Louisville Softball Hitting Coach - Bryce Neal
07/18/22 • 46 min
In today’s episode I speak to Bryce Neal, Bryce is the hitting coach of the University of Louisville.
Bryce comes to Louisville after serving as an assistant coach at Bucknell University during 2021 season.
Prior to his stint at Bucknell, Bryce served as a volunteer assistant coach at Arizona State in 2020. He has also worked as a private instructor and spent five years coaching one-on-one private lessons at Perfect Timing Baseball and Softball in Springdale, Arkansas. In 2019 he worked as a camp instructor for LSU softball.
From 2013 to 2015, he served as a director and coach for Midwest Nationals Baseball in Springfield, Missouri. While there he was in charge of developing training programs as well as travel logistics.
He talks about softball from a development standpoint, hitting, recruiting, offensive strategy, and the mental side of the game.
He shares some of his experiences in baseball and how he evolved as a coach.
In this episode, learn how they do things at the University of Louisville.
SHOW NOTES:
[2:34] Why did you decide to go in the softball game?
[4:12] What advice did your wife have for you when you came into softball?
[5:32] Has anything particularly changed in your approach to working with hitters now on the softball side?
[7:56] Being a hitter is the hardest thing to do and I think the second hardest thing to do in all sports just be a hitting coach.
[10:03] What are you telling the hitters as they're going up on the index circle?
[12:30] Would you say you're doing less talking now than you were doing before?
[14:56] You don't believe in the word timing, can you elaborate on that?
[18:47] Would you also work with hitters on their stance or set up to help with that time?
[22:49] When you're out recruiting and watching hitters knowing maybe it might be different for other people but being progressive how you are is there anything specific you're looking for?
[26:50] Is that just from your just gut and eyes tell you like they have good bath speed or they don't?
[29:12] How do you go about knowing who to go watch?
[32:19] What's a good home to first time that like you look down your stopwatch right that's a burner right there?
[33:40] What about from a defensive side?
[35:26] Are there other numbers that you're looking forward to at the camp from an exit velocity standpoint?
[38:54] How are you going to go about helping him develop as a hitter from the time he's a young kid all the way up the chain?
[42:42] How much parent involvement is too much?
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In today’s episode I speak to Bryce Neal, Bryce is the hitting coach of the University of Louisville.
Bryce comes to Louisville after serving as an assistant coach at Bucknell University during 2021 season.
Prior to his stint at Bucknell, Bryce served as a volunteer assistant coach at Arizona State in 2020. He has also worked as a private instructor and spent five years coaching one-on-one private lessons at Perfect Timing Baseball and Softball in Springdale, Arkansas. In 2019 he worked as a camp instructor for LSU softball.
From 2013 to 2015, he served as a director and coach for Midwest Nationals Baseball in Springfield, Missouri. While there he was in charge of developing training programs as well as travel logistics.
He talks about softball from a development standpoint, hitting, recruiting, offensive strategy, and the mental side of the game.
He shares some of his experiences in baseball and how he evolved as a coach.
In this episode, learn how they do things at the University of Louisville.
SHOW NOTES:
[2:34] Why did you decide to go in the softball game?
[4:12] What advice did your wife have for you when you came into softball?
[5:32] Has anything particularly changed in your approach to working with hitters now on the softball side?
[7:56] Being a hitter is the hardest thing to do and I think the second hardest thing to do in all sports just be a hitting coach.
[10:03] What are you telling the hitters as they're going up on the index circle?
[12:30] Would you say you're doing less talking now than you were doing before?
[14:56] You don't believe in the word timing, can you elaborate on that?
[18:47] Would you also work with hitters on their stance or set up to help with that time?
[22:49] When you're out recruiting and watching hitters knowing maybe it might be different for other people but being progressive how you are is there anything specific you're looking for?
[26:50] Is that just from your just gut and eyes tell you like they have good bath speed or they don't?
[29:12] How do you go about knowing who to go watch?
[32:19] What's a good home to first time that like you look down your stopwatch right that's a burner right there?
[33:40] What about from a defensive side?
[35:26] Are there other numbers that you're looking forward to at the camp from an exit velocity standpoint?
[38:54] How are you going to go about helping him develop as a hitter from the time he's a young kid all the way up the chain?
[42:42] How much parent involvement is too much?
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In today's episode, I speak to Paul Reddick. Paul is the Founder of the Baseball Education Center.
Paul is also one of America's top young speakers. He speaks to numerous youth, high school, college, and business groups every year. Paul's speaking career is centered around empowering youth and college groups to achieve lasting success, greater friendships, and healthy relationships.
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SHOW NOTES:[5:54] While you were doing this were you also coaching too?
[8:08] What advice would you give yourself 20 years ago?
[11:40] What's your take on social media and recruiting?
[17:03] Why does he need to win?
[17:48] If a college coach loses his job.
[18:28] When parents ask me all the time won't coach take a chance on a kid it's not that they don't want to.
[20:10] The Evaluation Process
[21:14] Position Players.
[21:47] How do you go about trying to educate players and kind of getting them off of the D1 or bust mentality?
[31:17] What's your take on players committing early like before their junior year to a school?
[33:52] If you had a son who was a very good player in freshman and sophomore
[36:26] Your own theories on what would happen in the next couple of years.
[42:21] Do you like the NIL deals?
[46:12] Why did you start being an entrepreneur?
[59:24] You've been a speaker.
[1:02:27] What do you like the most?
[1:09:27] What's the best way for people to connect with you?
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Nutrition for Baseball and Softball Players - Dawn Weatherwax
In today's episode, I speak to Dawn Weatherwax. Dawn is a Registered/Licensed Dietitian with a specialty in Sports Nutrition and Founder of Sports Nutrition 2Go. She is also a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, which is the premier professional sports nutrition credential in the United States. In addition, she is an Athletic Trainer with a Certification in Strength and Conditioning from The National Strength and Conditioning Association.
She brings a comprehensive and unique understanding of the athlete's body, and its nutritional needs, to those interested in achieving specific performance goals and optimal health.
Dawn is an active member in the American Dietetic Association (ADA), Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists Dietetic Practice Group (SCAN), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA), National Athletic Training Association (NATA), & Greater Cincinnati Athletic Training Association (GCATA).
Dawn shares nutritional tips that will help players improve their game. Whether you are a professional athlete or an age-level player, in order to maximize success you must have a solid nutrition plan in place.
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Dawn is a wealth of information, and she's got tons of great tips and tricks to share with all players out there. We know that you'll walk away feeling like you've learned something new and valuable from this episode, so we can't wait for you to hear it!
SHOW NOTES:
[2:27] What would you say is the most common mistake that players make when it comes to nutrition?
[3:15] Is there a certain amount of calories that you recommend players try to intake during the season?
[13:03] Elite athletes, it's not necessarily what they do that makes them elite it's what they don't do.
[23:12] It should be mandatory that you are bringing something with you to eat or snack on during the game.
[24:30] Food is fuel.
[24:52] If you’re 1% dehydrated your ability to track objects decreases by 10%.
[25:28] This game is so mental if you can't focus and lock in and your eyesight's affected, what are we doing?
[30:35] What's a good breakfast for a baseball or softball player?
[36:15] One of the things that I'll tell players is because being able to hit the ball harder is such an important task in hitting.
[46:42] How should players go about actually getting tested?
[50:29] If someone does want to work with you or reach out to you what's the best way for them to get in contact with you?
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