Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar

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Ron Polk- Former Head Coach at Mississippi State & Georgia, Current Volunteer Assistant at UAB Nov 08, 2018

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You’ve got to surround yourself with really good people. Thats one of the biggest reasons I’ve had success.
Every coach has to coach to their own personality.
Number one- Our players need to understand we’re there for them.
We need to do things in practice that will prepare our players for the game so when they’re in a game they will tell themselves that they’ve been there before over and over again.
Practice preparation is the most important thing a coach can learn
We need to spend most of our time in practice doing stuff that actually happens in the game.
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Jerry Weinstein- Player Development Staff, Colorado Rockies Nov 01, 2018

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If you’re the head coach then you need to be able to do everything. You obviously need to delegate but you also need to have an understanding of every aspect on the field.
In the end you’ve gotta be committed to winning. Its not the 9 best its always the best 9.
Baseball is a relationship game. Its not about your agenda or your wins and losses, its about the player.
A bad swing on time has a chance.
If we’re going to be good, we need to tell everyone what they need to hear not what the want to hear.
Theres nothing more common than a man with talent who has failed and at the end of the day you aren’t going to tell yourself you wish you hadn’t worked so hard.
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Bart Hanegraaff- Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition Expert, Hitting Coach for Dutch Baseball and Softball Oct 25, 2018

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We vary a lot with tasks, environment, unstable surfaces and bats and we fatigue parts of the body
By changing things constantly the body has to find a new solution every time to come up with a good swing.
We use alot of variety and we make the enviroment chaotic.
The first thing I look for is the endpoint of the swing
When we hit batting practice, we never tell them what pitch we’re going to throw.
We’re trying to go away from looking at fixed movements because they dont happen in a game.
Resources
Frans Bosch book
Attention and motor skills learning Gabriel Wolfe
Rob Gray podcast
Dynamics of skill acquisition
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Ryan Parker- Hitting Coach Oct 19, 2018

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(On decision training) Athletics is just a series of good decisions, so how can we train that?
The thing with weighted bats is they help us to solve problems. The bat itself is a teaching device.
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Jarret DeHart- MiLB Hitting Coach, Seattle Mariners Oct 18, 2018

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Having a high Level swing doesn’t necessarily make you a high level hitter.
Creating a culture of buy in and development comes down to being able to talk with your player.
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Rick Strickland- Owner of Rick Strickland Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals Hitting Consultant Oct 17, 2018

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The difference between good and bad hitters is their ability to time.
Our BP is like what they see in the games, they dont go 10/10 and they struggle a little bit.

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Dillon Lawson- MiLB Hitting Coach, Houston Astros Oct 16, 2018

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Decision making in practice is a non negotiable for me. We have to get guys off cruise control and just taking swings to take swings while not being engaged.
Every time I step into the box im expecting to do damage. We dont want to produce timid hitters, we want confident hitters expecting to do damage
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Matt Lawson- Hitting Coach and Recruiting Coordinator, Missouri State University Oct 15, 2018

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Its a priority for me to never lose sight of what its like to be a player.
The game REQUIRES us to make adjustments and adaptations based on how they're trying to get us out.
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Derek Florko AKA Sabercoach- Axe Bat Manager of Hitting and Assistant Coach for the Abbotsford Cardinals and Yale Baseball Academy Oct 11, 2018

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We test 3 things for power. A vertical jump A seated med ball chest pass and sit up med ball throw
So many times in my career I would try and get kids to do a certain movements and I’d get frustrated because they couldn’t figure it out. Now I’ve come to the realization that everyone moves differently.
Rotational strength and velocity is one of the most important things there is in throwing and hitting.
If you aren’t strong and you dont have the intent to throw/swing hard, not alot else matters because those are the two big foundations.
I love using a broomstick or PVC so the kids can actually focus on moving better rather than trying to hit all the time.
I think external cues within a team setting would be the way to go. Tell them to hit oppo home runs
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Baseball Savant
Driveline
TPI
Altis
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Pete Savage- Head Baseball Coach, Reno HS (NV) Oct 04, 2018

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Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes We want to raise our competitive level as a tea above our talent level every year Practice is the lifeline of our program. Our obligation as a coaching staff is to organize the most efficient competitive fun filled practice as possible If our jobs as coaches is just to go out and win a game we’re pretty short-sided The most important skill we can teach our players is how to be a good teammate, because it translates to every other part of life. Our players earn everything they have in our program We're all doing the same things. BP, Arm Care, ground balls, but its HOW we do it. Thats the separator. Resources ABCA Ken Ravizza John Savage Contact petes@savageandson.com Cell- 775-690-9316 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

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