Podcast #99: Pitch Design with Rapsodo’s Matt Fowles and John Garrett

Today, Matt Hartshorn Pitching Coordinator with RPP is guest hosting, and we’re sitting down with Rapsodo’s Director of Marketing Matt Fowles and Chief Analytics Engineer John Garrett. Topics Include:

    • Baseball data’s role in player development
    • How data is used in recruiting
    • Seam-Shifted Wake… how the data is evolving

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Podcast #98: Summer Training Considerations for College Athletes

Today I’m flying solo, answering questions regarding playing summer ball (or not). And if so, how to train properly during the hot summer months in order to maintain athleticism. Much of what you will hear is the premise behind our Elite Summer College Programs which begin shortly. Topics will include:

    • Pros and cons
    • To play or not to play… that is the question
    • Finding the right organization and fit
    • Maintaining athleticism throughout the short season

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Podcast #97: Building the Total Athlete, Long Term Athletic Development in Travel Baseball

Today we’re sitting down with Pitching Coordinator Matt Hartshorn and Director of Hitting Andrew Pezzuto, both coaches on the new RPP Revolution 14U travel team. Topics include:

    • Importance of starting LTAD (long-term athletic development) at a young age
    • What to look for in a good travel program
    • Getting baseline numbers and re-assessing

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Podcast #96: Working with Young Athletes and Training Athleticism into Rotation with Eugene Bleecker

This week we’re sitting down with 108 Performance owner and operator Eugene Bleecker to discuss some issues when training young athletes as well as getting more athletic going INTO rotation. Topics Include:

    • Coaching out a “fear of the ball”
    • Hand-eye at the plate
    • Water bag training for DNS

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Podcast #94: Successfully Managing Your Kid’s Career and Staying Out of the Way

Graham Keen

Today we’re talking with Trish Keen, parent of one of our remote high school athletes, Graham Keen. Graham (Class 2027) is ranked #1 in PA and #30 Nationwide with Perfect Game. Needless to say he is an elite athlete who is tearing up the high school baseball world. Join us as Trish talks about the steps  she has taken as a parent to get him there, including:

    • Nutrition
    • Dealing with throwing volume and coaches
    • Diligence in the weight room

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Podcast #93: The Jaeger / Sullivan Return to Throwing Manual & Schedule

Today we’re sitting down with Alan Jaeger and Randy Sullivan to discuss their new “The Jaeger / Sullivan Return to Throwing Manual & Schedule”. I had the privilege of providing the Strength & Conditioning portion of this manual and I am excited to sit down with the two of them and take a closer look at the manual. Topics Include:

    • How it differs from the standard back-to-throw protocol
    • The power of eliminating “target dates”
    • Using objective feedback

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Podcast #92: Training Latin Players in the DR, Similarities and Differences with Brewers Blake Nation

Today, we’re sitting down with the Brewers Pitching and Development Coach Blake Nation. Blake was recently at the Brewers Dominican Academy working with the young Latin players. Topics include:

    • Mechanical trends and differences
    • Managing “high milage arms”
    • Coaching through the language barrier

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