Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes My coach in middle school said 4 words that changed my life and those 4 words were ‘Get on the line’. In that moment I found out what discipline was. Discipline is doing what we don’t want to do today, to get what we want tomorrow. I liked to think I was special, but it was our coaching staff that was special. My coaches taught me how to make choices, they taught me responsibility, they taught me that what the statistics said didn’t have to become who I was unless I chose, and that mindset of taking responsiility changed everything for me.” My life was changed by my high school coaches sand I want to help coaches do that for their athletes.” There is so much power in giving a kid what they don’t don’t deserve. Give kids a second chance, but teach them what to do with that second chance. Sometimes coaches will give a kid a second chance, but don’t teach them what to do with that second chance. So what happens? The same thing they did the first time because they don’t know any different.” Are you more about who you are or what you do? If you are so wrapped up in what you do, then what happens if that gets taken away? Theres a lot of things in life that are optional if you want to be successful. Talent? Optional. The right family? Optional. The right school? Optional. Genetics? Optional. But the one thing that is required to be successful? Sacrifice. Resources Tim Ferriss The Unbeatable Mind- Mark Divine Dave Campbell Podcast Coach 360 ABCA Calls from the clubhouse 1% Better- Joe Ferraro Plus 1 Podcast Pastor Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast Luke Norsworthy Rick Warren Contact @mackeyspeaks 2words.tv 2words.tv/gameplan 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes We're going to have more husbands and fathers than we are major league baseball players. We're here to build young men, and when they leave this program they're going to be contributing members to society. We want guys that will fight at the drop of a hat. Guys that are tough, maybe were a little overlooked in HS. Guys that have some grit can play for us. One thing we teach our guys is manners. They'll be yes ma'am, no ma'am. Yes sir, no sir. They take their hats off when they walk into a building. They look you in the eye when they shake your hand and they say please and thank you. Most of our guys come from great families and we want to be an extension of them. People want come complain about this generation, but what are you doing about it? Young men want to please, and what you expect out of them is what you're gonna get from them. If you expect it, they'll do it. (on the green light mentality) We want to put pressure on defenses because catching and throwing is not as easy as it sounds. Pressure bursts pipes. We love multi-sport athletes. We can take an athlete and build a ball player. You can necessarily make a guy a better athlete but you can make him a better ballplayer. Resources Tim Ferris Autobiographies on coaches Twitter #ABCAchats Contact @coachcox19 [email protected] 254-855-5453 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes Our approach to teaching a new skill is education, application and support. We start with why its important, then we apply it to practice and then from there we figure out what works and what doesn’t for each kid. We say the breath is the MVP of the mental game. We spend a lot of time on teaching it. a concept that Ken Ravizza and Tom Hansen discuss. Learn it Do it Own it We invest a lot of time learning it, but can we actually practice the skills? We need to create a practice environment that does that. Theres a difference between a jungle tiger and a zoo tiger. Whats the life of a zoo tiger like? Spoon-fed, easy and comfortable. What’s life like in the jungle? Its stressful and your survival is on the line. Now lets compare it to baseball, which one is practice and which one is the game? We need to be able to create more jungle tigers and put our players in stressful situations. There’s a lot of time to think in baseball. Your mind can be your best friend of your work enemy. It can be a weapon or a weakness. In order to get behavior change, we have to get repetition and progression of skills. If I’m a coach and I do session in the classroom once a week, thats better than nothing. In that setting we expect the players to transfer those skills over to the field. If we only do those sessions in the classroom, we’re going to be setup for disappointment. Resources Heads up baseball Harvey Dorfman Ken Ravizza Ben Ehrlich Taylor Stutzman 1% Better Podcast ABCA Calls from the clubhouse Contact @MVP_Mindset [email protected] 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes Being a cowboy is being a part of one of the greatest programs in the history of college baseball We hang our hat on player development. There’s not a team in the big 12 that has had more draft picks than us in the last 5 years Our demand in practice is energy. You’ve gotta come out prepared to play and practice with an intensity thats going to match game speed. The guys really embrace the fact that the daily competition is that internal check to task yourself to be at your best and to be at a high level every single practice. No matter what spreadsheet you get or saber-metrics stats you use, our number one statistic is “who is our there competing for a spot every single day.” Thats how you win and job and impact the game. Two big things for me as an infield coach are leadership and communication. If we’re constantly communicating were playing the game in a progressive way. If we’re playing the game in a progressive way then we aren’t going to worry about what happened last inning, were going to keep competing. If the players don’t trust you, they’re not going to care what you tell them. It doesn’t matter if you have the best information in the world if your players not trust you. Resources Other Coaches Contact @jimmyv29 Keeperofthegame.org @baseballkeepers IG @keeperofthegame Bryan Hoctor Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook Ahead of the Curve Coaches Facebook group Instagram aotc_podcast

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes "We've been doing an overload and underload throwing program for 22-23 years. We call it the Nate Smith throwing program. We use a tennis ball, a softball, and a baseball." We throw more than any program than i've ever run into. But i've always had the belief that we pitch too much and we dont throw enough. We have a much higher focus on individual player development than team development. We don't allow headphones in our program.That way they cant just sit there by themselves. They have to communicate and they have to talk to each other. Everyday after practice we line up and shake hands with a firm handshake and looking each other in the eye. IF we had a bad day at practice or if we got onto a kid, we have a chance to read that kid and leave on a positive note. Our culture is #1 and our alumni are a close second. I have a text group from every year from 99 on that we reach out to on a consistent basis. We have an alumni fantasy baseball league. We want them to stay involved because they’re the ones that build the program. The players are the reason any coach has success In our program #1 is velocity, #2 is velocity and #3 is velocity. And the reason is that we've never had a kid that throws 80-82 that got a college scholarship. So that's our philosophy with player developmentt Resources CB Drill Heads up Baseball Jon Gordon Inside out coaching Driveline Rapsodo Hit trax Contact [email protected] @defiancebball @fungo20 @rweaver23 Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes I want them to be in competition with themselves to be perfect. That's the only way we're going to field at a really high clip and win games. Some elements that I like to include every single day that I don't think coaches do enough of 1. Stretching and catching regardless of position 2. Stretching and picking regardless of position 3. Catching infield fly balls (GB to FB ratio is 4 to 1 in MLB) 4. Picking and tagging. 5. Redirecting the baseball I partner the old with the young. Its always an old guy and a young guy. I want to empower my older guys to provide input. Catch play, picks, footwork. Always an old guy with a young guy. I think that builds leadership, but I also think it builds ownership. On purpose, every single week, I pick a part of practice to watch from the dugout. If ive done my job and we've truly built a unit, the show is going to go on without me. If you're not willing to have a dialogue with your players about why you're doing something, then you need to take a long look in the mirror to make sure that what you're doing is not just something that your comfortable with and that its the best way to do it. Resources Link to ABCA Presentation Watch Elite fielders Watch your competition Watch other sports practices Contact @ThatGuy__Kai http://www.fridayfielderscamps.com/ Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook Ahead of the Curve Coaches Facebook group Instagram aotc_podcast

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes I'm anti glancing blows. Networking is about developing true meaningful relationships (on how to remember names) Try and say someone's name 2 times in 20 seconds and 3 times in 30 seconds. There's power in saying someone's name that cannot be manufactured any other way. As long as no one cares who gets the credit, we're going to change the game of baseball. Resources 1% better podcast learning leader Entre leadership topcoach Joe Rogan Contact [email protected] @coachsheets3 @abca1945 Cell 502-767-7680 Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes We call ourselves the valley boys. Because we represent the valley. We're getting out on that field every single day and sweating in this heat and working hard and doing all the extra things so when the valley comes and watches us play, they can be proud. We have our players back and we continually let them know that we love them and are there for them Are you an OKG? Our kinda guy. I'm not a salesman. I'm going to show you everything we do and our vision with development focus. I'm going to get the guys that are in on this thing and the guys that arent, I don't want. Culture coaches when the coaches aren't around. We're going to recruit personality and character before skill. We think we can take anyone and make them better. We believe in having short, efficient practices. We come in, go as hard as we can, and leave. We don't condition because you should be so tired from practice We don't clone people here. We don't cookie cut. We try and help each player find his best swing. You decide NOT to swing, you dont decide to swing. This is a HUGE deal for us.You step into the box swinging at the pitch Hitters make themselves. We don't make them, They do the work and they stand in the box. We can help them but we dont make them. Resources Fearless- Eric Blehm Mindgym- Gary Mack Dustin Lind Google Drive Craig Hyatt Contact Info [email protected] @coachcody_ Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes One of the first conversations we have is where does your arm hurt? We have to start with the pain A lot of what we do is player led. Guys tend to figure out things more when they have to teach other people what the ultimate goal of the activity is. Every year i have someone who doesn't fit the ideal mold, so it keeps pushing me to try and reach everyone in the program. If I have 13 pitchers, I should have 13 pitching programs. Every time a bullpen is thrown, they're competing against someone for something. If we're asking them to compete in games, then practice should be a competition. Our goal has always been to help the players become better people. Learning life lessons will help them to become better baseball players. Start looking at players as individuals. One size doesn't fit all, and one size doesn't even fit one guy for very long. Resources Ron Wolforth Randy Sullivan Eric Cressey Paul Nyman Brent Pourciau Kyle Boddy/Driveline Baseball Contact Information @BRobo_20 Brent Robison on Facebook [email protected] Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes Our kids are at their strongest in season Were not training to be good in the offseason, were training to be at our best in season. So it drives me crazy when you see kids not lifting in season, it makes no sense. All of our incoming freshman are in a developmental group that focuses on 5 major movements Squat patterning (front squat) 2. Hip Hinge 3. Pushup 4. Horizontal Pull 5. Iso Core Series We do alot of speed work, and to be fast you have to train fast. We train on gameday. And i see no reason that HS kids cant either. HS kids arent developed enough to get fatigued if they are working out in the morning and getting 10-12 hours of recovery time. You'll find the more consistent your workouts are. the less theyll get sore. You can develop so much in your in season period Everybody wants to train the pretty muscles, the mirror muscles, chest, abs. Performance happens on the backside. You want to keep kids strong and healthy? It all happens on the backside. Scaps glutes and hamstrings are the powerhouse of athletic performance There is not a lot of agility that goes on in baseball, its mostly reacting to a stimulus (the baseball) Everything is a straight line. There no cone drills, latter drills in baseball. Its all a straight line to a point, so that what we incorporate into our speed development program. Resources Coach's Strength Training Playbook- Joe Kenn Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance- Stuart McGill Becoming a Supple Leopard 2nd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Performance- Kelly Starrett Contact Website Twitter IG Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes There's a lot of pressure at Flower Mound high school. But it's pressure to not just do well, it's pressure to win, it's pressure to go deep in the playoffs and to get a division 1 scholarship. We take 30 minutes a day in the fall to install the mental game, and it's crucial for us If you make it fun the kids are going to have fun if you think it's boring the kids are obviously going to think it's boring. We put a lot of pressure on our kids in practice which is more gamelike. We want them to be used to that pressure I am a big field guy, so if your offer still want you to get out the 300 get after it man. If you want to do that for days in a row, go. If you aren't feels good, feed it. When it's game day, all I want you to do is compete. I don't wanna talk mechanics. Just go compete Make the best job the one that you're at. You get to play baseball everyday. You get to hit fungo everyday. My son is a bat boy and they pay me to do it. I've got the best job in the world Resources Brian cain Lantz wheeler Hacking the kinetic chain- Kyle Boddy Jaeger sports bands Steve springer Charlie Brenneman (The Spaniard 101 Podcast) Ken Ravizza Tom Hanson Baseball Drive Podcast A Legends Life Podcast Jerry Weinstein Xan Barksdale Paul Reddick Baseball Dad’s podcast Contact [email protected] [email protected] @coachbennyb 214-600-3903 Weekly Newsletter 5 Tool Friday Newsletter 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

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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 Contact Info @FerraroOnAir [email protected] @bxvillebaseball 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 Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes (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 Contact Info @hyattcraig 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 Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Ahead of the Curve Coaches facebook group Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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 Contact @ericpeterson713 [email protected] 417-873-7847 Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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 Contact @drap11 @thehallbaseball Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Link to "The High Performance Hitter" by Chris Dunn Quotes 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 Contact Info Twitter @chrisdunn2 @hiprohitting Hiprohitting.com IG Chrisdunn.2 Hiprohitting Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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 Contact Info for Rob Twitter @pitchingninja Email [email protected] Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play COACHES SERIES: USE OF WEIGHTED BASEBALLS AT NIACC – 3 YEARS OF RUN N’ GUNS Quotes 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 Contact Info Twitter @coachherg @niaccbaseball Website www.niacctrojans.com Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play 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 Twitter @dustinlind Email [email protected] Resources NSCA Neuroscience of human movement- Charles Leonard Frans Bosch Book Eastbay hitting instruction- Jerry Brewer Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes "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 Contact Facebook Oxford Black Gold Twitter @oldgoldsports Email [email protected] Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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 [email protected] cell- 602-370-7649 @gillum13 Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes Every throw you ever make is either helping your command or hurting your command. Just because you are the best player on your high school team that doesnt mean that doesnt mean you're going to play in college. Go watch college games and see what those guys look like and see what that level of play truly is Go find hall of famers of guys that have been all stars and have been healthy. Those guys 9 times out of 10 will be connected. (on emulation) Guys in the latin countries are really good at that. They see Pedro and try and throw like Pedro, its definitely a benefit to them. They get to experiment and see how their body moves. I dont want them to be robots and i dont want to have to tell them every single thing. I cant be out on the mound so at some point you have to figure it out yourself. My job is to eliminate my job, to be your own best pitching coach. We use the radar gun for average velocity. They may peak at 90 but their average sits at 86. If their average keeps creeping up, we know the plan we have in place is working. We try to collect as much data is possible One of the most common problems we see now is that kids cannot make basic fundamentally sound movement patterns When in doubt, always return to athleticism. We need to better ourselves so we can better our players Resources ABCA Fighting Monkeys Winter Texas Baseball Ranch Coaches Clinic Contact Info [email protected] @veloplus21 Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes "A majority of kids need to learn to move better, have better posture, and learn to move their body in space." "What it boils down to is developing the entire body. The shoulder starts at the feet, you have to start with the ground." "If we get them to actually put the baseball down, and actually focus on training, its a great opportunity to get bigger and stronger." "There are hundreds of things we have to put together to develop the entire athlete, there's not just one way to do it." "How do you individualize a system? Its not easy. But we have to work that in to make it an efficient system." "Coaching became less of a career for me when i figured out that i wanted to develop people, now its my calling." "I got cut from the JV team in high school. But after a couple of weeks I decided i had to get to work, and that's how my love for strength and conditioning got started." Resources Athletic Movement Skills- Clive Brewer Periodization- Tudor Bompa Contact Info @ryan_faer ryanfaerblog.com Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

Subscribe on iTunes Quotes I thank God everyday for making me a cavalier. Our culture is about communication, hard work, and no drama. We just wanna play ball. We get a lot of kids whose parents use to carry their bags to games, so we want to mentally challenge kids. If you’re a coach, and you aren’t learning about your guys every day, you're not coaching. Your leaders have to be the guys that say things. He has to tell it like it is. We don't have rules. We have standards that you need you need to live up to. Be on time, behave like a gentleman, play against the game, don't talk to the other team. Resources ABCA clinics Contact Info @Gawbage29 Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]

What is my why for starting this podcast? Listen to find out. Website and Social Media sites for the show Website www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email [email protected]