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Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar

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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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35:57

DJ Edwards- Owner/Director of Performance at Push...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/09/27

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes Movement is key. Our goal is to train the athlete, not just the baseball player One thing we can all do is get our players breathing better. Joint placement dictates muscle function We want to dominate the sagittal plane We want to set PR’s in season I dont like bands or sprint work post throwing. You aren’t going to make a marathon runner run after he’s done. You’re taking an already exhausted muscle system and

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49:22

Ryan Starwalt- Head Baseball Coach, Crescent Valley...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/09/20

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes Building a baseball player isn’t always exciting, so getting them to internally compete with themselves and the game has to be a priority. We teach our upperclassmen to bring the next group along. The older kids job is to get the younger kids as educated as quickly as possible. Its important for kids to ask questions. #1 in building a better baseball player is getting them to love the game. They learn to love it so

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01:55:38

Hitting Round Table with Doug Latta, Curt Nelson, and...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/09/13

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Doug Quotes We dont chase results. We chase the ability to move in balance and take an effortless swing. The human body is the strongest and most efficient in a position of balance. Curt Quotes The more information we can spread about good swings, the more our game is going to progress in the right direction and especially for the players which is what its all about. Timing is the most important thing, always Cody Atkinson We’ve got

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55:11

John Gelnar- Former MLB Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates,...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/09/03

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:42

Keanon Simon- Head Baseball Coach, Mustang HS (OK)

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/08/30

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes We play wiffleball in the fall. One because its fun and two because it helps our kids be competitive. We chart with a point system in batting practice 4 points for a home run 3 for a gap shot 2 for a line-drive You’ve got to hit the ball well to be able to get your points We have big brother/little brother program. Every senior gets 3-4 kids and the seniors have to communicate and and all expectations of the

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01:01:58

Justin James- Head Baseball Coach, Point Loma...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/08/23

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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

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54:05

Josh Garcia- Head Baseball Coach, Brophy College Prep...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/08/16

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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-

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47: JL Buchanan- Hitting Coach, Taft College (CA)

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/08/09

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes (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

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01:01:38

Darrell Coulter- Mindset & Pitch Command Consultant,...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/08/02

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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

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01:09:01

45: Rob Cooper- Head Baseball Coach, Penn State...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/07/26

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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

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01:08:36

Randy Sullivan- CEO for Florida Baseball Ranch

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/07/19

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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

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38:35

Clyde Keller- Assistant Baseball Coach, Florida State...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/07/12

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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

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38:44

Mini Clinic Monday Episode 4: ”Dealing” with parents...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/07/02

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Contact Info @AHmulebaseball Facebook jThompson@ahisd.net Contributors @coachbennyb @NWBandits Daryl Hernandez @BKERA_IRISH_RKG @Maciejewski24 @JeffSherman26 @CoachWilliams 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 Signup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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01:07:35

Austin Wasserman- Owner/Founder of Wasserman Strength...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/06/28

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 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

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48:53

Jason Ochart- Director of Hitting, Driveline Baseball...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/06/21

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

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01:01:45

40: Connor Dawson and Ryan Parker- Hitting Coaches,...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/06/14

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Daws We want everything to be player driven, once you make something important to you it now becomes yours As coaches, we know that players have to acquire certain skills, but players need to establish what they want to work on as well. We want them to be their best coach. We have to make sure our players are moving properly. But we also have to help them understand how they feel when they're moving properly and when

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14:31

Mini Clinic Monday Episode 3: Things in practice our...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/06/04

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Contributors This Week Jesse @diamondbbclub @gmanoneone @DtrickN @Hitithere50 @coach33_410 Mike Reed 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 Signup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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01:10:15

Greg Brown- Head Baseball Coach, Nova Southeastern...

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/05/31

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes I think my why when I first started was winning ballgames and now all of my focus is on impacting young men. We raise pitch counts by swinging I often get asked, "what's you're two strike approach?" we don't have one I don't have a staff that works for me, i have a staff that works with me You never know what you can learn about your players until you start asking the right questions. We want to manage our drills

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45:10

Brett Kay- Head Baseball Coach, JSerra Catholic HS (CA)

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/05/24

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes Baseball is going to be data driven and we as high school coaches have to evolve. We have to know our players. We have to know who can do what, where and how and what they're good at because everyone learns and develops differently. A great program starts at the home We take these at bats, throw these pitches, and field ground balls with these kids because we want it so bad for them. We want them to see the success

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01:04:50

Trent Otis- Co-Founder of Zona Baseball Instruction (AZ)

Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar ·

2018/05/17

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes 3 years into coaching I tried to forget everything I knew about hitting. Now I try and continue to make sure everything I do makes sense, is backed up by video and biomechanical movement. There’s a better way to develop players in a team setting. We want our swing to be such that we launch it based on reaction, not anticipation. We chart everything in batting practice. I want every training session to be harder than

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