of Challenger Strength located in Wayne, NJ and host of Muscles and Management podcast. Muscles and Management takes an in-depth look into sports, training and business. Gerry is very known for putting out great content about strength & conditioning on social media. He wants correct information to be spread so coaches can help their athletes in all aspects of training, recovery, and progression. Topics: Background - College and athletic career - Start of challenger strength - Business side of starting your own facility? Initial start of client quantity progression, how you properly invested into the business, major keys to starting a S/C facility with low capital. Muscle & Management Podcast - Start of the podcast? - Deciding to make an S/C realistic and efficient social media platform - The consistency of having a podcast every week Strength and speed training for baseball players - Speed & Agility - In Season progression - Plyometrics - Needs analysis for each position - Strength - Challenger strength progression

Focus on core strength/exercises, arm care, and movement quality Arm care: Posterior cuff Shoulder tubing Marv bands Mobility: Corrective exercises Foam rolling Pre-Game routines Strength & Conditioning: Exercises Progression Intensity vs volume Day types Nutrition: Macros & Calories Catching EVERY Day Progression: Receiving Blocking Throwing  

Season 4 Episode 9 is out with “Stretch Talk”. This week I sat down with my good friend Corey Arnold. Corey is currently a coach with Canes Baseball based out of Dayton, OH. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. Topics include: Coaching/Recruiting 2022 What it takes to have a successful college season Specialization of Athletes Talk MLB Lockout  Minor Leagues 2022 Best FA Signing So Far/Future What Player Could Benefit Most From Roids? Favorite 2022 Draft Prospects (College/HS)

Season 4 Episode 10 is out with Andrew Bidochka. Andrew is the owner of Evolve baseball training, a remote strength & conditioning approached training company. Andrew started his company in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic while baseball seasons were getting cancelled, and players were looking for coaching. Andrew decided in order to get his name out he started reaching out to players on Instagram offer free remote training to get his name out. Month by month, Andrew started adding new clients and now he currently has over 150 clients that he is training remotely. Andrew has found a market for athletes that do not have to break the bank for remote training but get an overall progressive training program. Evolve Baseball continues to grow at a rapid pace and I am looking forward to what the company looks like at the end of 2022. Topics include: -          Online evaluation -          Type of progression -          In Season vs. Off Season training -          Nutrition onboarding for athletes  

Season 4 Episode 11 is out with “Stretch Talk”. What is exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. Topics include:   Where to start with a high school team Types of technology What does a staff consist of How to implement technologies with players In game technology  

Season 4 Episode 12 is out with Cristian Perez. Cristian is currently working for the Cincinnati Reds as a Major League Advance Scouting Coach. Cristian works as being a hybrid between the front office and on-field player development.  Before working with the Cincinnati Reds, Cristian attended and played college baseball at Duke University and the University of Southern California. After college, Cristian worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks as a Baseball Ops Intern. He goes into detail about his experience working with an organization and how he was able to work with many different departments to learn the overall process. After working the Diamondbacks, Cristian got a job with the Commissioner's office as a Fellow working with International Baseball Operations.  Cristian talks about the overall interview process and how in-depth it really can be. He explains the Commissioner's office isn't exactly about how much you know but how well you can fit in the overall organization. Cristian has one of the most interesting jobs in baseball working with on-field development and the baseball ops department. On field development he worked with catcher development. He also caught bullpens, helped with pitchers pre game, and through BP. On the baseball ops side, he worked with analytics writing reports on the pitchers and catchers side for upcoming series. Cristian has a wide arrange of skills from his background at Duke and USC, to Baseball Ops, and the Commissioner's office. Its no luck that Cristian has one of the most interesting jobs in baseball. Please join me in listening to Cristian and his overall experiences working in professional baseball.  

Season 4 Episode 14 is out with Josh Elleman. Josh is the owner of Elite/Elleman Strength & Conditioning based out of Cincinnati, OH. Josh specializes in overall baseball development in the Athletic Training and Strength & Conditioning. Before starting Elite/Elleman Strength & Conditioning, Josh worked in the Boston Red Sox minor system (Pawtucket Red Sox) as an assistant athletic trainer. After working in professional baseball, Josh went onto working with Beacon Orthopedics as an athletic trainer and also working with the prestigious Midland summer baseball program. Josh also spent time at Miami Ohio University working with Men's baseball and Women's tennis teams. Josh and I go into detail about his overall process of taking an 8th grader into an elite athlete by their senior year of high school. This process is ultimately custom built but the overall progressions and adaptations are similar for most athletes. Josh has a ton of knowledge about how to properly train an athlete coming from an Athletic Training background and also using this background to become a successful strength & conditioning coach to be the best of both worlds. Please join me in listening to Josh and all of the knowledge he has to offer!

Season 4 Episode 16 is out with Garrison Roy. Garrison has a very extensive background working for the Florida baseball ranch, Cressy Sports Performance, and Tread Athletics. Garrison graduated and played baseball at Winston-Salem State University while studying Kinesiology and Exercise Science. During this episode, Garrison goes in-depth explaining what exactly is a performance coach. There has been a lot of confusion about what exactly is a performance coach. Garrison talks about the four main areas involved in a performance coach (Strength and Conditioning, PT, Nutrition, Sport specific knowledge). I personally have been interested in how coaches eval their athletes. Garrison and I go in-depth towards his over process evaluating an athlete and how it incorporates to their specific sport. Garrison talks about his overall opinion on biomechanics and how specifically they help and athlete. Garrison has a wide knowledge of Nutrition, Strength & Conditioning, Biomechanics, Anatomy. Garrison truly is the future of overall player performance and is showing how people need to look at overall training and the detail that it truly takes.

Season 4 Episode 17 is out with Anthony Gomez. Anthony is currently the Director of Player Development at PRP (Passion, Resilience, Process) located in Noblesville, IN. Anthony played college baseball at Vincennes and Ball State University. He played one season at Vincennes and two years at Ball State. Anthony talks about actually being cut from Ball State his senior and how he didn't maximize his overall training. Anthony talks about his beginnings at PRP and how he adapted into the coach he currently is. Anthony goes onto explain PRP's overall philosophy on pitching development and how today's player development is looking at overall mound presence development. He explains why PRP has their pitchers practice on the mound almost everyday and the overall throwing progression of pitchers. Anthony has a wide knowledge of biomechanics of throwing combining with Strength & Conditioning and overall human movement has allowed him to become one of the best overall performance coaches in the Midwest. Please join me in listening to Anthony!! Timestamps: Background 1:50 Munster HS 3:10 Vincennes University 4:00 Ball State 5:30 3 biggest things at the beginning that you learned 14:30 How this facility became one of the Midwest pitching development centers 22:45 Starting the summer program? 27:30 Explain the overall logical reason behind this 31:00 More emphasis towards lower half at PRP? 36:00 Custom programs at PRP, how do you pump athletes in and out of the facility 40:00 Future of player development? 53:00

Season 4 Episode 18 is out with Dan Sarmiento or DSARM. Dan is a social media influencer athlete who will be attending Azusa Pacific University to play college baseball. Dan is known for vlogging in the baseball realm but has recently started a podcast called “The Show” with his friend Joe Norris. They were recently sponsored by @thebsblr Dan talks about his start in social media and his love for videography. He talks about how he has been filming since he was a kid and is fascinated by how video can truly show a story about one's life through a lens. Dan explains what is takes to become an athlete vlogger and now podcaster with consistently producing content regularly while keeping viewer retention high. Becoming a vlogger can happen overnight but it is a true process and a storytelling skill to keep content consistently flowing. Dan goes onto talk about his current podcast style on social media. He explains why he cuts down his podcasts to a shorter time and how this is becoming a style of podcasting through social media. Dan explains how each platform really works form YouTube to TikTok and how different their roles really are towards viewership & retention rate. There currently is not a lot of information out there to explain how to properly promote yourself as an athlete and how to keep your viewership consistently flowing/engaging. Dan does tremendous job thoroughly explaining his process and what you should expect promoting yourself! Please enjoy listening to him and follow him on all socials @DSARMYT. Timestamps Where did you go to school and where are you going? 2:30   Intended Major? 3:05   Why did you pick this school? 3:50   Process of starting and finding what works for you? 5:32   Progression towards video editing 6:30   Vlogs vs Podcasts 8:35   How important is it to promote yourself as a high school guy in 2022? 11:35   What would you recommend to guys starting to promote yourself (on/off field progression) 12:50   Keeping the progression of content? 14:11   What is your favorite social media platform and sustainable 16:15   Style of “The Show” Podcast 19:20   Your goals? 20:50   Training goals? 22:04   How are you taking your social media presence to your next school?! 27:10   Process of having guests? 29:10   Closing 31:00       End 34:25

Season 4 Episode 19 is out with “Stretch Talk'. What exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks, you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. This week's stretch talk is about “What is next after baseball”. I go in-depth talking about keys to dealing with your post playing career. This can be harsh for many people due to just being overall lost and looking for what is next. People don't talk about how harsh that first year of a post playing career can be. I wanted to give my 5 overall keys. Timestamps:   Intro Who is this this podcast for? (1:09) My backstory after college (1:24) What I would do differently after college? 6:40 Freshman – explore fields seem interesting – social media, s/c, business (supply chain and finance), and S/C (8:30) Keys to think about post playing career The year after school? (9:40) Is going to grad school ideal? (11:50) Gap year and potential goals (13:50) Financially (15:37) Remember you are 20's get after it (17:20)  

Season 4 Episode 20 is out with Andrew Bradley. Andrew recently graduated from Earlham college located in Richmond, IN. During the 2022 season, Andrew broke the Earlham College single season Homerun record after having zero career Homeruns and having nothing to show his first 3 seasons at Earlham College. Andrew also hit 5 Homeruns, 12 RBI'S, and 2 Doubles. At one point, Andrew was trending on Twitter for his amazing performance. During this episode, Andrew and I talk about his previous college offseasons compared to his senior season. Andrew had a crazy body transformation from his freshman year to his senior season. He gained 30 pounds his junior year and explained how it helped him to progress into his senior season. Andrew graduated Earlham College with a psychology degree and is huge on mental side of baseball. Andrew explains what it takes to truly have a positive mentality outlook and have a progression towards on the field performance. Please join me in listening to Andrew's story of his crazy 2022 season. Timestamps Recently named 1st team all region by ABCA Compare your previous year stats (1:300 Junior year (2:30)   Different outlook towards 2022 This off-season vs previous (lifting, hitting, nutrition, recovery) (5:10) Weight gain (8:10) 2021 lifts (13:00) 2022 lifts (18:50)   What did you do different within your swing Swing Progression (22:50) Hitting off season 2022/Progression (29:00) Using Video (33:00)   2022 season in your view Team environment difference (40:00) Coaching difference (44:00)   April 6th, 2022 (49:05) 5 Hrs, 12 RBI, 2 double   Close  

Episode 21 season 4 is out with Landon Steiner. Landon is currently an assistant coach at Transylvania University located in Lexington, Ky. Landon has had success right away at Transylvania University winning the HCAC Championship his second year of coaching. Landon finished his college career at Winston-Salem State University. Landon goes in-depth talking about the development at a D3 and how to overcome the restrictions that comes with that. Landon talks about how in order to become a successful organization you have to trust people outside of the school to train your players at a high level. 2022 has been a crazy year for recruiting. Currently for D1 there are 3,600 athletes in the transfer portal. The portal has changed everything about recruiting and it will only get crazier. Landon talks about his overall experiences with recruiting during the 2021-2022 season. He explains that recruiting is starting to completely change and protecting your current players might be more important than ever. Please join me in listening to Landon and “Always Remember Be Yourself”. Timestamps (Coming Soon) Intro   Background Henry Clay College experience Pecos Coastal Plains Trackman experience Transylvania   Success after first year of coaching collegiately HCAC championship 2021 season overall Talk about 2023   Development at a D3 Explain how to develop players at a D3 level (shorter fall, less hours, high academics) Transylvania philosophy Transylvania S/C   D3 recruiting What does Transylvania look for in a specific player? How important is location impact (specific areas for recruiting) Differences post Covid   Player development 2023 pitching Hitting Overall technical   Close   End  

Episode 22 Season 4 is out with Jackson Thorne. Jackson is very vocal about his pitching development and recent rehab with TJ. Jackson and I go in depth talking about his past experiences with TJ. The overall process from surgery to their first experience back on the mound. TJ is a crazy experience and can change pitchers for the better because they can completely start over. Jackson is attending Marymount University this upcoming school year. He will consistently post his throwing and S/C progression through all social platforms.   Intro   Background (1:15) School currently TJ Backstory (3:20) Occurrence (4:15) Surgery (5:15) Recovery (8:20) Rehab (11:00) Realistic expectations (14:56) Rehab S/C Throwing Future of TJ pitchers (21:10) What is the future of rehab? What needs to change on a throwing side of recovery Nutrition? Social media (27:00) Top 3 accounts (29:00) Oddity (31:16) Current training (33:00) Throwing S/C Nutrition Closing. End  

Season 4 Episode 23 is out with “Stretch Talk'. What exactly is “Stretch Talk”? If you have played high school or college sports you know that every day you stretch. Stretching can be one of the most routine things you will do on an everyday basis. After a couple weeks, you become familiar on what you need to accomplish stretching wise and can do it in your sleep. During this time, you start to strike up conversations with your teammates. This week's stretch talk is about “What I have learned through 100 episodes”. I started this podcast back in 2019 trying to find as much information I can about baseball ops, player development, and overall business. Through this podcast I have learned so much information from overall controlling a conversation to player development. It has been one of the best decisions I have made and look forward to what is coming next1! Timestamps: Why did I start a podcast (00:45) learning how to talk bec it's a skill. (5:00) connections connections!! (8:35) You really don't know much until you test yourself (10:55) Everyone has their own story (12:53) Podcasting is a grind (15:00 Marketing and social media (18:30 Creativity! (19:22) Your guests represent who you are (21:16) Your only as good as your last podcast (25:00)  

Season 4 Episode 24 is out with TJ Wharton. TJ is currently the Director of performance and recruiting coordinator at Maryville College located in Maryville, TN. TJ has a long list of previous experiences including working for the New York Yankees ats a Bullpen Catcher/Performance Science Assistant during spring training. TJ also has experience working for Eckerd College, IMG, St. Petersburg College, and Catawba College.TJ goes indepth talking about his current positions at Maryville and talks about how much having a CSCS has helped him at the Division 3 level. TJ has a ton of experience working worth difference organizations and colleges while having a knowledge in Exercise Science and Kinesiology. TJ is the definition of a Holistic approach towards the game of baseball. Please join me in listening to TJ.   Timestamps: S: Kinesiology and Exercise Science MS: Recreation and Sports Sciences, Coaching   Lots of experience/Jobs before Maryville. Want to go over a lot of these experiences 2:00 Catawba College Eckerd College IMG New York Yankees 4:00   Recent Coach in Palm Beaches Colligate League 8:30 Experience Why did you coach in this league   Being a D3 performance Coach 10:00 Explain your role 10:30 How important is it having a CSCS at the collegiate level 13:30 D3 restrictions and how you deal with them 17:30 How do you try to individualize athletes 22:30   Recent 2022 recruiting What has changed in the last two years of recruiting 27:00 How do you recruit guys to go D3   Player Development 2023 what to expect? 33:00 What is one new aspect you have been researching? 35:15   Closing 45:00 Season 4 Episode 24 is out with TJ Wharton. TJ is currently the Director of performance and recruiting coordinator at Maryville College located in Maryville, TN. TJ has a long list of previous experiences including working for the New York Yankees ats a Bullpen Catcher/Performance Science Assistant during spring training. TJ also has experience working for Eckerd College, IMG, St. Petersburg College, and Catawba College.TJ goes indepth talking about his current positions at Maryville and talks about how much having a CSCS has helped him at the Division 3 level. TJ has a ton of experience working worth difference organizations and colleges while having a knowledge in Exercise Science and Kinesiology. TJ is the definition of a Holistic approach towards the game of baseball. Please join me in listening to TJ.   Timestamps: S: Kinesiology and Exercise Science MS: Recreation and Sports Sciences, Coaching   Lots of experience/Jobs before Maryville. Want to go over a lot of these experiences 2:00 Catawba College Eckerd College IMG New York Yankees 4:00   Recent Coach in Palm Beaches Colligate League 8:30 Experience Why did you coach in this league   Being a D3 performance Coach 10:00 Explain your role 10:30 How important is it having a CSCS at the collegiate level 13:30 D3 restrictions and how you deal with them 17:30 How do you try to individualize athletes 22:30   Recent 2022 recruiting What has changed in the last two years of recruiting 27:00 How do you recruit guys to go D3   Player Development 2023 what to expect? 33:00 What is one new aspect you have been researching? 35:15   Closing 45:00  

Season 4 Episode 25 is out with Casey Demko. Casey is currently an assistant coach at Abilene Christian University located in Abilene, TX. Before, ACU Casey played college baseball at many levels including (Ohio State, Sinclair CC, and Coker University). This has allowed Casey to have a very eye-opening college experience showing that there is talent at every level of baseball. Casey started his college coaching career at Quincy University a Division 2 baseball program in Quincy, IL. Casey goes in-depth talking about how he used technology at Quincy to help develop infielders. Technology become a huge staple in his development process by analyzing every type of ground ball hit while also tracking throws through an application created through R. Casey is a progressive coach while understanding that development is a process, and you need a plan for every player. Please join me in listening to Casey. Timestamps: Background 01:30 Ohio State 1:34 Sinclair CC 1:47 Coker College 2:02 Quincy University 2:23 Abilene Christian University (Go through and explain your recent hire)   2022 season at Quincy 3:06   Overall path to becoming an assistant coach in college 5:45 Process of being a grad student 5:50 Grad school and coaching balance 7:30 What do you really need to know going into this position 9:20   Skills that need to be learned Coaching style 13:25 Process of actually running a real college program 18:30 Player development qualities 19:20   How hard is it to get a D1 assistant coaches job 26:21 would be interested hearing your experience without giving out to much personal information   Player development 2023 Expectations 29:41 Biggest differences between 2021-2022 39:16   Closing

Season 4 Episode 26 is out with Robert Frey. Robert is the lead developer for Prep Baseball Report. His role at Prep Baseball Report is to make all data more concise to the public. Robert's goal is to help coaches use data to make the best decisions possible for recruiting purposes. Robert can completely change the way coaches recruit players looking forward in the future. Robert comes from a very strong background including being a Driveline Baseball Ops Analyst and Director of Analytics & Information Systems for Quincy University. Robert explains that both roles were very different in a sense but allowed him to think outside the box. He completely changes the way how a college analytics department should look like at a four year college. Robert has a high level of understanding through R and Python while thinking outside the box on the player development side. Please join me in listening to Robert and his wide progressive knowledge about baseball! Timestamps: Previous positions Quincy University Director of analytics and information systems Driveline Baseball Ops Analyst Prep Baseball Report 2:30 what does your role entail 2:45 What to expect? 5:00 Why R is the best programming language for baseball 8:02 Is it a must for analysts? 11:25 Your personal process of learning R 13:35 Best places to learn (using a plug for your YouTube channel) 18:04 Previous roles: Quincy University Director of Analytics and Driveline Baseball Ops Explain what you did for both roles 23:15 Difference of Interpretation of data (Coaches at QU and Driveline) 29:11 Quincy Dashboard time 32:31 Player development in the next 5 years analytically (new technology or Baseball Ops positions) What to expect and personally looking forward too? 36:20 What will an analyst position entail? 47:20 Closing

Season 4 Episode 27 is out with Nathan Jones. Nathan owns Elevation Athletic Performance located in Cassville, MO. Nathan prides his facility on quality Strength & Conditioning programs to help athletes reach their full potential. Nathan started EAP in 2021 and has seen a lot of growth in the last year. Nathan goes in-depth talking about how to start a facility but more importantly knowing your population demographic. Nathan found his niche in Cassville, MO by offering best quality training programs and atmosphere. Nathan spent time as an OPP Intern (Optimal Power Performance located in Tempe, AZ) in 2021. Nathan talks about how this was such an eye-opening experience for him and what quality player development entails. Nathan talks about how his experience gave him the confidence to learn and explore the field of strength & conditioning in a positive manner. Nathan is a huge proponent of the conjugate method for athletes. Nathan goes on to talk about why he uses this method and why it is so helpful to all athletes no matter what season they are currently in (Off-Season, Preseason, In season, Postseason). Please join me in listening to Nathan and his shared experiences about Strength & Conditioning! Timestamps: Ian's Experience with Elevation Performance  Background: Baseball background 2:15 Before Elevation 5:20 Elevation Performance  What made you start your own facility 8:50 Facility backbone (Conjugate system or Conjugate for athletes) 15:50 What have you learned from your first year? 20:58 What are going to be your keys to having a successful facility 28:05 OPP Internship Experience 32:12 Working with AJ Arroyo (you can go as in-depth as you want. He is very respected in the S/C field that's why) 33:45 Hitting and the style? 42:00 Conjugate for athletes Favorite keys towards program (example: AMRAP Method) 49:40 Player development  What have you been exploring within player development recently 55:20 What are you looking to implement over the next year with your facility 59:50 Closing 61:04

Season 4 Episode 28 is out with Jack Barry. Jack Barry is the owner of Jack Barry Performance. Jack's goal “Is to be able to help all athlete's performance offering quality programming, workload management, nutrition, mental prep, and recovery”. Jack became a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2021. Jack has great background playing and working in player development. Jack played college baseball at Salisbury University. He played infield and pitched during his college career. After, his playing career Jack took a position with Tread Athletics. During, this time at Tread athletics he learned what it takes to program a holistic approach and quality programing towards each individual athlete. Jack decided to leave Tread athletics and pursue a career in broadcasting. He started to broadcast at his former school Salisbury University and broadcasted many different sports during this time. During 2022, Jack decided to take a Director of Media relations job with Cropdusters baseball (Currently in the Cal Ripken Summer Collegiate League). During this time Jack realized that his passion was work one – on – one with athletes. Jack and I go in-depth talking about pitching development and what areas of development each of us are most interested in. This talk leads into a wide arrange of development strategies. During this time, you can definitely tell that development is Jack's passion. Timestamps- Background: Tread athletics Salisbury University Crop dusters baseball Salisbury University 1:20 Tread Athletics Experience (Performance Coach and Athlete Representative) 3:35 Coaching 80+ (experience) 7:10 Business side of a facility? (Biggest take aways) 9:30 Experience obtaining CSCS (everyone has a story) 13:00 Crop Duster Baseball Director of Media and Internships 21:33 Broadcasting 22:00 Experience 25:00 Jack Barry Performance 33:50 What made you start your own performance company 34:00 Business model? 38:45 Plan towards obtaining clients? 40:57 Pitching development Holistic approach (what is your favorite area - pitch design, mechanical, S&C) 45:51 Evaluate of a pitcher discussion (sabermetrics, Movement assessment, pitch design) 52:07 What have you been diving into recently or studying? 55:47 Closing  

Season 4 Episode 28 is out with Jack Barry. Jack Barry is the owner of Jack Barry Performance. Jack's goal “Is to be able to help all athlete's performance offering quality programming, workload management, nutrition, mental prep, and recovery”. Jack became a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2021. Jack has great background playing and working in player development. Jack played college baseball at Salisbury University. He played infield and pitched during his college career. After, his playing career Jack took a position with Tread Athletics. During, this time at Tread athletics he learned what it takes to program a holistic approach and quality programing towards each individual athlete. Jack decided to leave Tread athletics and pursue a career in broadcasting. He started to broadcast at his former school Salisbury University and broadcasted many different sports during this time. During 2022, Jack decided to take a Director of Media relations job with Cropdusters baseball (Currently in the Cal Ripken Summer Collegiate League). During this time Jack realized that his passion was work one – on – one with athletes. Jack and I go in-depth talking about pitching development and what areas of development each of us are most interested in. This talk leads into a wide arrange of development strategies. During this time, you can definitely tell that development is Jack's passion. Timestamps- Background: Tread athletics Salisbury University Crop dusters baseball Salisbury University 1:20 Tread Athletics Experience (Performance Coach and Athlete Representative) 3:35 Coaching 80+ (experience) 7:10 Business side of a facility? (Biggest take aways) 9:30 Experience obtaining CSCS (everyone has a story) 13:00 Crop Duster Baseball Director of Media and Internships 21:33 Broadcasting 22:00 Experience 25:00 Jack Barry Performance 33:50 What made you start your own performance company 34:00 Business model? 38:45 Plan towards obtaining clients? 40:57 Pitching development Holistic approach (what is your favorite area - pitch design, mechanical, S&C) 45:51 Evaluate of a pitcher discussion (sabermetrics, Movement assessment, pitch design) 52:07 What have you been diving into recently or studying? 55:47 Closing  

Season 4 Episode 29 is out with Jordan Oseguera. Jordan is currently the Director of High Performance at Armcare.com. Jordan has an extensive background working in professional baseball. Before working in professional baseball, Jordan worked for the National Pitching Association. This gave him the honor of working with Tom House and learning his styles of player development progression. Jordan had an interesting experience working in professional baseball. During his time, he worked in the Los Angeles Angels organization working in multiple roles from Assistant Programs Manager, Pitching Coach, Professional Scouting, Amateur Scouting, and Pitching analyst. Jordan assisted in designing pitching development programs. He helped introduce innovative tools to track the progression of pitchers. This would allow for the organization to grow as a whole and lower pitching injuries within the organization. Jordan has become an innovative name in the pitching industry. As director of high performance for ArmCare.com, he assists with the overall onboarding and implementation of testing, training, and tracking within professional & collegiate baseball. ArmCare.com is truly changing the way pitchers take care of their arms in a custom manner. Jordan Oseguera (Director of High Performance at Armcare.com)   Intro:   Background:   National Pitchers Association & Tom House (3:05)   Pitching Coach LA Angels (5:30) -        Experience in the minor leagues? -        Levels that you coached. -        How progressive was the organization during this time?   Pitching Analyst LA Angels (8:00) -        Explain what a pitching analyst is? (Data, Programming, Technology Implementation) -        Development process? -        Implementation of pitch design? -        What technologies were implemented and goal towards tracking overall trends in the org?   Current: ArmCare.com Technology (21:00) -        Explanation of the technology -        Why data collection towards your arm health is more important than people think? -        Why can this change player development in the current game?   Role as Director of High Performance (41:48) -        Overview of the position -        Implementation towards organization and universities   Research and player development (49:00) -        Recent studies? -        Recent post about salary loss towards professional organizations? -        Organizations Investment towards professional organization staff development? -        What do you see progressing towards player development in the next 5 years?   Closing

Ian Bach  9:16 AM (23 minutes ago)     to me Season 4 Episode 30 is out with Carter Hohn. Carter is currently the Throwing Coordinator at BRX Performance location in Milwaukee, WI. During his college career, Carter attended 4 different schools. Carter graduated from Central Christian College of Kansas with a BS in Kinesiology & Exercise Science. During his college career, Carter trained at Driveline for about 6 months learning how to progress in his own player development. BRX Performance is a baseball facility that specializes in custom S&C and throwing programs. BRX does a fantastic job of combining the role of S&C with throwing allowing for overall exceptional workload management. Carter talks about how BRX shows the continuing education factor towards the facility by having staff meetings every morning and breaking down current clients' deficiencies in throwing & in the weight room. Carter talks about BRX's style of programming explaining how the facility leans heavily towards using plyos. BRX wants the athlete to work through basic primary movements of the throwing and heavy emphasis on workload management. One of the main goals for the facility is for each athlete to understand how to manage their workload throughout each season. Timestamps: Located In Milwaukee, WI   Playing career (want to hear your story) (1:10) 4 school experience BS in Kinesiology & Exercise Science from Central Christian College of Kansas Driveline experience (3:57)   Facility vs College (10:30) Benefits of working at a Facility There are die hard facility coaches and die hard college coaches (Want to hear your opinion)?   Programming Style: Plyos, medballs, or core velocity (we will both go into detail our thoughts) overall eval process? (20:46) explain the overall logical reason behind this (26:52) More emphasis towards lower half? (39:16) Custom programs at BRX, how do you pump athletes in and out of the facility (30:00)   Programming connecting between you and the strength coaches Process? (44:35) How does the facility work within the style Creating adaptations towards the athlete that coincide with each other   Future of player development? (50:27)   Closing

Season 4 Episode 31 is out with Benjamin Jones. He is currently a Sports Scientist at Driveline Baseball located in Kent, WA. Benjamin obtained his MA and BS in Exercise & Kinesiology from the University of Puget Sound and San Jose State University.  Benjamin has an extensive background within his internship route ranging from high school, college, and professional levels. These included Albany high school located in Albany, CA, St. Mary's College located in Moraga, CA, San Jose Sharks, and the University of Utah. The Sports Scientist role has become a huge part of professional and college organizations. A Sports Scientist's background can range on many different levels from academic to former strength coach. Data has become a huge integration piece of sports towards the overall evaluation of sport. Ben goes on to explain his experience learning how to code and the overall hurdles he had to accomplish. Driveline baseball has become the data-driven center for baseball player development. Ben talks about his experience working in the Motion Capture Lab every day and why it is so important for Driveline Baseball. He talks about how important data is in the sport of baseball and why it's only going to grow over time. I really enjoyed my time talking to Benjamin and learning about the growing field of Sports Science! Timestamps: BS in Kinesiology and Exercise Science at the University of Puget Sound   MA in Kinesiology and Exercise Science at San Jose State University   Background (2:20) Albany High School (Albany, CA) St. Mary's College (Moraga, CA) San Jose Sharks University of Utah   What is a sports scientist (Want the audience to understand) (20:00) What is a sports scientist Proper background Coding background (18:39)   Sports Science at Driveline (33:39) Explain the Motion Capture Lab How are you presenting the information to athletes (38:35) Working in Unison with Throwing trainers and High Performance Trainers   Recent Studies: (45:20) Recent study of Pelvis and Torso Biomechanics associated with Pitch Velocity at Puget Sound Player Development within 2 years What does the future look like How are colleges going to adapt   2-4 years player development (58:20)   Closing

Season 4 Episode 32 is out with Frank Andrews. Frank is currently a High Performance Development Coach at Baseball Ireland & Irish National Baseball Team Head Coach. Frank obtained his BS in Exercise Science/Biology at Concordia University and MS in Strength and Conditioning from Limerick Institute of Technology.   Frank explains specifically how the National Team operates and his experience within  the European Pool Qualifiers. Frank talks about his experience within Strength & Conditioning and the differences between USA and Abroad. Frank explains how he originally got the job with Baseball Ireland and how he started to expand the Irish Baseball Academy.   Frank is a very independent think about Strength & Conditioning and Baseball. Frank talks how he is creating adaptations towards his athletes in order to maximize their baseball playing abilities. Frank goes in-depth talking about his philosophies towards throwing and why anatomically throwing originates anteriorly rather than posteriorly.   Timestamps   Background: (02:00) Startup within baseball and strength and conditioning: (02:20) Injuries (4:00) Concordia University Minor in Chemistry and BS in Exercise Science/Biology (5:00) MS in Strength and Conditioning from Limerick Institute of Technology (07:20) Experience starting in Ireland and baseball abroad (08:10) Strike zone facility (10:15)   Ireland (12:10) MS program structure (12:10) Strength and Conditioning US vs Abroad (14:20) Popularity of baseball within Ireland (21:20) Growth of baseball over the next 5 years (25:10) High Performance Development Coach (30:20) Development of baseball Ireland and establishing a high-performance environment? (31:00) Irish National team (34:00) Development programs ideology (38:00) In-depth analysis of programming style (42:30) Mountain Builder Bench Description (44:40) Description of throwing ideology using the perfect throw (48:12) Cueing ideology (57:30) Throwing discussion Why the arm is more important than what people think (60:00) Evolution of the shoulder from monkeys into humans (61:10) Why monkeys can't actually throw and the main function of their shoulders (63:20) Development of sternoclavicular joint and why throwing originates anteriorly rather than posteriorly (64:20) Training and understanding the eccentric motion of the throw (75:00) Baseball training philosophy adaptation from the past 5-10 years (82:40) Player Development over the next 5 years and why data interpretation is more important than technology (87:00)   Closing (98:30)  

Season 4 Episode 33 is out with Marek Ramilo. Marek is currently a Quantitative Trader. He is also an R&D Analyst with Driveline baseball working with overall player projections and finishing his degree from the University of Chicago in Financial Mathematics. Marek graduated from Yale University with a BA in Economics. Marek talks about his time at Yale and explains how he decided to get into trading. Marek explains what exactly a Quantitative Trader does and why it is such an interesting position to be in. H Marek played baseball in high school but didn't realize how quantitative theories can help play into overall player progression models until a couple of years ago. Since he has become fascinated with using his ideology within baseball. Marek talks about how the MLB draft can become so Quantitative based in the future and why two-way players might become the future towards front office organizations. Time Stamps:   Background (1:00) BA from Yale in Economics MS from the University of Chicago in Financial Mathematics Current profession Quantitative Trader What exactly is a Quantitative Trader (3:45) What is your role as a Trader? (4:46) Why this goes allowing with Driveline research (5:30) What exactly is a Quantitative Trader? (7:30) Pitch Level Data (9:05) Josiah Gray Outline (11:25) School Background (14:10) Yale – Why Economics (14:20) Why did you pick Trading (15:20)   Driveline Role within Driveline (21:53) Quantitative theories towards player projections (23:00) Sabermetrics within player development (28:30) Player projection models (34:00) How does your schedule look like working at Driveline and Trading (41:00) Future of Baseball Analytics (45:00) Analytics towards Player development & MLB Draft (46:30) 2 ways the future of the MLB Draft (50:32) Moeller Analytics How it started and ongoing process (54:00) Deciding what technology to use (55:00) Technology integration throughout the first year (57:00) What does 2023 look like (58:30) What does the future look like at Moeller (60:00) What is our overall goal or 2-year plan (62:00) Keys to having an analytic organization (71:00)   Closing    

Season 4 Episode 35 is out with Alex Reynolds. He is currently a pitching intern at Cressey Sports Performance located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. He graduated from Babson College with a M.S. in Business Analytics. While also graduating B.A. in a Business Analytics and Finance. He played 5 years of college baseball at Babson and his main position was a catcher Alex talks about why he picked business analytics as a major and why it's such a good degree for future analytically mindset individuals. During his time at Babson, he underwent Tommy John Surgery. During this time, Alex along with Eric Schoenberg wanted to create a platform for athletes to share their experiences and offer support with their TJ Surgery & rehab process. Alex explains his overall role at Cressey and what the future of CSP Pitching entails. Within Cressey, Alex is able to dive completely into the development side of pitching while using his analytical skills to provide value within overall player progression profiles. Timestamps Intro (1:20) Alex's background includes – M.S. in Business Analytics and Playing Career (2:30) Tommy John Experience and Tommy John Club (4:45) Business Analytics experience within the school including projects & simulations (9:00) Favorite Computer Languages and what he uses at Cressey SP (11:30) Why Business Analytics is one of the best routes for a future career (15:25) Overall role as a pitching intern at Cressey Sports Performance (19:30) Using catching background towards pitching development (22:00) Cressey Pitching Performance Player Reports (28:00) Stuff + metric towards player development (31:00) The biggest learning curve working at Cressey SP (35:30) Favorite sabermetrics towards pitching (39:30) Favorite Player Development technology (43:20) Player Development progression over the next 5 years (47:00) Closing (50:00)

Episode 36 Season 4 is out with Noah Junis. Noah is currently the assistant director of pitching at Premier Pitching Performance located in Wentzville, MO. Before working at PPP, he was the Pitching Director at Push Performance in Tempe, AZ. While his overall first coaching position was at Illinois Central College. Noah talks about his overall start in coaching and how he overall progressed into pitching development. Noah explains what overall role is entailed at Push Performance and how it was such an eye-opening experience within biomechanics, S&C, and movement assessments. Noah explains what Premier Pitching Performance is in relation to private sector facilities. PPP has become well known for its overall assessment of biomechanical data, strength vs power evaluation, and pitch design. Over the past couple of years, PPP has become a consultant towards collegiate programs helping with the overall assessment process and program design. Timestamps: -        Intro (1:20) -        Background (2:20) -        Illinois Central College (3:00) -        Initial coaching learning curves (4:35) -        Push Performance Experience (6:40) -        Initial jump working with professional athletes (9:10) -        Programming process at Push Performance (11:30) -        Learning how to utilize biomechanical, anatomical, and human physiology methods (14:05) -        What is Premier Pitching Performance (16:15) -        Working with different colligate programs (20:00) -        Working with college pitching coaches toward developmental programs (22:00) -        Communication between PPP and Collegiate programs (25:00) -        Data interpretation towards PPP (27:15) -        Program style from data interpretation or first movement quality (30:00) -        Progression of pitchers over the next 5 years (31:30) -        Is coding going to be a priority for pitching coaches (35:00) -        How is data changing the culture of college programs (39:00) -        Bridging the gap between biomechanics and pitching (43:00)

  Episode 4 Season 5 is out with Garrett Baker. He is currently an Integration Pitching Coach within the Mets organization.  Garrett obtained his Master of Science in Exercise Science - Sports Psychology while also having a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise from Cedarville University.  Garret's background includes coaching within 4 colleges and Powerhouse Performance Training. Garrett talks about using all of his backgrounds from pitching, S&C, and Sports Psychology towards the development of pitching.  Garrett talks about using the Ecological approach and overall human movement from Ido Portal to progress pitchers into an overall skillful approach towards development. TimeStamps: Intro (1:30) What is a Mets Integration Pitching Coach (2:30) Integration of Skillful systems (4:30) Ian's perception on skillful implementation (8:45) What is a skillful movement within pitching (10:15) Overall background towards style of coaching (13:30) Time at American Internal (18:30) Ido Portal movement system (20:00) Organization of the thoughts within the brain (26:30) Adding variability to training both S&C and pitching (32:02) Utilizing movement history of athletes (36:30) How to utilize variability training (42:00) What is ecological psychology  (44:45) Player Development 2023 - Skillful Data (54:00)  Closing (59:00)

Episode 1 Season 5 is out with Easton Miller. Easton is currently the head of Strength and Conditioning at KOVA sports. KOVA is an inclusive baseball training center pertaining to Hitting and Throwing development while also focusing on overall athletic health. The overall goal of the facility is to help athletes reach their maximum potential. KOVA is quickly becoming an influential facility located in Texas. KOVA has implemented an overall education system for the progression of innovative technology and concepts toward player development. Easton started his career at KOVA as an intern while working under Grant Fowler. Fowler introduced overall French Contrast, Extreme Isometrics, and plyometric training. Easton goes on to explain KOVAs overall implementation of Strength & Conditioning. Easton talks about he programs his athletes within the weight room and pertains to his weekly progressions of athletes. Easton has implemented a week-by-week programming style working with high school and college athletes. He talks about how to implement proper programs while taking into consideration what athletes are doing at their primary schools. His overall goal is to teach athletes to learn how to listen to their bodies and progress in their overall development holistically.   Timestamps; -        Intro (1:20) -        Background (2:15) -        What is KOVA (6:30) -        Start of KOVA (7:00) -        Start of Internship (9:00) -        Working with passionate owners (11:00) -        How the facility operates from the top down (13:00) -        Progression becoming Head of S&C (15:30) -        Progression of programming (18:00) -        Biggest learning curve towards becoming head of S&C (21:30) -        Program within High School athletes (23:30) -        How to get athletes to trust you (26:30) -        Teaching athletes to listen to their bodies (28:30) -        Programming Style (30:45) -        Using Non-Linear Periodization (34:30) -        Plyometrics (39:00) -        Why hanging is so important (44:00) -        Technology within KOVA (46:45) -        Facility interactions between coaches (53:35) -        Organization towards athletes (57:45) -        Player Development within the next 5 years (60:45) -        Closing (67:45)

Episode 2 Season 5 is out with Seamus Kenneally. He is currently a Strength & Conditioning at Break Through Fitness Cincy while also being an assistant coach for both Kings High School (Cincinnati, OH) and Cincinnati Bulls Summer Organization. Seamus graduated and played college baseball at Marietta. Seamus talks about all the trials and tribulations he encountered while in college. These included injuries, COVID-19, and overall development. Seamus is very passionate about overall athletic development. As a Strength & Conditioning coach his overall goal is not only for athletes to get big and strong but to have total control of their COM (Center of Mass). By implementing systems that all for these adaptations he believes that he can get the most out of every athlete. Seamus is currently an assistant coach for Kings High School (Cincinnati, OH) and Cincinnati Bulls Summer Organization. Shea talks about what it's like to help completely change the culture of a high school into respectable player development and winning organization.  He talks about not only the baseball qualities to improve an organization but how their ultimate job is to help develop boys into men. Seamus has a very bright representation of what it's like to holistically develop baseball players while also teaching them about life's challenges. Seamus has become a great mentor to many players and his influence will only grow in the years to come. TimeStamps: -        Intro (1:22) -        College Background at Marietta College (3:20) -        Injuries (4:20) -        COVID (7:25) -        Psychology aspect of player acquisition (9:50) -        Break Through Fitness (12:05) -        Utilization of Kinetic Chain within Strength & Conditioning (13:10) -        Strength and Power Implementations to programs (16:35) -        Training the overall athlete (18:20) -        Building a High School Program from the ground up (23:40) -        Practice Scenarios (23:30) -        Putting the Program on the map (28:25) -        Summer Baseball overview (32:05) -        College Recruiting 2023 (35:30) -        Transfer Portal (38:00) -        Summer Baseball Organization growth (42:10) -        Best advice for player development 2023 (44:25) -        Closing (45:50)

Episode 3 Season 5 is out with Alex Caravan. Alex is currently the Director of Data Science at Driveline Baseball. He is also Co-Host of Driveline Research and Drinks Podcast. Alex graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a Bachelors degree in Economics and Statistics.      Alex talks about what his role as Director of Data Science entails at Driveline and how is able to work with different departments within the company.      We go into discussion about overall projections that Driveline has been looking into or currently using within the facility. Driveline recently released its public motion capture data from their biomechanics lab. Alex talks about what that means for potential analysis and what trends will be looked in the future.   Alex talks about his overall role as Co-Host of Driveline's R&D podcast. He explains what the backend of the podcast is truly like, working with two other hosts, and obtaining guests.      Driveline continues to show that they are a leading edge within player development. Driveline has many of their employees hired into professional organizations and 2023 was a huge year for this.      TimeStamps:     Intro (1:20) How to keep a podcast going (2:40) Before Driveline (7:00) Getting hired at Driveline (8:20) Overall roles at Driveline currently (13:15) Peer Reviewed Articles (15:40) Driveline current business process (20:00) Purchasing Motus and creating Pulse (22:00) Driveline Metric Projections 2023 within Pitching, Hitting, Overall Biomechanics, and High Performance (30:00) What are organizations looking for within Hitting in 2023 (37:00) Open Source Biomechanics data (41:00) What is like starting a podcast (43:45) Interacting with fans (49:30) Overall hiring of Driveline employees into pro organizations during 2022-2023 off season (51:00) What should Alex's workout be for the day? (59:40) Closing (65:30)

Join us on a fascinating journey with Emilio Martinez, an engineer and coding enthusiast. With degrees in Mechatronics Engineering and an MBA, Emilio brings a unique blend of skills and experience to our podcast. From college baseball to his proficiency in programming languages like Python, R, and MATLAB, we'll explore how his education and talents shape his career in mechatronics engineering and data analytics. Discover his pivotal role as an R&D Engineering Intern at BaseballCloud and his contributions to data analysis in sports. We'll also delve into his time as a Performance Coach at Tread Athletics, where data-driven insights are transforming sports performance training and pitching development. Emilio's entrepreneurial spirit shines through his venture, Engineered Performance LLC, a remote training company aimed at shaping the industry's future. Join us as we explore his journey in seeking data science roles, showcasing his commitment to innovation. Emilio's story, at the intersection of engineering, data, and sports, promises an engaging and insightful podcast experience. Tune in and be inspired by his dedication to excellence. Time Stamps: Intro (1:20) Pre-Podcast thoughts (2:20) Emilio's educational background (3:18) MBA Experience and using the ideology in Player Development (8:00) Learning Python, MATLAB, and R (14:00) Process of learning (20:00) Analyst realization (25:04) Processes and ideologies towards projects and organizations (27:00) Baseball Cloud Experience (31:18) Tread Athletics Experience (40:00) Experience within collaboration (48:23) Thoughts on association and the 'whys" (55:00) Trainee experiences, what is "training", and why there is a huge misconception (62:00) Future opportunities (76:00)

In this episode, we sit down with Jason Agresti, the Director of BackStop U at Velo University, to dive into his fascinating journey from being a four-year starter at Binghamton University to becoming a catcher for the Sussex County Miners in the Frontier League. Join us as we explore Jason's experiences in Indy Baseball, from his time with Rockland and New Jersey from 2019 to 2022, to the significant changes he's witnessed in the world of catching since 2018. Jason will share his insights into how technology and data have transformed the game, both for coaches and scouting. Discover the expectations and insights looking ahead to 2023 in Indy Ball and get an in-depth look at Velo University, including its background and Jason's initial interactions with the facility. Learn about the implementation of Backstop University and how it has contributed to the development of catchers. In the BackStop U segment, Jason shares the inception of the program, its overall evaluation process, and delves deep into his own ideologies and thought process when it comes to programming catchers in 2023. As we explore the future of catching in 2023 and beyond, Jason provides his perspective on how the position will evolve at both the college and professional levels. He discusses how organizations value catchers and the balance between high catchability and low offense, which can help organizations save money for other positions. Join us for an insightful conversation that sheds light on the world of catching in baseball, both past and future. Don't miss this episode packed with valuable insights and Jason's unique perspective.

In this episode of BachTalk we delve into Ben Racke's inspiring fitness journey and the growth of his successful strength and conditioning business in NKY. We explore his early life, upbringing, and the pivotal moments that ignited his passion for fitness. Ben shares insights into his current S&C programs at Ryle and Be Strong, along with recent program implementations and the state of fitness in NKY. He discusses how he leverages social media to motivate and connect with others, offering valuable tips on building and retaining a client base. Ben also touches on emerging fitness trends and structures he plans to incorporate into his programs. We summarize key takeaways and invite listeners to follow Ben Racke on social media for ongoing fitness inspiration. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast for more engaging content. Time Stamps: Introduction of Guest (00:01:22) Introducing Ben Racke, owner of Ben Racke Fitness, and highlighting his background and experiences in strength and conditioning. Starting a Job at Anytime Fitness (00:11:37) The speaker talks about getting a job at Anytime Fitness and coaching group training sessions. Starting Own Business and Financial Struggles (00:13:53)  Renting Space at Dixie Fitness and Pro Force (00:17:35) The speaker discusses renting space at Dixie Fitness and later at Pro Force, gaining experience and observing different training approaches. Ben discusses the decision to move to Florida for a coaching job and the challenges they faced with the move (00:23:03) Moving to Florida for a coaching job, Ben discusses the decision to move to Florida for a coaching job and the challenges they faced with the move. Working in Florida and experiences (00:24:09) Working in Florida and experiences with a narcissistic boss Speaker 3 talks about their experiences working in Florida, including dealing with a narcissistic boss and the impact it had on clients and gym members. Experiences working with pro athletes in Florida and the decision to move back to northern Kentucky (00:25:13) Insights into working with pro athletes and deciding to move back. Ben shares their experiences working with pro athletes in Florida and the decision to move back to northern Kentucky. The process of training and conditioning in high school (00:34:31) Discussion on the training and conditioning process in high school, including the focus on football workouts and the need for a shift in perspective. Issues with current training approaches (00:35:28) Critique of common training practices, such as lack of attention to movement quality and detail, reliance on generic exercises, and lack of understanding of principles. Importance of consistent stimulus and general strength training (00:40:36) Emphasis on the need for consistent stimulus, sprinting, changing direction fast, and improving general strength for overall athletic development and injury prevention. Strength training for kids (00:46:02) Importance of consistent strength training for young athletes and the misconception of needing specialized training. Building a strong foundation (00:47:11) The significance of developing a solid base of strength and how it translates to improved athletic performance. Quality coaching for high school athletes (00:50:56) The importance of individualized coaching and communication with high school athletes to achieve optimal results. Understanding Exercise Science and Practical Application Discussion (00:57:00) Understanding Exercise Science and Practical Application Discussion on the value of exercise science knowledge and practical application in strength and conditioning coaching. Challenges in Implementing Effective Training Methods (00:58:31) Challenges in Implementing Effective Training Methods. The frustration and difficulty in finding the right balance between traditional training methods and new approaches. Parents' Misconceptions about Training Exploring (01:03:43) Parents' Misconceptions about Training Exploring parents' misconceptions about what constitutes good training and the importance of tracking tangible data for progress. The Importance of Full Body Stimulus (01:08:15) - Discusses the significance of incorporating a bigger stimulus than just bandage exercises for overall physical output in sports. Exercise Selection and Stimulus for Baseball Players (01:09:15) Explains the rationale behind choosing exercises like front squats and trap bar deadlifts for baseball players to achieve the desired global stimulus. Addressing Parents' Misconceptions (01:13:19) - Ben talks about the common misconceptions parents have regarding their children's training goals, such as the need to lose body fat or become more jacked, and emphasizes the importance of strength training and consistent training for athletic development. The importance of positive training experiences (01:19:25) The guest discusses the significance of creating a positive training experience for athletes, emphasizing the long-term impact it can have on their motivation and commitment to fitness. Negative experiences in college weight rooms (01:21:34) The guest shares stories of college athletes who had negative experiences in the weight room, leading them to avoid working out for years after their sports career ended. Appreciation for the guest's insights (01:22:45) The host expresses gratitude for the guest's time and appreciates his realistic and helpful approach to training high school athletes.

In this episode of our podcast, host Ian Bach welcomes special guests Ben Deatsman and Braeden Sample to discuss various aspects of Moeller Baseball Analytics. The episode begins with a review of the year's major implementations, including the Awre and Moller App, and their impact on the program's growth. Ben and Braeden analyze the significance of "X" in the department's development and highlight necessary corrections for the coming year. The conversation then shifts to the role of analytics at the high school level, offering a guide on starting an analytics program, the types of data that can be collected, and essential pre-implementation steps. The importance of conducting independent organizational research is emphasized, along with brainstorming potential research ideas.   TimeStamps: Interns' Introduction and Aspirations (00:01:19) The host introduces the interns, Ben and Braeden, who discuss their backgrounds and career aspirations. Challenges and Learning Experiences (00:04:08) The interns share their challenging experiences and learning moments during their internship with the analytics team. Implementation of Data Analytics and Social Media (00:06:57) The host discusses the implementation of data analytics, the development of an app, and the use of social media for the analytics program. Importance of X (00:08:53) The interns discuss the importance of X, including play-by-play updates and posting highlights on social media. Future Plans and Skill Development (00:14:32) The interns express their plans for skill development and the use of data visualization tools to enhance the program. Challenges and Opportunities for High School Analytics Programs (00:16:07) The host and interns discuss the challenges and opportunities for starting analytics programs in high schools, including the use of available resources and technology. Starting a Program (00:20:24) Discussion on starting an analytics program, emphasizing the need to begin with simple stats and video analysis. Creating Research (00:22:00) Exploration of the need for independent research and thinking differently in analytics, especially for high school teams. Learning to Code (00:24:12) Importance of learning coding for analytics, including the potential to take coding classes in high school. Scouting and Data (00:27:52) The value of incorporating scouting into analytics programs and the challenges of obtaining data from other teams. Building Analytics Departments (00:32:57) The importance of building analytics departments and the need for more data, tools, and serious commitment to the program. Internship Opportunities (00:35:51) Promotion of internship opportunities in baseball analytics, emphasizing the need for serious commitment and passion for improvement. Seeking Corporate Sponsors (00:39:17) A call for corporate sponsors and potential sponsors to support the analytics program, including the desire for a TrackMan unit.

In this episode of BachTalk, we delve into the world of baseball with our guest Lance Brozdowski who serves as a Player Development Analyst at Marquee Network. Our guest has a rich educational background with a Master's degree in Journalism and Sports Media from Northwestern, which has paved the way for their prolific writing career with contributions to Baseball Prospectus, Hardball Times, Associated Press, and SB Nation. We explore their role at Marquee Network, where they produce engaging segments and cover the minor league system, leveraging their expertise in pitch design and player development. Looking ahead to 2024, we discuss the evolving expectations for pitching development and new ideologies being implemented to enhance performance. Our guest shares insights into the collaborative process of creating content for both YouTube and Marquee Network. Join us as we uncover the intricacies of player development and the future of pitching in this insightful episode.