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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Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
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Our culture playbook is resilience, communication, focus and joy.
One of the things we say about communication, is we have difficult conversations in person, not text. That doesnt fly in our program
Communication is not so that you can be understood, but so that you cannot be misunderstood.
If we're not going to be world class on the field right now, then we need to be world class in everything else.
If you want a head coaching job, you need to double down on relationship building. Kids want someone who can give them a clear vision, but they wont care unless they trust you.
When you are trying to change the culture we want them quantum leaps. Slow down. Progress and speed have nothing to do with one another.
Resources
Resilience by Eric Greitens
Believe in Brynn
Brian Kight
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@FerraroOnAir
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@bxvillebaseball
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Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
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(on absolutes) To be fixated on one swing and not knowing the context of that swing is dangerous
I think elite hitters hit, and there's a variety of reasons why. sleep. diet. swing. mentality. That all adds up to make a great hitter. There are concepts that they have that arent many absolutes.
(on practice) I reverse my coaching. Instead of barking out cues, i let them work on their own with the plan that we put together and then take a player or 2 at a time individually.
What i've noticed is kids get a little embarrassed when getting coached around kids, if we can keep it personal with them and build a plan that we can experiment and fail, they'll build some confidence.
We stop when they do something good and i ask "why was that good?" and that's how they start to learn
We create pressure and competition all the time, If things start getting bored of mindless, we drop what were doing and compete. We need to create situations in batting practice that we're going to see in a game.
We "hit" in games. Its not just a swing, we have to learn and trainer hitters too.
Resources
Bobby Tewksbary
Jerry Brewer
MLB.tv
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@hyattcraig
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Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Ahead of the Curve Coaches facebook group
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We talk about the 4 in the 40 a lot. What are our guys going to do on their 4 years on campus that allows them to be great in the next 40
We combine being a good person, being a good student, and being excellent on the field in your role and that's what a drury panther is
We develop our guys as individuals. We figure out what tools and strengths our guys have and try and have success with that. That's the foundation of player development
I used to do the 7 week plan where everything was regimented but it didn't suit everybody. It was a one size fits all and it wasn't efficient for development. We needed to do something they could take ownership of and take responsibility for.
We have battalion leaders, we don't announce captains. They have to submit an application and interview, then draft teams, and they take care of small issues and problems and come up with a solutions. It's provided an avenue to build leaders in our program
We have an open dialogue between the players. They'll tell you what needs to be changed and what doesn't work
Resources
Austin Wasserman
Rob Friedman
Driveline
ABCA
Jeremy Sheetinger
@Pitching101
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@ericpeterson713
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417-873-7847
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Thursday Sep 07, 2017
Thursday Sep 07, 2017
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We drive competition in practice by letting them play a different sport., then we really get to see who wants to compete
I'm a big proponent of multi sports athletes. Other sports create toughness, athletic ability and a sense of team.
We let the players run a couple practices a year. It really shows you who listens to who and who takes charge.
Day 1, all we do is practice communication. We go through every play that could be communicated in a game.
People say kids today aren't as hard nosed as they used to be and are soft. I go completely against that. If you push your guys, treat them with respect and treat them like a young man, they'll work as hard as you want them to
Kids aren't soft. We let them be soft as coaches sometimes. Have them set goals and mentally challenge them.
Resources
Steve Springer
The catching guy
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@thehallbaseball
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Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
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Link to "The High Performance Hitter" by Chris Dunn
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Finding a way to create a dialogue and a way to start kids engaged in the process is the best thing you could ever do as a coach
When you have a good dialogue with your player, you can start to translate what their feel is and what's actually happening.
The best analogy of sequence I got from Jerry Brewer and that's gears in a car. 1-2-3-4, they all have a job, and first gear isn't more important than the other because it's first. But what is the role of each and how do they work together?
"Every hitter feels things differently and there's no wrong feel. When you watch Pujols talk about what he feels, it's totally different than what he does in his game swing but that doesn't make his feel invalid, it just makes them different and it makes him who he is.
(Regarding small groups) "They're talking, collaborating, asking questions to each other. It is so much more valuable than what I could tell them. It's someone in their shoes going through the same process."
"You've gotta find a way to communicate your knowledge but ultimately the only thing that matters is if the kids understand it."
You have to be able to customize your information and drills to each player because they're going to move different, have different size and strength and mobility. All that needs to be a factor in developing hitters.
Resources
Eric Cressey
DJ Edwards
Dr. Nick Thurlow
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@chrisdunn2
@hiprohitting
Hiprohitting.com
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Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
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Most of the time when i put stuff out I'm trying to solve a problem. I'm trying to show that there isn't one way to get it done.
The key to coaching in general is to be honest and have an objective view. I just shut up and watch. Then ill make suggestions.
My first step is to help them be more explosive. Mostly its about being an athlete. Just because you're standing on a pile of dirt, doesn't mean you have to throw different than you would at shortstop.
I treat every single pitcher as an individual. I have a toolbox of ideas, but I don't have a set way of teaching mechanics.
One of the reasons i put everyone out on twitter is because i'm curious and I want to show that there are a bunch of people that throw a lot of different ways.
I like the idea of being the person that nobody wants to throw with.
When you start measuring stuff it brings out competition in everyone. The competitive drive will cause everyone to improve.
Resources
Driveline
Ben Brewster
Lantz Wheeler
Rapsodo
Texas Baseball Ranch
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@pitchingninja
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Rob@pitching.ninja
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Thursday Jul 27, 2017
Thursday Jul 27, 2017
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COACHES SERIES: USE OF WEIGHTED BASEBALLS AT NIACC – 3 YEARS OF RUN N’ GUNS
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You want to get kids ultra competitive? Throw a radar gun up and watch them go crazy
If you're going to be a NIACC Trojan, you've got to earn it. There wont be anything handed to you.
Our guys make goals and standards. Then we print it off and we tape it to every single locker so they see it every single day. Now they see those goals and standards everyday and they hold each other accountable
We want to teach our guys about servant leadership. It's not about you all of the time. So using our popularity as a platform in our community in order to create some good
The World Series' and the championships and the wins are all a byproduct of what our beliefs are. We have to do things better, we have to work smarter and we have to develop a culture of development that is built around the player
Resources
Rapsodo
Motus sleeve
Driveline
Brian Cain
Randy Sullivan
Austin Wasserman
Dallas Baptist University
Minnesota volleyball
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@coachherg
@niaccbaseball
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www.niacctrojans.com
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Saturday Jul 15, 2017
Saturday Jul 15, 2017
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Link to hitting drive
Quotes
How often should we evaluate athletes?
We have to understand that our athletes are going to change year to year, or even month to month. Constant evaluation and re evaluation is extremely important.
How can we help our athletes recover better?
Poor sleep quality is rampant amongst all levels of athletes. That is our #1 recovery strategy. If you don't get proper sleep, then you cant recover.
On something he has learned since being in the medical field
I do not think surgery is always the best option for everyone anymore.
Where do coaches get it wrong?
Cookie cutters are for cookies. Not everybody is the same, so we cant expect everyone to move in the same way
Where do coaches get it wrong?
Human movement is incredibly complex and joints don't normally work in a uniform manner.
Where do coaches get it wrong?
The coaches who push the cookie cutter mold see a standard bell curve of success. You then only get about 1/4 of your athletes that are actually making improvements.
what qualities do the best coaches have?
The best coaches always have more to learn. They seek quality information and apply it to their athletes on an individual basis.
Contact Info
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@dustinlind
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dustin.lind@umontana.edu
Resources
NSCA
Neuroscience of human movement- Charles Leonard
Frans Bosch Book
Eastbay hitting instruction- Jerry Brewer
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Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
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"our kids own practice, we teach them to know it, do it, and own it."
Its about building the the young man. If we can build a better man, we will get a better baseball player.
The kids, 50 years from now, will remember getting knocked down and getting back up. These are things theyll carry with them the rest of their life.
You wont be 100% everyday. You might be at 75% one day, but they better learn to give 100% of that 75%
There's no such thing as "shagging" at Oxford high. If you want to shag, go outside of the fence and catch home run balls. We better be trying to run through a fence to catch a flyball.
Building leaders is on my shoulders. If we don't have good leaders, its my fault as the captain of the team.
Resources
Brian Cain
Ron Wolforth
Driveline
Jerry Weinstein
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Oxford Black Gold
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@oldgoldsports
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Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
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We're looking to not only build good baseball players, but create men that can go out into society and change the world.
Its easy to tell how good a player is by their actions but i want to see how they react to adversity, i want to see good body language and i want to see how they treat their teammates
A lot of baseball teams lose more games than they win, control the baseball, control yourself and play catch.
Our hitting cage is a laboratory, i want you to fail and mess up as much as you want as long as you have a specific plan and your learning from it.
Understanding how to deal with adversity in life and in baseball. Fail forward. If you don't fail, you don't get better.
Be on time, do the right thing, never back down from a challenge
The problem is we think we shouldnt have problems.
Resources
tyler.gillum@southmountaincc.edu
cell- 602-370-7649
@gillum13
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