Episode 168
YBE 168: Select-Level Coaching At Rec Levels with Grant Cowan
The Youth Baseball Edge Podcast with Rob Tong: Coaching | Drills | Strategy · Rob Tong: Youth Baseball Coach, Consultant and Training & Development Leader
August 1, 202446m 54s
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Show Notes
Grant Cowan, MBSA coach and vice commissioner, shares how to coach your rec league team like a select-level coach in part 1 of this two-part interview. Plus Rob answers the Question of the Week (40:50) about how to manage your kids and coaching staff when losing in a blowout. In this 47-minute episode, you'll learn:
- how travel ball can do it right (12:06)
- what problems rec coaches have when leading their teams (15:19)
- how to program your pre-practice routine (19:13)
- when to schedule your pre-practice routine (25:01)
- how to plan your defensive part of practice (25:50)
- how Grant plans his team's hitting practice (27:33)
- what hitting corrective drills are and how to use them (29:45)
- how to include pitching in practices (32:59)
- how to incorporate pitchers in batting cages (35:41)
- one recommended high-energy drill (38:05)