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Head Baseball Coach at Denison University - Michael Deegan Jan 17, 2022

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In today’s episode, I speak to Michael Deegan, the Head Baseball Coach at Denison University.

He shares his vision and experiences as a coach on how to lead and live a meaningful life.

He talks about the importance of having great conversations and building relationships with players and coaches in the best way possible because he believes that finding your own voice and true self is really powerful. In this conversation, he talks about living your values and being the best version of yourself.

Learn about the importance of being transparent and how players should function as a team as he shares his secret and story on being successful in moving people forward and how you can best impact the team by constantly learning and communicating.

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Pittsburgh Pirates Field Coordinator and 3B Coach - Mike Rabelo Jan 10, 2022

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In today’s episode, I speak to Mike Rabelo, the Major League Field Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Mike was the hitting coach for the Gulf Coast League Tigers and the Short-season A Connecticut Tigers. He was hired as manager of the Connecticut Tigers for the 2014 season. He was also in the managerial position for the West Michigan Whitecaps, Lakeland Flying Tigers, and Erie SeaWolves'.

He shares his experiences and what he learned as a field coordinator, what goes on behind the scenes, and what makes the game happen to try to get all the players to coordinate and practice differently, better, and manage time efficiently!

He talks about educating players in the best way he can because he believes that the players want to learn and want to be challenged. In this damn good conversation, he talks about compassion for players, how to win players, and developing relationships with players for a long time.

Learn about the importance of how players should run smart, knowing the situation, where's the ball, what's the sign, and where’s the defense.

He shares advice to coaches out there on helping players deal with failure and how it goes back to timing!

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Improving your communication skills with Joe Ferraro Jan 03, 2022

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Joe Ferraro is a high school teacher, former baseball coach, and currently is the host of the 1% Better Podcast. I have been working with Joe for several months now to continue to improve my skills as an interviewer, as well as a better speaker. No matter what walk of life you're currently in, you can always get better at your communication skills.

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Evaluating Coaches and Infield Play with Callix Crabbe Dec 27, 2021

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For the past three years Callix Crabbe has been the MLB Assistant Hitting Coach for the Texas Rangers. In this episode, Callix shares what he learned over his career as a hitting coach, how to evaluate coaches, and working with infielders.

Free Presentation on 'Timing'

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Stealing Bases, Scoring Runs, and Summer Baseball with Mike Roberts Dec 20, 2021

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With over 40 years of coaching experience, it is an honor to have on a legend in this weeks episode, Mike Roberts. Mike and I met this past season in spring training when I was working for the Baltimore Orioles organization. I instantly felt a connection with Mike and enjoyed picking his brain on all of the intricacies in the game. He spent 23 years as the head coach at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. During the summer he is the head coach for the Cotuit Kettlers in the Cape Cod League. In this episode, we talk a lot about stealing bases, summer baseball, and scoring runs. Mike is well known throughout the country as being innovative when it comes to stealing bases. Mike's son, Brian, played 13 years in the MLB and used his Dad's methods to steal bases throughout his entire career.

Mike's book on stealing bases

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Bat Fitting and On Deck Routines with the Baseball Performance Lab Dec 13, 2021

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Why do you swing the bat you do? What was the reason you went with the specific length, weight, handle? Is there a way to identify what specific bat you should be swinging?

On this week's episode, we have Liam Mucklow who is the founder of the Baseball Performance Lab and Micah Gibbs who is the Director of Player Development at BPL on the podcast to discuss Bat Fitting.

I have yet to see anyone in the Baseball world do what these guys are doing from an equipment standpoint. They are using objective information to find the perfect bat for each hitter to maximize their production at the plate.

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Building a High School Program with Art Senato Dec 06, 2021

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For the past thirty years, Art Senato has been coaching high school baseball. This year he decided to take on a new challenge and become the Head Coach for Centennial Spartans High School Baseball Team, in Burleson Texas. Art takes us behind the scenes and tells us how he's building the program in his first year as head coach. We also talk about helping kids in the recruiting process, playing time, off-season workouts, and building a culture.

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The College Recruiting Journey with Walter Beede Nov 29, 2021

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Walter is a father, coach, and advisor. He has been helping players and families with the recruiting process for over thirty years. In this episode, we talk about how parents should act during games, advice to kids who aren't getting recruited, not playing travel baseball before 14u, and verbally committing to a school as an underclassman. Walter just came out with a book to help families through the recruiting process.

“Committed : The Guide to Developing College Ready Recruits from Middle School Through High School”

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Atlanta Braves MLB Assistant Hitting Coach - Bobby Magallanes Nov 15, 2021

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2021 World Series Champion, Bobby Magallanes joins the show this week! Prior to this past season Bobby had spent 31 years in the minor leagues as a player and as a coach. While he was coaching in the minor leagues, Bobby got his masters degree in performance psychology. Let me tell you from first hand experience, that is useful when coaching hitters during a 100 plus game season. We also talk about the importance of having a growth mindset as a coach. mindfulness, what coaching actually means, and two strike approach.

Free hitting PDF

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NAIA to the Big Leagues with Ben Heller Nov 08, 2021

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On this episode we have a current player joining us on the podcast! Ben Heller, who has had an amazing journey from starting back as a high school pitcher not getting recruited. He then signed on to play at Olivet Nazarene a small NAIA college, got drafted by the Indians in the 22nd round, and ended up making it to the MLB. Ben has had some tough luck with injuries the last few seasons. In this episode, he talks about having to deal with those injuries from a mental and physical standpoint. We also talk about how Ben uses meditation to stay in the moment, why being too coachable isn't a good thing and advice to young players.

If you have any questions you would like me to answer on the podcast please email me, jonesbaseballtraining@gmail.com

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