Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar
Host Jonathan Gelnar and an array of guests from differing backgrounds discuss how to develop the complete baseball player. This will be your source for the most up to date coaching strategies for baseball player and coach development.
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
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Bio
Matt Parker started in 2018 as head coach of Eastern baseball. Year one they were 25-23, last years COVID year was 19-4, nationally ranked and leading league when shutdown and this year they are 26-3, nationally ranked, and were leading the league at the time.
Before Eastern, Matt over and took the Oklahoma Wesleyan baseball program to new heights, breaking program records and turned the Eagles into an NAIA regional power and national contender. They won four conference championships and two NAIA World Series appearances. He was a three-time conference Coach of the Year and two-time ABCA Region Coach of the Year.
Prior to Oklahoma Wesleyan, Parker spent three seasons as an assistant at California Baptist University, two seasons as an assistant coach at Garden City (Kan.) Community College, and he also spent the 2005-06 season as an assistant coach at Henderson State University.
On the show we talk about how he implemented a championship vision to 2 programs on 2 different levels which includes standards on and off the field, consistent self reflection, and building players not only on the field, but off the field and in the classroom.
Time stamps
1:30- Vision when you started (at both OKWU and Eastern)
10:20- Developing Arms
25:00- Standards
30:00- Offseason Calendar
53:00- In season Changes
102:00- Last things
Resources
Rapsodo
Synergy
Core Velo Belts
Driveline/J-Bands
Clean Fuego Balls
Mind Gym- Gary Mack
Contact
https://twitter.com/MattParker37
mparker@eosc.edu
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
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Bio
Freddy Hilliard is in his 11th season as Head Baseball Coach at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
In his time at Malvern Prep, he has amassed a school record for wins with a 282-71 record and has led the Friars to 7 league championships and 6 State titles including the previous 3 in a row to go along with 8 straight seasons of making the state final. Coach Hilliard has been named Coach of the Year 3 separate times during his tenure, and his teams have been nationally recognized both with preseason and postseason national rankings in several publications 7 times.
Coach Hilliard has helped mentor over 65 players onto the collegiate baseball ranks including 40 that have gone on to play at the division one level. He has also had a player of his selected by MLB in 3 of the previous 4 drafts.
On the show we discuss the meaning behind Malvern having "no rules", defining and teaching core values, and practice organization.
Time Stamps
1:00- Vision of the program
7:00- Making the switch from assistant to head coach
10:20- "Our rule is we have no rules"
13:50- Core Values
20:00- Offseason Calendar
30:00- Practice Design
50:00- Lightning Section
Contact
@coachhilliard16
fhilliard@malvernprep.org
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
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Bio
Matt Hobbs is in his third season as the Arkansas pitching coach in 2020, joining the Razorbacks in November 2018.
Matt helped craft the Razorback pitching staff into one of the top groups in the country in his first year on the Hill in 2019. and In a shortened season, the Hogs put together a 3.68 ERA and an 11-5 record with three saves and one shutout. Arkansas racked up 143 strikeouts in 142.0 innings
Hobbs has coached eight players that have been drafted in the top-10 rounds, including 2018 first-round pick Griffin Roberts, and has helped develop a total of seven big leaguers.
Before Arkansas, Hobbs was the Pitching coach at Wake Forest and in each of his first three years in Winston-Salem, the Demon Deacons improved in ERA, strikeouts , walks per nine and opponent batting average
Hobbs pitched at Missouri from 1999-2002, where he won 13 games and struck out 125 batters. Hobbs was drafted twice, first by the San Diego Padres in 2001 and then by the Kansas City Royals in 2002.
On the show we talk all things pitching development, including who they like to recruit, what pitching assessments they use, and how they use tech for offseason development and measuring in season progress.
Time Stamps
5:00- Things he has changed from 2020
14:00- How has player development changed?
21:30- Recruiting talk
27- Assessments
30:30- Readiness Scores
36:00- Recovery
42:00- In season development
58:00- Using tech for development
1:07:00- Last Things
Contact
Twitter
mh099@uark.edu
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
On today's show we have on Tanner Reklaitis
Tanner works as the Director of Operations at Tread Athletics. He also writes a weekly email newsletter for coaches called Monday Morning Edge which will have you thinking every Monday morning. His work is focused on helping coaches succeed in the 21st century. Previously, he worked at Driveline Baseball and was a Minor League Pitching Coach for the Los Angeles Angels.
On the show we discuss the systems approach, power laws and the what, why and how of coaching.
Time Stamps
:30- Journey to Tread
2:00- Systems approach
1940- The Power Law
29:00- What, why and how of coaching
35:20- Studying coaches in other sports
40:20- The Importance of communication
43:50- Getting players to own their career
55:- Last things
Resources
https://tanners.blog/mme/
Jurgen Klopp Biography
Conscious Coaching- Brett Bartholomew
Alchemy- Rory Sutherland
Zero to One- Peter Thiel
Contact
https://twitter.com/treklaitis
https://tanners.blog/
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Bio
Spencer Allen is the 26th head baseball coach of the Northwestern program and was named to the position on June 14, 2015.
Allen came to Northwestern after serving as an assistant coach at Illinois in 2015. He helped the Fighting Illini set the school record with 50 wins and win the first NCAA Regional in program history. the Illini ranked near the top of the Big Ten in numerous offensive categories, leading the league in hits, runs, RBIs, total bases, home runs and slugging percentage.
Prior to his stint with Illinois, Allen served a two-year stretch as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Creighton. Reaching the college world series. From 2010-12, Allen worked as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Washington State University. Allen was the recruiting coordinator for the Boilermakers during the 2008-09 seasons. He also worked as a scout in the Detroit Tigers organization, and as a volunteer coach at Iowa (2004). Allen's coaching career began at Edmonds Community College in 2002, where he was an assistant coach.
He played three seasons at Iowa State from 1999-2001. He was a team captain during his final season and a 2001 All-Big XII Academic selection.
On the show, we discuss the pillars that Northwestern is built upon which includes a high challenge, high support environment and Deliberate practices
This episode is so good with Spencer Allen!
Time Stamps
1:20- Vision of the program
5:00- The Underdog Story
8:00- Compared to what?
13:00- High Challenge, High Support
16:45- Consistent Habits and Routines
20:45- "Everything that happens to you is your fault"
30:00- Deliberate Practice
40:00- Drills for developing infielders
47:00- Last Things
Resources
Eat smarter- Shawn Stevenson
Golfs Sacred Journey- David Cook
The Gift of Failure- Jessica Lahey
Contact
https://twitter.com/CoachAllen_37
spencer.allen@northwestern.edu
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Bio
Today we have on John Carter, Head Baseball coach at Round Rock High School. John is a graduate of Round Rock High School and attended Round Rock schools growing up. Upon graduation from high school, Coach Carter attended Texas Tech, where he played both football and baseball. After his playing days ended, he remained at Tech as a graduate assistant from 1992 – 1994. He returned to Round Rock in 1995, coaching multiple sports including softball, soccer, football, and baseball. John became the head coach in (when). John also was the Texas HS baseball coach of the year in 2017 a year after graduating 7 D1 players.
On the show we talk culture, competition and core values so much more! Here is John Carter!
Time Stamps
3:00- Vision of the program when he started
6:20 - Core Values
16:00 - Culture building
21:20 - Competitions
227:00 - Parent Involvement
31:30 - Transition periods from offseason to in season
36:13- Baserunning
38:00- Quick Hitters
Resource
Culture Code- Daniel Coyle
Lead for Gods Sake- Todd G. Gongwer
Contact
Twitter- https://twitter.com/Rockhardball
Email- john_carter@roundrockisd.org
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Bio
Nate Thompson, Hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for Arkansas
Following the completion of his own collegiate playing career at Dallas Baptist in 2006, Thompson aided a Dallas Baptist coaching staff working with the DBU outfielders while assisting with hitting instruction and the implementation of the club’s strength and conditioning program.
Nate then spent three seasons at Nebraska as the Cornhuskers’ volunteer assistant, then served as Hutchinson CC’s primary hitting coach from 2011- 2014 season. Nate next took a job as the hitting coach at Missouri State and they went on to hit .270 or better in each of his three seasons and averaged just under seven runs per game.
And since 2017 Nate has been in his current role as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for the Arkansas Razorbacks
From 2018-20, Arkansas leads the conference in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, weighted on-base average, OPS, runs, homeruns, extra-base hits, runs batted in, total bases and sacrifice flies.
So on the show we talk…..
Time Stamps
3:00- Recruit Evaluation
9:00- Player Evaluation
19:00- Using upperclassmen as leaders.
20:20- Training adjustability
29:30- Balancing tech with player development
35:30- Training Competitiveness
48:00- In Dugout talks
50:00- Last things
Resources
Bible
7 habits of highly successful people
Andy Andrews (author)
Contact
https://twitter.com/CoachT_RZRBacks
natethompson@uark.edu
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
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Bio
Matt Parker started in 2018 as head coach of Eastern baseball. Year one they were 25-23, last years COVID year was 19-4, nationally ranked and leading league when shutdown and this year they are 26-3, nationally ranked, and were leading the league at the time.
Before Eastern, Matt over and took the Oklahoma Wesleyan baseball program to new heights, breaking program records and turned the Eagles into an NAIA regional power and national contender. They won four conference championships and two NAIA World Series appearances. He was a three-time conference Coach of the Year and two-time ABCA Region Coach of the Year.
Prior to Oklahoma Wesleyan, Parker spent three seasons as an assistant at California Baptist University, two seasons as an assistant coach at Garden City (Kan.) Community College, and he also spent the 2005-06 season as an assistant coach at Henderson State University.
On the show we talk about how he implemented a championship vision to 2 programs on 2 different levels which includes standards on and off the field, consistent self reflection, and building players not only on the field, but off the field and in the classroom.
Time stamps
1:30- Vision when you started (at both OKWU and Eastern)
10:20- Developing Arms
25:00- Standards
30:00- Offseason Calendar
53:00- In season Changes
102:00- Last things
Resources
Rapsodo
Synergy
Core Velo Belts
Driveline/J-Bands
Clean Fuego Balls
Mind Gym- Gary Mack
Contact
https://twitter.com/MattParker37
mparker@eosc.edu
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
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Bio
Freddy Hilliard is in his 11th season as Head Baseball Coach at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
In his time at Malvern Prep, he has amassed a school record for wins with a 282-71 record and has led the Friars to 7 league championships and 6 State titles including the previous 3 in a row to go along with 8 straight seasons of making the state final. Coach Hilliard has been named Coach of the Year 3 separate times during his tenure, and his teams have been nationally recognized both with preseason and postseason national rankings in several publications 7 times.
Coach Hilliard has helped mentor over 65 players onto the collegiate baseball ranks including 40 that have gone on to play at the division one level. He has also had a player of his selected by MLB in 3 of the previous 4 drafts.
On the show we discuss the meaning behind Malvern having "no rules", defining and teaching core values, and practice organization.
Time Stamps
1:00- Vision of the program
7:00- Making the switch from assistant to head coach
10:20- "Our rule is we have no rules"
13:50- Core Values
20:00- Offseason Calendar
30:00- Practice Design
50:00- Lightning Section
Contact
@coachhilliard16
fhilliard@malvernprep.org
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
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Bio
Matt Hobbs is in his third season as the Arkansas pitching coach in 2020, joining the Razorbacks in November 2018.
Matt helped craft the Razorback pitching staff into one of the top groups in the country in his first year on the Hill in 2019. and In a shortened season, the Hogs put together a 3.68 ERA and an 11-5 record with three saves and one shutout. Arkansas racked up 143 strikeouts in 142.0 innings
Hobbs has coached eight players that have been drafted in the top-10 rounds, including 2018 first-round pick Griffin Roberts, and has helped develop a total of seven big leaguers.
Before Arkansas, Hobbs was the Pitching coach at Wake Forest and in each of his first three years in Winston-Salem, the Demon Deacons improved in ERA, strikeouts , walks per nine and opponent batting average
Hobbs pitched at Missouri from 1999-2002, where he won 13 games and struck out 125 batters. Hobbs was drafted twice, first by the San Diego Padres in 2001 and then by the Kansas City Royals in 2002.
On the show we talk all things pitching development, including who they like to recruit, what pitching assessments they use, and how they use tech for offseason development and measuring in season progress.
Time Stamps
5:00- Things he has changed from 2020
14:00- How has player development changed?
21:30- Recruiting talk
27- Assessments
30:30- Readiness Scores
36:00- Recovery
42:00- In season development
58:00- Using tech for development
1:07:00- Last Things
Contact
Twitter
mh099@uark.edu