THE 80/20 BASEBALL PODCAST

EPISODE #32 PART 1: I have a recommendation for you that is super-quick to implement and can speed up the dead-time between pitches while also improving the accuracy of ‘sign’ exchanges. We also discuss why speeding up the pace of play while maintaining authenticity is very important to the future of baseball. PART 2: We discuss exactly how to best balance your approach and actions when coaching your team. PART 3: We discuss the 2 MOST COMMON MISTAKES teams & players make at the beginning of their throwing routine/throwing program. ... Read more... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8020baseball/support

EPISODE #31 Coach Colter Bostick of Maximized Baseball joins us on episode #31, as he and I break down the topic of “Focus” and the major influence that “Focus” has on player success, coaching success, and life success. Follow Colter on Twitter @maximized_bsb ... Read more... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8020baseball/support

EPISODE #30 PART 1: We start off by discussing one of the newest ‘player development’ related books that recently hit the stores, I mean Amazon, a few months ago. I’ll share my specific take on it, and then I will share with you, as objectively as a I can, whether or not I recommend you read it. PART 2: Secondly, I’ll share with you the key moves to establish effective and efficient baseball player ‘conditioning’, and what I say may surprise some of you. PART 3: Lastly, we will talk about how to accurately judge/assess hitters, and we get into why most offensive stats are distractions from the most useful statistics. We’ll breakdown how we can see through the clutter and more accurately assess a players offensive contribution to the total number of runs produced. ... Read more... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8020baseball/support

EPISODE #29 PART #1: I share my #1 non-fiction book recommendation. This is an author and a book that discusses the biggest game-changer in life, and when the information is applied consistently you’ll optimize yourself as a person, player, coach, etc. Interestingly enough I came across this book after first deeply studying the ‘Zen Master’ himself, Phil Jackson. PART #2: We analyze the value of ‘pitch framing’ moving forward. We discuss how this skill will likely soon become useless at the pro level, and how that should affect the allocation of ‘framing training’ time for amateur/youth players. PART #3: We cover the most useful defensive tip for first basemen. This technique will help to prevent more runs than anything else the first baseman can do defensively, and it’s interesting that very few first basemen are taught it. ... Read more... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8020baseball/support

PART 1: This part is an add-on bonus to episode #37 when we discussed the ‘FEWER PITCHES, BETTER PITCHERS’ strategy, or as I like to call it, the ‘Yu Darvish Effect’. All pitching coaches and pitchers need to hear this. Don’t get caught chasing the shiny object. PART 2: A WINNING APPROACH TO FAILURE. We discuss exactly how coaches should handle the failure of their players. This specified approach will add wins while also facilitating a much better team culture. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8020baseball/support