Category: Podcast

Today, I’m sitting down with Sam Sharf, RPP’s new Director of Recruiting. Sam brings with him over 12 years of baseball coaching and recruiting experience. Topics Include:

• • When is a good time to look into hiring a recruiter?
  • What’s involved in an initial recruiting eval?
  • Top focal points when preparing to choose as recruiter

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This week we’re sitting down with Florida State Strength and Conditioning Coach Jamie Burleson to talk about training strength with the elite college population. Topics Include:

• • Incoming Recruits, What to Expect on Day 1
  • The Importance of a Great Baseline Assessment
  • The Lack of Dedicated High School Strength Coaches in the Northeast

Continue reading “Podcast #128: Training Strength in an Elite College Setting with Jamie Burleson at FSU”

Today I’m flying solo addressing how to identify and train Scapular Stability. This is such an important topic with many athletes ramping up into hard throwing. Topics Include:

• • How to identify Scapular Instability
  • The key muscles responsible (and to focus on)
  • How to train to create a more stable shoulder

Continue reading “Podcast #126: Training for Scapular Stability”

After speaking at last week’s ABCA, today I’m sitting down with Dr. Jimmy Onate, Director of Human Performance at the Ohio State University to discuss last week’s convention… and a lot more!! Topics include:

• • What is the ABCA experience
  • What it offers that’s different from other conventions
  • Jimmy’s role in the Performance Lab at OSU

Continue reading “Podcast #125: ABCA Highlights and Human Performance with Dr. Jimmy Onate”

Today, we’re sitting down with S&C Coach Zach Kollar with the Toronto Blue Jays, who was also formerly the Director of S&C at RPP Baseball. Topics Include:

• • How a great internship can prepare you for a job in pro ball
  • The difference in coaching when going from the private sector to pro ball
  • Juggling training volume and starts for pitchers

Continue reading “Podcasts #124: A Day in the Life of an S&C Coach in Pro Ball with Zach Kollar”

This week we’ve got a special episode featuring the Top 5 downloaded podcasts of 2024. Topics include:

• • Training Rotation (Eugene Bleeker)
  • Developing Global Movement Patterns (Dr. Ismael Gallo)
  • What’s in a Great Travel Program (Bahram Shirazi)
  • Assessing and Profiling Pitchers (Nunzio Signore)
  • Life in the Transfer Portal (Ryan Butler)

Once again, have a safe and Happy New Year!

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Today we’re sitting down with Sam French, Freshman Pitcher / Corner Infielder at Red Bank Catholic High School (NJ), and his father Alex French. Sam (Class 2028) is ranked #92 Nationally by Perfect Game as a RHP, and Top 20 Overall in New Jersey.  We’ll be discussing Sam’s recent gains in lean muscle mass, how he got there, and the subsequent gains it has brought him. Topics include:

• • Making nutrition a priority
  • Calculating caloric intake
  • Scheduling meal / snack times
  • Calculating calories to daily expenditure

Continue reading “Podcast #122: Maximizing Nutrition to Gain Lean Muscle Mass with Sam and Alex French”

Today we’re sitting down with EMD Recruiting’s Andy Kiriakedes. Being both a former player and a coach, Andy brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. Topics Include:

• • Showcases, when and why
  • Downsizing the 40-man college roster, what it means to young athletes
  • New topics that are potentially impacting the recruiting process

Continue reading “Podcast #121: Maximizing the Recruiting Process with Andy Kiriakedes”

Today we’re sitting down with Zach Dechant Strength and Conditioning and Performance Coach at Texas Christian University (TCU). Today’s topic is going through the off-season “to-do” list. Topics Include:

• • Some main bullet points to achieve in a great off-season protocol
  • Testing and assessing on Day 1
  • Periodization

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