Heavy Mettle Baseball Podcast

On this episode we sit down with 4x World Champion of the Highland Games, Sorinex Rep, & Little Debbie Brand Ambassador Daniel McKim. We discuss lifting for rotational athletes, training overhead, & how to bulk up.

On this episode of the podcast we sit down and discuss conflicting hitting ideas with Chez Angeloni. This episode may fix #HittingTwitter.

On this episode we sit down with Dustin Pease to discuss his career, his take on the current state of pitching development, & command training.

We sit down with Mississippi State Softball Pitching Coach Joshua Johnson. On this episode we discuss his career as well as how data and technology are being used at the highest levels of softball. Joshua also discusses the current state of softball and what colleges are looking for in regard to recruiting.

On this episode of the podcast we discuss proper baseball field maintenance with the Baltimore Orioles Head Grounds Keeper Nicole Sherry. She discusses her career, what tools are vital for the craft, why field care isn't as expensive as everyone thinks, and how to be creative with re-using your resources.

On Episode 7 of the podcast we discuss implementing, scaling, and using hitting technology with New York Mets Complex Hitting Coordinator Colin Hetzler.

We sit down with San Francisco Giants Assistant Hitting Coordinator Ed Lucas. On this episode we discuss are using hitting tees beneficial or detrimental, why are pitchers so far ahead of hitters, how can we build better hitting environments, and is .400 possible?

Today we sat down with the founder of V-Flex Sports and discussed his path to building implicit training systems. We also discussed the implications of VR platforms to train hitters, as well as why hitting instruction has been so slow to evolve.

We discuss the topic of baseball and softball swings and future of softball with UT Softball Coach Megan Bartlett & NIACC Softball Coach Dan Gratz.

Mike Fuller is a local coaching legend in the Texas Panhandle with over 400 wins, two Texas High School State Championships and over 700 games coached. Mike shares his love of learning about the game and his take on how player development has evolved since he began his coaching career over 50 years ago.

In this episode we discuss how your visual system can effect your hitting. Interested in learning more? Check out the link to our research review here —> https://hittingtheoriesriggins.blogspot.com/2020/04/neuroscience-hitting.html?m=1

On this episode we discuss common hitting myths such as dipping the back shoulder & swinging down to put more backspin on the baseball. Do these techniques work or is there a better way? Some findings of our hitting research are discussed as well as the world of private baseball lessons.