Episodes

  • Kellen Lee- Mental Skills Coach, San Francisco Giants

    Kellen Lee- Mental Skills Coach, San Francisco Giants
    Jun 9 2022
    This Episode is brought to you by www.seventy8sports.com Bio All-American Baseball Player and National Gold Glove Winner (Catcher) at UC San Diego Played 1 season of Independent Professional Baseball Master’s Degree in Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University PhD in Performance Psychology from Grand Canyon University Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Previous Positions Assistant Director of Baseball Operations at Santa Clara University Master Resilience Trainer-Performance Expert (MRT-PE) Mental skills training and instruction for the US Army Current: Adjunct Faculty for Sport and Performance Psychology Master’s Degree Program at Holy Names University Current: Mental Skills Coach for the San Francisco Giants Time Stamps 01:00- Where do we start with the mental game 11:00- Self Talk 26:00- In Dugout Needs 38:00- In Dugout Questioning 43:00- What do players want more of? 50:00- Quick Hitters Contact https://twitter.com/MentallyPerform  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Kevin Graber- Head Baseball Coach, Phillips Academy- Andover (MA)

    Kevin Graber- Head Baseball Coach, Phillips Academy- Andover (MA)
    Jun 2 2022
    This Episode is brought to you by www.seventy8sports.com Bio Two-time Northeast Region Coach of Year and two-time finalist for National Coach of the Year Kevin Graber has led Phillips Academy Andover to 12 consecutive Central New England Prep Final Four appearances, winning back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013, the school’s 10th Central New England Prep Championship in 2016, and another -- the program's 11th -- in 2018. And just this week they dogpiled again to finish first in 2022! In 2021 and 2018, Graber was named Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), New England Coach of the Year by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association, and finalist for National Coach of the Year by both organizations. He’s also a featured presenter each year at the World Baseball Coaches Convention at Mohegan Sun, and he’s also presented at last year’s ABCA National Convention in Chicago. On the show we discuss Time Stamps 01:00- First 100 days on the job 05:00- Dogpile stories 13:00- The art of communication 21:00- Standards/Core Values 25:00- Promotion of the program 38:00- Offseason Program 45:00- In Season Practices  50:00- Post Season Contact https://twitter.com/real_PAbaseball https://www.instagram.com/bigbluebaseball/ kgraber@andover.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Barry Rose- Head Baseball Coach, Rockwall HS (TX)

    Barry Rose- Head Baseball Coach, Rockwall HS (TX)
    Apr 21 2022
    Bio Barry Rose is the head baseball coach at Rockwall High School and has been coaching for 25 years (19 as a head coach) and has a career record of 400-227. Rose has led his teams to the playoffs for 12 consecutive years including 2 state final fours (2010, 2017), 5 regional finals, 7 regional semifinals, and 8 regional quarterfinals. Before coming to Rockwall, he was the head coach at Frisco Wakeland from 2009-2018 where he posted a 248-93 record in 9 years. Coach Rose also coached for DBAT in the summer from 2011-2020, and from 2008-2010 Rose coached the Coppell Copperheads in the Texas Collegiate League.  Barry is a native of Coppell, TX, where he played 4 years under Coach Dave Curliss from 1989-1992. Following high school, Coach Rose played baseball at Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, TX. After playing there he graduated from the University of North Texas ('97) in Denton. Coach Rose has been married to his beautiful wife Jessi for 21 years and has 2 sons, Barrett (20) who plays baseball at Northern Oklahoma College and Mac (17) who is a junior P/1B for Rockwall.   Time Stamps 02:00- Vision for Rockwall  10:00- Coaching "todays kids" 12:20- Changing Behavior 17:00- Consistent Messaging throughout the program 20:00- The meaning behind JFND 23:00- Fall Program 30:00- Pre Season 33:00- "small ball" execution 36:00- In season practice design 53:00- "dealing with" parents 57:00- Coaching your own kids Resources  Presentation https://www.jdrf.org/ Contact https://twitter.com/BRose2344 barry.rose@rockwallisd.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Tim Held- Head Baseball Coach, Moeller HS (Ohio)

    Tim Held- Head Baseball Coach, Moeller HS (Ohio)
    Apr 14 2022
    Bio The 2022 season will be Tim Held’s 15th as the Varsity Head Baseball Coach and his 26th year at Moeller. In Coach Held’s first fourteen seasons, the Crusaders made seven trips to the state final four including the 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2015 State Championships.Coach Held is an eight-time GCL Coach of the Year; three time City Coach of the Year, the 2009 Bob Sumerel Greater Cincinnati Coach of the Year, the 2010 State Coach of the Year, 5 time Defiance College Alumni Coach of the Year, the 2013 Cincinnati Reds/MSA Sport Coach of the Year, and the 2015 NFHS Coach of the Year for the state of Ohio. Coach Held was also selected as the Head Coach for the East team in the 2015 Perfect Game All-American game and an assistant coach for the East team in the 2017 game in San Diego, CA. Prior to being the head coach, Tim spent six seasons as an assistant with the varsity baseball team under Mike Cameron. He was part of three GCL championships, five sectional championships, four district championships, one regional championship, two city poll championships, one state poll championship, and the 2004 state championship. In addition, three of these teams ended the season nationally ranked.  On the show we discuss the tradition and culture at Moeller which includes Hall of Famers Barry Larkin and Ken Griffey Jr. and we take a ton of time on how to conduct in season, basically everything which includes video, in dugout conversations, practices and much more. Here is Tim Held! Time Stamps 01:00- Moeller Tradition 02:00- Transitioning from assistant to head coach 06:00- First 100 days on the job 08:30- Fall Program 12:00- Pre-Season 15:00- In season practices 20:00- in Game Video 25:00- In game coaching 29:00- Baserunning 33:00- Preparing for a post season run 38:00- Developing coaches 40:00- What is a Moeller baseball player? 44:00- Behavior change 50:00- Quick Hitters Resources ABCA Ohio State Baseball Clinics 108 Performance  Contact theld@moeller.org https://twitter.com/timheld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Dave Turgeon on "respect the rep", skill acquisition, individualizing parts of practice

    Dave Turgeon on "respect the rep", skill acquisition, individualizing parts of practice
    Apr 7 2022
    Bio This week I got the pleasure of interviewing Dave National Team Head Coach at IMG Academy. Dave has enjoyed a career in baseball that includes thirteen years of professional playing experience that has spanned the globe combined with decades of managing and coaching experience at the professional and collegiate levels. Dave was drafted out of Davidson College in North Carolina in the 1987 by the New York Yankees and on to play thirteen seasons of professional baseball.  As a Coach, Turgeon has managed and coached at the professional level as well as coached at the collegiate level. His first stop was in the Cleveland Indians organization in 1999. After which he spent time in various college coaching roles with Boston College, UConn, Duke and Virginia Tech. His passion for working with professional players steered his career to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2010. Dave is also a contributing blogger on USA Baseball’s website. Show Notes 01:00- Ramping up from skill work 04:00- "respect the rep" 10:00- Skill Acquisition  15:00- Individualizing parts of practice  20:00- Training Decision points 35:00- Legacy Question Contact https://twitter.com/davidturgeon45 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • Brian Green on flipping the switch into the season, bucketing pitchers and 2K approach

    Brian Green on flipping the switch into the season, bucketing pitchers and 2K approach
    Mar 31 2022
    Bio https://wsucougars.com/staff-directory/brian-green/1458 Brian Green is in his third season leading the Cougars after being named the 17th baseball coach in Washington State history June 3, 2019. If you know one thing about Coach Green, his teams can hit. In the 2021 season they lead the Pac-12 and fifth in the country in doubles-per-game (2.4), second in the conference in hitting (.302), third in extra-base hits (101) and third in scoring (7.2 runs/g) while pacing the league with 74 doubles in conference games.  So on the show, we discuss how they spend the first third of the fall on culture, and we go over his process of developing hitters during the fall.  Part 2: 01:00- Flipping the switch into pre season 05:00- Bucketing pitchers 13:00- 2K Approach 20:00- Quick Hitters Resources Gary Ward ABCA Mental Game of Baseball- HA Dorfman Heads up baseball- Ken Ravizza The Winner Within- Pat Riley Contact b.green@wsu.edu https://twitter.com/coachbriangreen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • Robert Woodard on ramping up pitchers for the season, what 9 ATC means and the "On Season"

    Robert Woodard on ramping up pitchers for the season, what 9 ATC means and the "On Season"
    Mar 24 2022
    Bio https://charlotte49ers.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/robert-woodard/846 On July 1, 2019, Robert Woodard returned home to the Queen City as the fifth Head Coach of the Charlotte 49ers Baseball program. He does so coming off of being an assistant coach at his alma mater, North Carolina, for three seasons. Woodard, a Charlotte native, has also served as pitching coach at UNCW and Virginia Tech. In his first full season of 2021, Woodard guided the 49ers to a 40-win season, Conference USA Regular Season Championship and berth back into NCAA Postseason play for the first time since the 2011 season. Woodard, also took home C-USA's Keith LeClair Coach of the Year honors Time Stamps 01:00- "On Season" 03:00- Ramping up pitchers for the season 07:00- Technology Use 10:00- Listening and communication 22:00- "9 ATC" 37:00- Players Favorite Drills 40:00- Legacy Question Contact Email- charlottebaseball@uncc.edu Twitter- @rwoodardCLT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Jesse Michel- CEO, Mindset for Excellence

    Jesse Michel- CEO, Mindset for Excellence
    Mar 17 2022
    Bio Jesse is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. He was the Mental Skills Coordinator for the 2017 MLB World Series and 2019 & 2021 AL Champion Houston Astros. Prior to working in professional baseball, Jesse spent four years working for the United States Army as the Lead Master Resilience Trainer – Performance Expert at the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) Training Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Where he provided hands-on training and self-development tools so that members of the Army family were better able to cope with adversity, perform better in stressful situations, and thrive on and off the battlefield.  On the show we discuss how to get started in mental training, different pillars we can use in our programs, and practical tips to integrate them on field. This episode is so good with Jesse Michel.  Time Stamps 01:00- How he got started in Mental Training 05:00- How he got into professional baseball 08:30- Defining "mental game" 16:00- Pillars of the mental game 24:00- "good, better, how?" 34:30- World Series Champion 40:00- Getting Buy in 50:00- What do players wish coaches did more of? 56:00- Quick Hitters Resources https://www.mindsetforexcellence.com/ Heart Rate Variability Learned Optimism- Martin E. P. Seligman  Mental Game of Baseball- Harvey Dorfman Mind Gym- Gary Mack Blink- Malcolm Gladwell Contact  https://www.mindsetforexcellence.com/ https://twitter.com/JesseDMichel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins