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Joseph Cancellieri- Director of Research and Development, 108 Performance (CA) May 10, 2018

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The more I learn, the less I know.
Its really interesting to look at this 4 things during an entire season.
Energy
Soreness
Stress
Sleep

We need to educate athletes on what should be done outside of practice and games so that it can create a world where the athlete is recovered and ready to play everyday
Alot of kids have developed compensatory patterns where they complete the intended task but they're doing so in a wrong way.
I look at movement as a language of our brain
In order for the body to function properly, there must be a cohesiveness between the muscles, joints, and neuromuscular system.
Resources
Dr. Keith Pyne
Gee Voyeur
Scott Kelso
Contact
108 Research and Development
Joe Cancellieri- IG

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Mini Clinic Monday Episode 2: Leadership Training ft. Diamyn Hall Apr 30, 2018

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Diamyn Hall Suggestions
360 Leader
Culture Code
Talk like Ted
The Leader Phrase Book
Talent is never enough
7 habits of highly effective people
The team captains leadership manual
Social Media for Diamyn
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
Leadership resources

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
Brian Kight Focus 3
Brian Cain
Stephen Mackey
Above the line
Legacy
Joe Ehrmann
Tim Corbin- What Drives Winning

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Dr. Stephen Osterer- Chiropractor and Strength Coach, Co-Founder of Baseball Development Group (Toronto) Apr 26, 2018

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Recover for baseball: Key concepts, thoughts, and practical applications by Dr. Stephen Osterer

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You can get away with throwing year round as long as we’re managing how much throwing we’re actually doing.

I take the vantage point of pitchers being a lot less fragile than we give them credit for.

One thing we focus on more is quantifying and qualifying range of motion.

Its fairly easy to gain strength but a lot of people don’t fully appreciate how difficult it is to make changes in range of motion.

At the end of the day we’re creating more movement options for hitting/pitching coaches to use during skill acquisition.

There are some things we need to look at more with a critical lens.

Just because it works for a specific individual doesn’t mean we need to throw everything at everyone.

Whats the purpose, whats the rationale, why are we doing this and is it doing what we intended it to do?

I used to throw everything at everyone because someone was doing it and saying it worked. I think we can be better than that.

How we recover in season should be significantly different than how we recover in the offseason

Resources

Link to CARs article

Eric Cressey

Driveline

Fangraphs

Motus

Routledge Textbooks

Rob Grey

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baseballdevelopmentgroup.com

@drosterer

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Shaun Larkin- Coordinator of Skill Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers Apr 19, 2018

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Are you looking to increase practice performance or are you looking for skill transfer into the game?
We want to replicate the game as much as possible and help our players to determine what movement works best for them given their body type, flexibility and mobility and perception of whats happening in their environment.
If your in an environment where you aren’t learning, how do you expect to pass the test on game-day?
Until you explain the why to players and coaches, it doesn’t matter what you’re trying to do.
Create environments in practice where its ok to push yourself and to fail because that's where the learning happens
We want optimization not just organization
Resources
Social media
Shawn Myska
Rob Grey
The Hoops Whisperer- Idan Ravin
Motor learning and performance- Richard Schmidt
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@slarkin04
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34: Ben Brewster- Founder of Tread Athletics and Author of Building the 95 MPH Body Apr 12, 2018

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Training is a trial and error process

I was on the low part of the totem pole walking on in college, but it kept me hungry. I also got to see everyday that the other guys weren't superhuman. They were either just a little bit bigger, a little bit stronger, better mobility or better mechanics. It wasn't just a genetic thing.

You have the freedom to do things outside of practice. Most think its show up to practice, do what you're told and then leave. Everybody is doing that. So what differentiates you?

Gaining velocity is not an easy or linear process. Much of it is plateaus and you can't frustrated. You have to keep on trying, keep on failing, keep on testing and keep on evaluating until you get through that plateau.

In college, we had a structured snack break before batting practice everyday to help guys gain weight. It was mandatory for everyone to bring something to eat for practice every single day.

There's this conventional baseball wisdom that says "if you aren't doing the exact same stuff as everybody else at every single moment of the practice, you aren't a team player." Baseball is an individual sport played within a team setting. For all of our kids to develop to their potential, they need an individualized program. If everyone develops to their potential, that's going to help the team win.

Most everything i tell the guys i work with is just a suggestion with an explanation behind why i'm suggesting it. Some things repeatedly work for some guys and don't work for others.

Resources
Building the 95 MPH body
Myfitnesspal
Eric Helms
Mike Israetel

John Berardi

Precision nutrition

Renaissance periodization

Brian Mann and velocity based training

Jim Wendler

Martin Berkhan
Rob Friedman
Paul Nyman set pro
Best under 100 purchase
Plyocareballs- Discount code for 10% off- (tread10athletics)
Pocket radar (although not under 100 bucks) Discount code- (TreadBaseball)
Contact

www.Treadathletics.com

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contact@treadathletics.com

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Mini Clinic Monday Episode 1: Batting Practice Apr 02, 2018

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Contributors this week
@diamondbbclub
@codbra
@brose2344
@rweaver23
@Gawbage29
@HyattCraig
@jleroux33
@gmanoneone
@SHS_baseball
@NYFrank27
Alan McDougal
Resources

Cody Atkinson at UTRGV
Wes Brooks Episode- MBP
Craig Hyatt Episode
Trent Otis Team Stuff
Dan Heefner ABCA (both of them)
Nino Giarratano (San Francisco )

Offset BP Jason Ochart

CoachRodrigues2

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Bryan Conger- Head Baseball Coach, Tarleton State University (TX) Mar 29, 2018

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Whatever it is in life you are going to do, you need to be fully engaged in it

We post everything. Either on social media for motivation and celebration or in the locker room so that kids always know where they stand. They also get to learn their game and how it can benefit the team.

At the end of every season when we look back, we never say "man i wish we had taken one more round of BP" But I have said "If we could have reached one or two more young men, that would have made the difference.

The better our kids get at the "life skills" part, the better baseball players they're going to be.

When you grow as an individual, all those around you automatically grow too. When you become more, we all become more.

Baseball is what you do, its not who you are. Who you are is far more important than what you do

Resources
Optimize with Brian Johnson

Extreme Ownership- Jocko Willink

Periodization training for sport

Periodization theory and methodology of training

Patriot Reign

12 rules for life
Contact
@bryanconger31

conger@tarleton.edu

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Eugene Bleecker- Founder and Director of Player Development for 108 Performance (CA) Mar 22, 2018

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There's a difference between kids who play baseball and baseball players
More than anything we believe in individuals. We believe that the only thing you can do wrong as a coach/trainer is to make everyone do the same thing. We need to figure out what the players need and not just what it is that we want to teach them.
If we make it more about our players and less about our programs, were going to get more out of them as individuals and as a results were going to win more games.
There's 5 guys on every team that if they think “swing up” they’re going to have a bad season. There's also 5 guys that if they think “swing down” they’re going to have a bad season. We’ve gotta figure out what each guys needs Its not about the best “cue” its about getting the best results.
I grew the most in my career when I stopped looking for what everyone did the same and started looking for what they did different.
Players will not always say what you say but they will do what you do. If you aren’t their first example in life on who you would want them to be, then you need to do some things differently. You have a huge impact on them, as a coach, on how they are going to act as a man later in life.
Resources
#Hittingtwitter
Open minded guys that you can share stuff with
Connor Dawson
Wes Johnson
Rick Strickland
Ryan Parker
Dustin Lind
And his google drive
Steve Johnson (leg kick nation)
Trent Otis (ZBI Baseball)
Nonlinear Pedagogy
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108@108performanceacademy.com
951-354-2589
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IG
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Josh Kesel- CEO/Director of Human Performance for P3 Performance, St. Louis Mar 15, 2018

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It's not just about putting time in the weight room and on the field, it's a lifestyle. You've gotta make sure your priorities are right in the kitchen, in the classroom and in the weight room.
With the data driven/technology driven way the game is going, we try and track everything.
Take your body weight and half it and that's how much water you should be drinking a day. Add 6-8 ounces of additional water for every 15-20 minutes of exercise
Theres alot of people that can put together a great program for someone. But I think it takes a special person to sit down and have a conversation to get a grown man/woman to buy in to what they're talking about.
Being able to communicate to everyone from all types of different backgrounds defines you as a a coach.
We mold our coaching to the players, not the other way around.

Resources
Conscious Coaching- Brett Bartholomew
New Functional Training for Sports- Michael Boyle
PRI
Driveline Baseball
Eric Cressey
Contact
Twitter
@j_kesel
@p3_stl
Instagran
@j_kesel
@p3_stl
Website
http://www.p3stlouis.com/
Email
info@p3stlouis.com

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David Sharp- Head Baseball Coach, Huntsville HS (AL) and 12U Team USA Mar 08, 2018

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We expect our players to be tough, to play hard, and to compete but also be leaders in our school and community. We care about them as people more than we care about them as players.
Kids start throwing in January and then all summer, so we completely shut arms from August until fall break halfway through October. Then we start our long toss program. We’ve seen a huge benefit from doing this and it’s been tremendous for our program.
If a kid comes into our program and they haven’t left as a better man, we haven’t done our job.
Any rule that you put into place, you have to be willing to lose your best player. Consistency is a big deal to us.
Nothing infuriates me more than wasted time at practice. We play music, we have fun, and we don’t have 4 hour practices just to say we practiced for 4 hours. We’re going to be fast paced and get after it.

Resources
Vanderbilt University
Energy leadership- Bruce Schneider
The mental game of baseball- Harvey Dorfman
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@davidsharp455
Facebook
IG d4sharp
D4sharp@gmail.com
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