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Patrick Jones Baseball

I’m Patrick Jones, a former hitting coach in the Orioles organization — now I help high school baseball players get recruited to play college baseball.On this show, I break down how the recruiting process really works. Each week, I interview college coaches, pro players, and insiders to help players and parents understand what it takes to get seen, get evaluated, and get offers. We cover everything from navigating the transfer portal and building exposure, to standing out at camps, managing

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49:47

Todd Miller - Hitting Coach and Recruiting...

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2021/10/13

Todd is entering his 16th season coaching College Baseball. This upcoming season will be his first year at Tennessee Tech University. He is serving as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator. Todd has coached at the D3, D2, and now D1 level. In this episode, we get into recruiting, developing hitters mentally and physically, 2k approach, and Todd’s background.Todd and I will be speaking at Connecting the Dots conference December 3-5th in Knoxville Tennessee.We would love to see you there

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49:29

ESPN College Baseball Analyst, Mike Rooney

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2021/09/29

This week we are talking some college baseball with former college coach, Mike Rooney. Mike started out his baseball journey as a player at the University of Notre Dame. His coach at Notre Dame, Pat Murphy eventually got the head coaching job at Arizona State University and brought Mike along with him. In this episode, Mike talks about some of the reasons he loves broadcasting, why he loves college baseball, and some rule changes he is looking forward to in the future.Show Notes Hosted on Acast. See

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56:21

Coaching Baseball and Running a Business with Caleb...

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2021/09/16

Caleb is currently the Hitting and Pitching Development Coordinator at the University of Texas. Prior to his current position at UT, he was the Director of Hitting Development and Analytics at Arizona State.When he's not at the field coaching, he's running his business, Marv Training. A company that started out selling resistance bands and is now expanding into other products including theirnewly released product, plyo balls with seams.In this episode, we talk about Caleb's current role at Texas and

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37:46

Pitching Coach University of Georgia - Sean Kenny

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2021/09/10

After coaching stops at the University of Michigan, Maryland, Pepperdine, and San Diego, Sean Kenny has found a home as pitching coach at the University of Georgia. This is his 26th year as a collegiate coach. He has continued to adapt over the years with all the new information while keeping his core beliefs on how to develop pitchers. In this episode Sean talks about some of the changes he has made over his coaching career, what are some of the things that he has never changed in his career, and

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46:04

Aaron Smith - Associate Head Coach and Recruiting...

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2021/09/03

Aaron has been coaching at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee for thirteen years now. He is the Associate Head Coach and is also in charge of running the offense. Aaron has continued to evolve as a coach throughout the years with all of the new pieces of technology, while relying on his experience to help simplify it to his players. In this episode we cover what fall ball looks like at Belmont, using technology for his hitters, and the differences between elite hitters and average ones

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1:01:27

Hitting Lessons from a Baseball legend - Joe "The Hit...

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2021/08/27

Joe is the founder of Tri City Aresnal, a nationally known travel baseball organization based out of New Jersey. Joe has sent thousands of kids to play college baseball, and hundreds that ended up playing professional baseball, including one of the greatest players of all time, Mike Trout. Joe made the jump to be in baseball full-time in the mid 80s after being a full-time CPA until he was 42 years old. He started out with his own facility and eventually got into showcases, high school baseball,

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37:37

Hitting Coach, University of Washington - Andy Jenkins

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2021/08/03

This upcoming season (2021-2022) will be Andy's first season at the University of Washington. It will also be his first time as a full-time hitting coach. Andy has had previous coaching stops at Cal State Fullerton and Oregon State University. In this episode we talk about what hitting philosophy Andy plans on implementing this upcoming season, what he's learned from the best head coaches in college baseball, and college recruiting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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16:11

Getting Recruited to Play College Baseball

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2021/07/27

How do you go about getting recruited to play college baseball? What camps or showcases should you be going to? In this episode I talk about how to evaluate yourself as a baseball player in the recruiting process and then how to go about promoting yourself the RIGHT way. Evaluating yourself.Do you love playing baseball? Are you thinking about how to get better everyday? What are your grades like?What do you want to do with Baseball? Play in MLB, Play in College? Power 5? Good education, etc. Be

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36:30

A life spent Coaching Baseball with Turtle Thomas

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2021/07/20

14 College World Series appearances, 19 consecutive top 10 recruiting classes, and two national championships. Not a bad resume for this week’s guest, Turtle Thomas. Turtle coached college baseball for 39 years with stops at Clemson, Georgia Tech, LSU, Miami (FL), and Arizona State. Currently, he is a roving catching instructor in the Texas Ranger organization. In this episode we talk about his experience as a relentless recruiter, tips to help catchers, and advice he would give to young coaches.If

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46:35

Training Baseball Players with Kevin Poppe - DST...

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2021/07/13

Kevin Poppeis the co-owner of DST Performance in Houston, Texas. DST (Dynamic Sports Training) trains athletes of all ages. In this episode, we talk specifically about working with baseball players. We talk about some of the things that Kevin does when working with high school, college, and professional baseball players, what it is like for an athlete when they first walk into DST, and why no tool is the holy grail.What happens when you walk into DST Performance for the first time?General strength

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1:00:10

Throwing Harder and Swinging Faster with Paul Nyman

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2021/07/06

Paul Nyman is an Engineer who has a passion for player development in baseball. After starting his regular job in the technical world as an engineer, Paul retired in 1989. He started to come across different research articles on overload/underload training and ways to develop ballistic power. He started to realize that not many people were putting in the time and effort in the baseball world to develop players in a similar manner. With Paul’s background as an Engineer, he knew he could develop

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19:42

If I had a son who WANTED to play Baseball

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2021/06/29

What would I do if I had a son who wanted to play baseball. How would I go about it from a developmental and parent perspective. I played baseball as a kid and now have coached players from middle school to the MLB. I have seen what has worked and what hasn't. Below are a few of the topics that I will go over in the episode. Gymnastics at a young agePlay other sports if he wanted to, he’s in the driver’s seatGive him the option to do other things if he wants to. I want him to be curious. Identity

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1:01:18

Player Development and College Recruiting with...

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2021/06/22

Donegal Fergus has been coaching baseball for over 20 years. He has coached at the collegiate and professional level for numerous teams including the University of Washington, UC Santa Barbra, and most recently, the Minnesota Twins. Donegal is currently working with hitter's in the private sector back home in California. In this episode we talk about challenging players in the practice setting, the similarities between college and pro ball, and college recruiting. Hosted on Acast. See

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47:08

Dr. Michael Gervais - High Performance Psychologist

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2021/06/15

Dr. Gervais is one of the most sought-after high-performance coaches on the planet. He has worked with Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks, Olympic medalists, UFC fighters, MLB players, and coaches from every major sport. He is also the host of the Finding Mastery podcast and the founder of Compete to Create, a business he founded with Pete Caroll.Dr. Gevais has been featured in NBC, ABC, FOX, ESPN, NFL Network, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Outside Magazine, WIRED, ESPN Magazine,

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49:54

Kyle Wagner - Aggression Precedes Discipline,...

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2021/04/20

Currently the Director of Player Development for GoWags a travel baseball organization, author of two books, "GreenLight Hitting" and "How the Rivercats Won", Kyle Wagner stops by the show to talk about a better way to develop amateur hitters, through aggression. In this episode Kyle explains why "aggression should precede discipline", the age when plate discipline should start to be emphasized, and some drills he likes to do with younger kids to instill this message. You can follow Kyle on social

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53:46

Jim Rickon: Labeling Players, Scouting, and Amateur...

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2021/04/13

Jim Rickon is currently a scout for the Cleveland Indians. He has been with the Indians organization for over 20 years as a player and coach. He has served as a hitting coach, coordinator, and now scout. In this episode he talks about some of the things that he's learned over the years, the differences between scouting and coaching, and why labeling players by their body language and work ethic my not be a good idea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:02

Cody Decker on Pinch Hitting, Data for Players, and...

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2021/04/06

Normally on the show we have coaches at various level who come on and talk about their current coaching situation, how they go about developing players, and give advice to everyone listening. However, I think it's just as important to have current and former players on the show to balance that out. I know I have learned a ton from just listening to players talk, they will tell you what pieces of information help and what doesn't. That is why on this episode I invited former MLB player, Cody Decker

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59:02

Training Pitchers REMOTELY with Ben Brewster

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2021/03/30

Can you develop pitchers without actually seeing them in person? Ben Brewster and Tread Athletics have been doing that for several years, and have been doing it extremely well. Ben is the Co-Founder of Tread Athletics, a company that specializes in remote training for pitchers. They provide extensive educational resources for their clients along with formalizing an in depth plan for each pitcher. In this episode, Ben explains how he got started doing remote coaching, some common flaws he sees in

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41:29

Jim Maciejewski - Developing High School Players, and...

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2021/03/23

What makes high school baseball beneficial? To me it's actually closer to what college is like. Same teammates everyday, competing against teams in your league, and winning is relevant. It's important for the game that high school baseball is still held in high regard. No better way to find out what it's like to be in high school sports than to bring on a current high school Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach. Jim Maciejewski is currently the Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach at

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1:09:35

Jeff Banister - Managing in MLB, Analytics, and...

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2021/03/16

Experience. Wisdom. Those are the first two words I think of when I think of Jeff Banister. Jeff has been coaching in professional baseball for over 35 years. He has been a MiLB manager, Field Coordinator, and MLB Manager. He was the Pittsburgh Pirates manager from 2010-2014 and then was the Texas Rangers manager from 2015-2018. Jeff is currently the Director of Player Development at the University of Northern Colorado, where his son is playing. Jeff's journey in baseball was anything but easy. He

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