Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar

Justin James- Head Baseball Coach, Point Loma Nazarene University (CA)

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Not all throwing is created equal, so we want to try and track every single high intent throw.
Its easy to tell kids we want them to be leaders and be responsible, but you’ve got to give them some opportunities to mess it up and grow. The only way kids will learn to be responsible is to have some responsibility. 
I try to be the best example possible for my players.
You want to know what the problem with “kids today?” Its not the kids. Its us.
 
If we want to win long term, we have to understand the game within the game.
 
(On command) Its about how good are our misses not necessarily how man hit spots we have.
Resources
www.Drivelinebaseball.com
HTKC
Lantz Wheeler
Ben Brewster
Dr Stephen Osterer and his recovery book
Mental ABCs of pitching 
The complete guide to pitching by Derek Johnson
ABCA calls from the clubhouse
Other coaches
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justinjames@pointloma.edu
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Josh Garcia- Head Baseball Coach, Brophy College Prep HS (AZ)

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Make yourself worth following.
We compete every day in the fall.
You have to earn the right to compete for championship and that starts in the weight room.
Leadership and mental toughness are behaviors and behaviors can be developed.
When we get on first base, were either stealing or were anticipating ball in dirt.
I want our practices and our program to be the best part of the players day.
Resources 
Above the line- Urban Meyer
Email and Call other coaches  
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Jgarcia@brophyprep.org
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47: JL Buchanan- Hitting Coach, Taft College (CA)

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(on hitters) We need more guys that use the big parts of their body and use their stride foot with a purpose
Hitters have to test themselves and challenge themselves daily. That's what it takes to get better 
Sometimes hitters get caught up in the results from the weekend and, as a coach, i'm focusing more on on where they'll be in a few months.
We start every batting practice with gap to gap rounds. I don't want them trying to push balls oppo if I throw the ball inside
One of the ways we win games is by raising pitch counts early
I see a lot of programs that are training players to win games. But I want our players to excel at the next level.
 
Resources
Social Media
Youtube
 
Watching baseball games
 
Starting9
Contact
IG
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Darrell Coulter- Mindset & Pitch Command Consultant, Creator of STARTT Pitching (MO)

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The key to this for me is relationships
The first thing we have to do is understand what these kids are thinking. Once we understand what they’re thinking, then we can take our teaching methods and plug them in
Pitcher development is not a problem to be solved, its a bunch of individuals that we need to try to grow and be the best players they can be and go win games.
I think that bullpens can be the biggest waste of time ever. We need to have performance level bullpens and track to see if they can on throw with velocity, movement, and location on purpose.
The best way to save pitchers arms is to teach them to get hitters out faster
Of course I want my kids to throw as hard as they can, but i also want them to get hitters out. 
If your job is on the line, you want the kid who can execute pitches and give your team the best chance to win.
Competition is preparing for the things that have to go right, but at the same time preparing for uncertainty. That's what separates the best players.
Resources
Mental ABC's of Pitching- Harvey Dorfman
Baseball Dads Podcast
The power of healthy tension- Tim Arnold
Contact
http://www.starttpitching.com/
http://pitchermatch.com/
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45: Rob Cooper- Head Baseball Coach, Penn State University

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It pays to be a winner. And it pays to be a loser too, just not the kind of payment you want.
Competing does not just mean competing against another person, its also competing against yourself to get better.
You may be having a bad day but Ken (Ravizza) used to say all the time to “Give me 100% of your 50% today.” Thats competing. You’re making the choice to compete even though you don't feel great,
The power of choice is always there. The great ones make the right choices.
We believe that failure is an opportunity to learn. If something is hard that means only a few people are doing it.
Lets just say the kids today are different, well what if they are? Its our job as coaches to adapt and coach them.
 
Resources
Heads up baseball
Legacy
Daniel Coyle- talent code and culture code
Contact
rjc40@psu.edu
@16RobCooper
 
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Randy Sullivan- CEO for Florida Baseball Ranch

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Everyone wants to be data driven and science based but skill acquisition science is the science that all of this is undergirded by.
Its not that you should never use verbal cues its just that words mean different things for different people.
There’s no such thing as a best swing, they’re all snowflakes and every single one is different with some sort of variance. 
Instead of chasing repeatable mechanics, we need to learn to be real time adjusters.
Every time someone says “this is something everyone should do.” Then I’m out. There’s not much that everyone should do.
When you use variability to enhance command, you’re training adjustability.
Velocity, arm health, command and secondary stuff dont have to be mutually exclusive.
Contact
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Clyde Keller- Assistant Baseball Coach, Florida State University (FL)

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Having played for Jerry (Weinstein) and coached with 11 (Mike Martin), its a constant learning experience with those guys and both have an uncanny ability to know whats going to happen in the game before it happens
Communication and having a plan in the fall is vital, especially with incoming freshmen. We tell them 'If you’re going to be successful for your team you have to do A,B,C. And in the mean time we need to increase D,E,F.’ Just to make sure were on the same page.
As long as everyone is on the same page, player development plays right into team development.
One of our first conversations is “why do you swing like this?” We’re trying to figure out their process but also whether they’re analytical or they just see the ball and hit it.
The biggest things we see between HS hitters and college is adjusting to velocity, adjusting to differences in velocity and hitting when they’re uncomfortable. So we have to train in an environment that mimics the game.
Winning teams don't win unless they’re developing their players.
Resources
Twitter
Hitting biomechanics
The way of baseball- finding stillness at 95 by Shawn Green
Driveline
Jerry Weinstein
 
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Ckbaseball.com
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Mini Clinic Monday Episode 4: ”Dealing” with parents ft. Head Coach Jason Thompson

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@AHmulebaseball
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Austin Wasserman- Owner/Founder of Wasserman Strength (NH)

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We want to train efficient, explosive, multi planer, multi joint movements to create explosive athletes.
We're looking at the spectrum of athlete and where they need the most work depending on their experience and where they’re at in their career.
There’s so much to mechanics and its so much fun to try and dig through everything to find the contributing factor.
Giving players options of exercise based on mobility and in the range of the exercise will go a long way for helping individualize movements.
At the end of the day its your career, so what do you feel like you need to do and how can I do to help you?
Pitching is not like basketball, you can’t go max effort every single day. You have to have deload days, recovery days, command days, etc.
Resources
Starting strength- Mark Rippetoe
Dynamics of skill acquisition
Frans Bosch
Applied sprint training- James Smith
Mathletics
Robin Lund
Velocity Article(s)
Contact
Highlevelthrowing.com
Wassermanstrength.com
@wass_strength
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Jason Ochart- Director of Hitting, Driveline Baseball (WA)

Subscribe on iTunes  Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes No two athletes are the same, but a vast majority of amatuer hitters need to develop batspeed Young hitters are "cued" so much to put the ball in play, that they don't develop the coordination to move fast and swing with intent. Baseball hitting is one of the only skills in the world that trains in an environment that's easier than the game. A lot of our training is trying is trying to replicate game conditions and even making it harder and letting guys fail, because thats what theyre going to see in a game. If you are hitting 700 in practice, you're doing something wrong. What a coach says is important but what a coach doesn't say is equally important Resources TPI Altis P3 Dynamics of skill acquisition Rob Gray Contact @JasonOchart Jason@drivelinebaseball.com Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook Ahead of the Curve Coaches Facebook group Instagram aotc_podcast Mini Clinic Monday Email Signup
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