Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar

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Rob Friedman AKA The Pitching Ninja- Pitching Coach, Paideia HS (GA) Aug 10, 2017

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Most of the time when i put stuff out I'm trying to solve a problem. I'm trying to show that there isn't one way to get it done.
The key to coaching in general is to be honest and have an objective view. I just shut up and watch. Then ill make suggestions.
My first step is to help them be more explosive. Mostly its about being an athlete. Just because you're standing on a pile of dirt, doesn't mean you have to throw different than you would at shortstop.
I treat every single pitcher as an individual. I have a toolbox of ideas, but I don't have a set way of teaching mechanics.
One of the reasons i put everyone out on twitter is because i'm curious and I want to show that there are a bunch of people that throw a lot of different ways.
I like the idea of being the person that nobody wants to throw with.
When you start measuring stuff it brings out competition in everyone. The competitive drive will cause everyone to improve.
Resources
Driveline
Ben Brewster
Lantz Wheeler
Rapsodo
Texas Baseball Ranch

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Travis Hergert- Head Baseball Coach, North Iowa Area Community College Jul 27, 2017

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COACHES SERIES: USE OF WEIGHTED BASEBALLS AT NIACC – 3 YEARS OF RUN N’ GUNS

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You want to get kids ultra competitive? Throw a radar gun up and watch them go crazy

If you're going to be a NIACC Trojan, you've got to earn it. There wont be anything handed to you.

Our guys make goals and standards. Then we print it off and we tape it to every single locker so they see it every single day. Now they see those goals and standards everyday and they hold each other accountable
We want to teach our guys about servant leadership. It's not about you all of the time. So using our popularity as a platform in our community in order to create some good
The World Series' and the championships and the wins are all a byproduct of what our beliefs are. We have to do things better, we have to work smarter and we have to develop a culture of development that is built around the player
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Rapsodo
Motus sleeve
Driveline
Brian Cain
Randy Sullivan
Austin Wasserman
Dallas Baptist University
Minnesota volleyball
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@coachherg
@niaccbaseball
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Dr. Dustin Lind- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Specialist Jul 15, 2017

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Link to hitting drive
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How often should we evaluate athletes?
We have to understand that our athletes are going to change year to year, or even month to month. Constant evaluation and re evaluation is extremely important.
How can we help our athletes recover better?
Poor sleep quality is rampant amongst all levels of athletes. That is our #1 recovery strategy. If you don't get proper sleep, then you cant recover.
On something he has learned since being in the medical field
I do not think surgery is always the best option for everyone anymore.
Where do coaches get it wrong?
Cookie cutters are for cookies. Not everybody is the same, so we cant expect everyone to move in the same way
Where do coaches get it wrong?
Human movement is incredibly complex and joints don't normally work in a uniform manner.
Where do coaches get it wrong?
The coaches who push the cookie cutter mold see a standard bell curve of success. You then only get about 1/4 of your athletes that are actually making improvements.
what qualities do the best coaches have?
The best coaches always have more to learn. They seek quality information and apply it to their athletes on an individual basis.
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dustin.lind@umontana.edu
Resources
NSCA
Neuroscience of human movement- Charles Leonard
Frans Bosch Book
Eastbay hitting instruction- Jerry Brewer

Wes Brooks- Head Baseball Coach, Oxford HS (AL) Jul 14, 2017

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"our kids own practice, we teach them to know it, do it, and own it."
Its about building the the young man. If we can build a better man, we will get a better baseball player.
The kids, 50 years from now, will remember getting knocked down and getting back up. These are things theyll carry with them the rest of their life.
You wont be 100% everyday. You might be at 75% one day, but they better learn to give 100% of that 75%
There's no such thing as "shagging" at Oxford high. If you want to shag, go outside of the fence and catch home run balls. We better be trying to run through a fence to catch a flyball.
Building leaders is on my shoulders. If we don't have good leaders, its my fault as the captain of the team.
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Brian Cain
Ron Wolforth
Driveline
Jerry Weinstein
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Tyler Gillum- Assistant Baseball Coach, South Mountain Community College Jul 13, 2017

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We're looking to not only build good baseball players, but create men that can go out into society and change the world.
Its easy to tell how good a player is by their actions but i want to see how they react to adversity, i want to see good body language and i want to see how they treat their teammates
A lot of baseball teams lose more games than they win, control the baseball, control yourself and play catch.
Our hitting cage is a laboratory, i want you to fail and mess up as much as you want as long as you have a specific plan and your learning from it.
Understanding how to deal with adversity in life and in baseball. Fail forward. If you don't fail, you don't get better.
Be on time, do the right thing, never back down from a challenge
The problem is we think we shouldnt have problems.
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tyler.gillum@southmountaincc.edu
cell- 602-370-7649
@gillum13

Flint Wallace- Director of Player Development, Texas Baseball Ranch Jul 12, 2017

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Every throw you ever make is either helping your command or hurting your command.
Just because you are the best player on your high school team that doesnt mean that doesnt mean you're going to play in college. Go watch college games and see what those guys look like and see what that level of play truly is
Go find hall of famers of guys that have been all stars and have been healthy. Those guys 9 times out of 10 will be connected.
(on emulation) Guys in the latin countries are really good at that. They see Pedro and try and throw like Pedro, its definitely a benefit to them. They get to experiment and see how their body moves.
I dont want them to be robots and i dont want to have to tell them every single thing. I cant be out on the mound so at some point you have to figure it out yourself.
My job is to eliminate my job, to be your own best pitching coach.
We use the radar gun for average velocity. They may peak at 90 but their average sits at 86. If their average keeps creeping up, we know the plan we have in place is working. We try to collect as much data is possible
One of the most common problems we see now is that kids cannot make basic fundamentally sound movement patterns
When in doubt, always return to athleticism.
We need to better ourselves so we can better our players
Resources
ABCA
Fighting Monkeys
Winter Texas Baseball Ranch Coaches Clinic
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Coachwallace@texasbaseballranch.com
@veloplus21

Ryan Faer- Arizona Performance Coordinator, Cleveland Indians Jul 11, 2017

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"A majority of kids need to learn to move better, have better posture, and learn to move their body in space."
"What it boils down to is developing the entire body. The shoulder starts at the feet, you have to start with the ground."
"If we get them to actually put the baseball down, and actually focus on training, its a great opportunity to get bigger and stronger."
"There are hundreds of things we have to put together to develop the entire athlete, there's not just one way to do it."
"How do you individualize a system? Its not easy. But we have to work that in to make it an efficient system."
"Coaching became less of a career for me when i figured out that i wanted to develop people, now its my calling."
"I got cut from the JV team in high school. But after a couple of weeks I decided i had to get to work, and that's how my love for strength and conditioning got started."
Resources
Athletic Movement Skills- Clive Brewer
Periodization- Tudor Bompa
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ryanfaerblog.com
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Butch Chaffin- Head Baseball Coach, Cookeville HS (TN) Jul 10, 2017

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I thank God everyday for making me a cavalier.
Our culture is about communication, hard work, and no drama. We just wanna play ball.
We get a lot of kids whose parents use to carry their bags to games, so we want to mentally challenge kids.
If you’re a coach, and you aren’t learning about your guys every day, you're not coaching.

Your leaders have to be the guys that say things. He has to tell it like it is.
We don't have rules. We have standards that you need you need to live up to. Be on time, behave like a gentleman, play against the game, don't talk to the other team.
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ABCA clinics
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@Gawbage29
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0: Intro to Ahead of the Curve with Jonathan Gelnar Jul 07, 2017

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What is my why for starting this podcast? Listen to find out.
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