ABCA Podcast
814 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 351 ratingsThe ABCA Podcast runs the gamut of baseball coaching topics, from pitching, to hitting, to the mental game, practice planning, recruiting and more. It's hosted by Ryan Brownlee, longtime coach and current Assistant Executive Director of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). The ABCA is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level, with more than 13,000 members representing all 50 U.S. states and 23 countries. Since 1945, Association membership has broadened to include: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, Junior College, Pacific Association Division, High School, Youth and Travel Ball. Each January, the ABCA hosts the largest baseball convention in the world. Over 7,000 coaches attend the convention, which is held at various locations around the country. The ABCA's official website is http://www.ABCA.org.
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Episodes
ABCA Member Coaches in Enid, Oklahoma and Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 28, 2021 15:22 - 1 hourInterviews in this week's ABCA Podcast were recorded on the scene with ABCA member coaches at the NJCAA Div. II Championship in Enid, Oklahoma, and the NCAA Div. III Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We kick it off in Enid with Kellog’s Eric Laskovy, Madison’s Mike Davenport, Lackawanna’s Mike McCarry, Frederick’s Rodney Bennett, Kirkwood’s Todd Rima, Phoenix’s Kevin Kimball, Lincoln Land’s Ron Riggle and national champ Jeff Willis from LSU-Eunice. Then we head over to Cedar Rapids with Ad...
ABCA Member Coaches in Enid, Oklahoma and Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 28, 2021 15:22 - 1 hourInterviews in this week's ABCA Podcast were recorded on the scene with ABCA member coaches at the NJCAA Div. II Championship in Enid, Oklahoma, and the NCAA Div. III Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We kick it off in Enid with Kellog’s Eric Laskovy, Madison’s Mike Davenport, Lackawanna’s Mike McCarry, Frederick’s Rodney Bennett, Kirkwood’s Todd Rima, Phoenix’s Kevin Kimball, Lincoln Land’s Ron Riggle and national champ Jeff Willis from LSU-Eunice. Then we head over to Ced...
Episode 224 with ABCA Member Coaches in Enid, Oklahoma and Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 28, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteInterviews in this week's ABCA Podcast were recorded on the scene with ABCA member coaches at the NJCAA Div. II Championship in Enid, Oklahoma, and the NCAA Div. III Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We kick it off in Enid with Kellog’s Eric Laskovy, Madison’s Mike Davenport, Lackawanna’s Mike McCarry, Frederick’s Rodney Bennett, Kirkwood’s Todd Rima, Phoenix’s Kevin Kimball, Lincoln Land’s Ron Riggle and national champ Jeff Willis from LSU-Eunice. Then we head over to Cedar Rapids with Adr...
Falmouth's Trundy, San Francisco's Bridges and Lake County's DiCenzo
June 21, 2021 15:19 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast are Falmouth Commodores manager and Gunnery head Coach Jeff Trundy, San Francisco Giants national crosschecker Brian Bridges and Lake County manager Greg DiCenzo. Trundy is heading into his 25th season coaching in the Cape Cod League and his 21st as the manager of Falmouth. He has coached a laundry list of Big Leaguers including David Aardsma, Luke Scott, Rhys Hoskins, Kyle Gibson, Cliff Pennington, Khalil Greene, Jacoby Ellsbury and current Rays ...
Falmouth's Trundy, San Francisco's Bridges and Lake County's DiCenzo
June 21, 2021 15:19 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast are Falmouth Commodores manager and Gunnery head Coach Jeff Trundy, San Francisco Giants national crosschecker Brian Bridges and Lake County manager Greg DiCenzo. Trundy is heading into his 25th season coaching in the Cape Cod League and his 21st as the manager of Falmouth. He has coached a laundry list of Big Leaguers including David Aardsma, Luke Scott, Rhys Hoskins, Kyle Gibson, Cliff Pennington, Khalil Greene, Jacoby Ellsbury and current Rays manager Kevin Cas...
Episode 223 with the Falmouth's Trundy, San Francisco's Bridges and Lake County's DiCenzo
June 21, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast are Falmouth Commodores manager and Gunnery head Coach Jeff Trundy, San Francisco Giants national crosschecker Brian Bridges and Lake County manager Greg DiCenzo. Trundy is heading into his 25th season coaching in the Cape Cod League and his 21st as the manager of Falmouth. He has coached a laundry list of Big Leaguers including David Aardsma, Luke Scott, Rhys Hoskins, Kyle Gibson, Cliff Pennington, Khalil Greene, Jacoby Ellsbury and current Rays manager Kevin Cash...
Tony Schifano of San Francisco State University
June 14, 2021 15:23 - 1 hourThis week we hear from Tony Schifano, head coach at San Francisco State University on the ABCA Podcast. Schifano was named head coach in 2015 and led the Gators to a No. 17 final ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Poll in 2019. His team went to the CCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, which was something the program hadn’t done since 2004. Prior to San Francisco State, Schifano was the recruiting coordinator at his alma mater UC Davis, where the 2008 squad earned a ...
Tony Schifano of San Francisco State University
June 14, 2021 15:23 - 1 hourThis week we hear from Tony Schifano, head coach at San Francisco State University on the ABCA Podcast. Schifano was named head coach in 2015 and led the Gators to a No. 17 final ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Poll in 2019. His team went to the CCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, which was something the program hadn’t done since 2004. Prior to San Francisco State, Schifano was the recruiting coordinator at his alma mater UC Davis, where the 2008 squad earned a bid to the NCAA R...
Episode 222 with Tony Schifano of San Francisco State University
June 14, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteThis week we hear from Tony Schifano, head coach at San Francisco State University on the ABCA Podcast. Schifano was named head coach in 2015 and led the Gators to a No. 17 final ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Poll in 2019. His team went to the CCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, which was something the program hadn’t done since 2004. Prior to San Francisco State, Schifano was the recruiting coordinator at his alma mater UC Davis, where the 2008 squad earned a bid to the NCAA Re...
Marc Polymeropoulos, Former CIA Agent and Baseball Dad
June 07, 2021 13:23 - 59 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast is former CIA Agent Marc Polymeropoulos. He spent 26 years in the CIA before retiring from the Senior Intelligence Service in June 2019. His positions included field and headquarters operational assignments covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia and Counter Terrorism. Marc is the recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Commendation Medal and the Intelligence Medal of Merit. His Book Clarity in Crisis is available Jun...
Marc Polymeropoulos, Former CIA Agent and Baseball Dad
June 07, 2021 13:23 - 59 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast is former CIA Agent Marc Polymeropoulos. He spent 26 years in the CIA before retiring from the Senior Intelligence Service in June 2019. His positions included field and headquarters operational assignments covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia and Counter Terrorism. Marc is the recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Commendation Medal and the Intelligence Medal of Merit. His Book Clarity in Crisis is available June 8. The book cov...
Episode 221 with Marc Polymeropoulos, Former CIA Agent and Baseball Dad
June 07, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast is former CIA Agent Marc Polymeropoulos. He spent 26 years in the CIA before retiring from the Senior Intelligence Service in June 2019. His positions included field and headquarters operational assignments covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia and Counter Terrorism. Marc is the recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Commendation Medal and the Intelligence Medal of Merit. His Book Clarity in Crisis is available June 8. The book cove...
Gary Henderson of the University of Utah
May 24, 2021 13:25 - 1 hourThis week's ABCA Podcast features University of Utah associate head coach Gary Henderson. Henderson has a long and successful track record in coaching, starting at the high school level and from there moving on to San Diego State, Cal State Fullerton, Riverside Community College, Chapman, Pepperdine, Florida, Oregon State, Kentucky, Mississippi State and now Utah. If you were going to map out coaches to learn from it would be guys like Jim Dietz, Dennis Rogers, Larry Cochell...
Gary Henderson of the University of Utah
May 24, 2021 13:25 - 1 hourThis week's ABCA Podcast features University of Utah associate head coach Gary Henderson. Henderson has a long and successful track record in coaching, starting at the high school level and from there moving on to San Diego State, Cal State Fullerton, Riverside Community College, Chapman, Pepperdine, Florida, Oregon State, Kentucky, Mississippi State and now Utah. If you were going to map out coaches to learn from it would be guys like Jim Dietz, Dennis Rogers, Larry Cochell, Mike Weathers, ...
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Matt White
May 24, 2021 13:24 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Dr. Matt White, an orthopedic surgeon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, specializing in elbows and shoulders. He earned his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame, went to medical school at Indiana University and finished his residency at Wisconsin. After his residency, Dr. White went to Birmingham for his fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute working with some of world’s best surgeons, including Dr. James Andrews. We cover a lot of ground in this episode on ar...
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Matt White
May 24, 2021 13:24 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Dr. Matt White, an orthopedic surgeon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, specializing in elbows and shoulders. He earned his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame, went to medical school at Indiana University and finished his residency at Wisconsin. After his residency, Dr. White went to Birmingham for his fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute working with some of world’s best surgeons, including Dr. James Andrews. We cover a lot of ground in t...
Episode 219 with Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Matt White
May 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Dr. Matt White, an orthopedic surgeon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, specializing in elbows and shoulders. He earned his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame, went to medical school at Indiana University and finished his residency at Wisconsin. After his residency, Dr. White went to Birmingham for his fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute working with some of world’s best surgeons, including Dr. James Andrews. We cover a lot of ground in this episode on arm...
Episode 220 with Gary Henderson of the University of Utah
May 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteThis week's ABCA Podcast features University of Utah associate head coach Gary Henderson. Henderson has a long and successful track record in coaching, starting at the high school level and from there moving on to San Diego State, Cal State Fullerton, Riverside Community College, Chapman, Pepperdine, Florida, Oregon State, Kentucky, Mississippi State and now Utah. If you were going to map out coaches to learn from it would be guys like Jim Dietz, Dennis Rogers, Larry Cochell, Mike Weathers, A...
Eric Crozier of the Potomac School and Mizuno Outlaws
May 17, 2021 13:25 - 1 hourThis week on the ABCA Podcast we catch up with Eric Crozier, head coach at the Potomac School in Maryland and founder of the Mizuno Outlaws. Crozier grew up in Columbus, Ohio, played collegiately at Norfolk State and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2000. He played pro baseball for 11 years and made his Major League Debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2004. He is one of our unique members who coaches at the high school level but also runs a facility and coaches travel...
Eric Crozier of the Potomac School and Mizuno Outlaws
May 17, 2021 13:25 - 1 hourThis week on the ABCA Podcast we catch up with Eric Crozier, head coach at the Potomac School in Maryland and founder of the Mizuno Outlaws. Crozier grew up in Columbus, Ohio, played collegiately at Norfolk State and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2000. He played pro baseball for 11 years and made his Major League Debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2004. He is one of our unique members who coaches at the high school level but also runs a facility and coaches travel baseball. This i...
Episode 218 with Eric Crozier of the Potomac School and Mizuno Outlaws
May 17, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteThis week on the ABCA Podcast we catch up with Eric Crozier, head coach at the Potomac School in Maryland and founder of the Mizuno Outlaws. Crozier grew up in Columbus, Ohio, played collegiately at Norfolk State and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2000. He played pro baseball for 11 years and made his Major League Debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2004. He is one of our unique members who coaches at the high school level but also runs a facility and coaches travel baseball. This is...
Bonnie Hoffman, DC Girls Baseball coach and ABCA Diversity Committee member
May 10, 2021 13:26 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Bonnie Hoffman, coach of DC Girls Baseball and member of the ABCA Diversity in Baseball Committee. Hoffman has spent a lifetime in the game of baseball. She had an opportunity to play in an all girls baseball league growing up in New York and later moved to the Washington D.C. area. After law school, Hoffman founded the Eastern Women’s Baseball Conference and pitched for over 20 years. DC Girls Baseball is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ...
Bonnie Hoffman, DC Girls Baseball coach and ABCA Diversity Committee member
May 10, 2021 13:26 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Bonnie Hoffman, coach of DC Girls Baseball and member of the ABCA Diversity in Baseball Committee. Hoffman has spent a lifetime in the game of baseball. She had an opportunity to play in an all girls baseball league growing up in New York and later moved to the Washington D.C. area. After law school, Hoffman founded the Eastern Women’s Baseball Conference and pitched for over 20 years. DC Girls Baseball is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting girls' ...
Episode 217 with Bonnie Hoffman, DC Girls Baseball coach and ABCA Diversity Committee member
May 10, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Bonnie Hoffman, coach of DC Girls Baseball and member of the ABCA Diversity in Baseball Committee. Hoffman has spent a lifetime in the game of baseball. She had an opportunity to play in an all girls baseball league growing up in New York and later moved to the Washington D.C. area. After law school, Hoffman founded the Eastern Women’s Baseball Conference and pitched for over 20 years. DC Girls Baseball is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting girls' p...
Dr. Joe LaPlaca, founder of Ares Elite Sports Vision
May 03, 2021 13:26 - 43 minutesThis week on the ABCA Podcast we have Dr. Joe LaPlaca, founder of Ares Elite Sports Vision. He did his undergraduate work at Marquette and has a Doctorate of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. Dr. LaPlaca is an adjunct professor at Butler University and works with the Butler baseball team. He is also the Optometrist for the Final Four. Although all of us in the baseball industry understand how important vision is to the game, we are still on the ground floor ...
Dr. Joe LaPlaca, founder of Ares Elite Sports Vision
May 03, 2021 13:26 - 43 minutesThis week on the ABCA Podcast we have Dr. Joe LaPlaca, founder of Ares Elite Sports Vision. He did his undergraduate work at Marquette and has a Doctorate of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. Dr. LaPlaca is an adjunct professor at Butler University and works with the Butler baseball team. He is also the Optometrist for the Final Four. Although all of us in the baseball industry understand how important vision is to the game, we are still on ...
Episode 216 with Dr. Joe LaPlaca, founder of Ares Elite Sports Vision
May 03, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 1 ByteThis week on the ABCA Podcast we have Dr. Joe LaPlaca, founder of Ares Elite Sports Vision. He did his undergraduate work at Marquette and has a Doctorate of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. Dr. LaPlaca is an adjunct professor at Butler University and works with the Butler baseball team. He is also the Optometrist for the Final Four. Although all of us in the baseball industry understand how important vision is to the game, we are still on the ground floor o...
Joel Pelland, head coach at Glenbard East and founder of Pelland Performance Consulting
April 26, 2021 15:27 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Joel Pelland, head coach at Glenbard East High School and founder of Pelland Performance Consulting. Pelland has the been the head baseball coach at Glenbard East in Illinois for the last 10 years and is the all-time winningest coach at the school. He played baseball at Central Michigan and is a certified John Maxwell Leadership trainer, PECI certified performance coach and an AFPA nutritional coach. He is also a board member for the Illinois H...
Joel Pelland, head coach at Glenbard East and founder of Pelland Performance Consulting
April 26, 2021 15:27 - 1 hourNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Joel Pelland, head coach at Glenbard East High School and founder of Pelland Performance Consulting. Pelland has the been the head baseball coach at Glenbard East in Illinois for the last 10 years and is the all-time winningest coach at the school. He played baseball at Central Michigan and is a certified John Maxwell Leadership trainer, PECI certified performance coach and an AFPA nutritional coach. He is also a board member for the Illinois High School Baseba...
Episode 215 with Joel Pelland, head coach at Glenbard East and founder of Pelland Performance Consulting
April 26, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Joel Pelland, head coach at Glenbard East High School and founder of Pelland Performance Consulting. Pelland has the been the head baseball coach at Glenbard East in Illinois for the last 10 years and is the all-time winningest coach at the school. He played baseball at Central Michigan and is a certified John Maxwell Leadership trainer, PECI certified performance coach and an AFPA nutritional coach. He is also a board member for the Illinois High School Basebal...
Andrew Riddell, National Player Development Manager for Baseball Australia
April 19, 2021 15:28 - 1 hourThis week's ABCA Podcast features Andrew Riddell, National Player Development Director for Baseball Australia. Riddell grew up in Sydney, Australia and picked up the game of baseball at 14 years old and fulfilled his dream of playing in the United States by cold emailing 200 schools. He ended up at Dodge City Community College and finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at Nebraska-Kearney. He interned with USA baseball after college, working with the top 80 18U play...
Andrew Riddell, National Player Development Manager for Baseball Australia
April 19, 2021 15:28 - 1 hourThis week's ABCA Podcast features Andrew Riddell, National Player Development Director for Baseball Australia. Riddell grew up in Sydney, Australia and picked up the game of baseball at 14 years old and fulfilled his dream of playing in the United States by cold emailing 200 schools. He ended up at Dodge City Community College and finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at Nebraska-Kearney. He interned with USA baseball after college, working with the top 80 18U players in the U.S. R...
Episode 214 with Andrew Riddell, National Player Development Manager for Baseball Australia
April 19, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteThis week's ABCA Podcast features Andrew Riddell, National Player Development Director for Baseball Australia. Riddell grew up in Sydney, Australia and picked up the game of baseball at 14 years old and fulfilled his dream of playing in the United States by cold emailing 200 schools. He ended up at Dodge City Community College and finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at Nebraska-Kearney. He interned with USA baseball after college, working with the top 80 18U players in the U.S. Ri...
Oregon State Senior Associate AD Kimya Massey and Richard Kanter, Founder of Kanter Legal
April 12, 2021 15:28 - 59 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast are Kimya Massey, Senior Associate Athletics Director at Oregon State, and Richard Kanter, Founder of Kanter Legal. Both are members of the ABCA Diversity in Baseball Committee. Massey has been an administrator at Oregon State since August 2015 and previously worked at Central Florida, Memphis, Indiana and Michigan State. He pitched collegiately at Michigan State in the late 1990s and received his Master’s in Sports Administration from Michigan St...
Oregon State Senior Associate AD Kimya Massey and Richard Kanter, Founder of Kanter Legal
April 12, 2021 15:28 - 59 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast are Kimya Massey, Senior Associate Athletics Director at Oregon State, and Richard Kanter, Founder of Kanter Legal. Both are members of the ABCA Diversity in Baseball Committee. Massey has been an administrator at Oregon State since August 2015 and previously worked at Central Florida, Memphis, Indiana and Michigan State. He pitched collegiately at Michigan State in the late 1990s and received his Master’s in Sports Administration from Michigan State in 2004. Kant...
Episode 213 with Oregon State Senior Associate AD Kimya Massey and Richard Kanter, Founder of Kanter Legal
April 12, 2021 15:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast are Kimya Massey, Senior Associate Athletics Director at Oregon State, and Richard Kanter, Founder of Kanter Legal. Both are members of the ABCA Diversity in Baseball Committee. Massey has been an administrator at Oregon State since August 2015 and previously worked at Central Florida, Memphis, Indiana and Michigan State. He pitched collegiately at Michigan State in the late 1990s and received his Master’s in Sports Administration from Michigan State in 2004. Kante...
Tim Neiman, DeSales University, and sons Nolan and Doc
April 05, 2021 15:29 - 1 hourThis week's ABCA Podcast features Tim, Nolan and Doc Neiman. Tim is entering his 32nd season as the head coach at DeSales University. Tim's sons Noland and Doc both played at DeSales and served as assistant coaches. Nolan is a 2005 DeSales graduate, has coached at every level of baseball and also scouted professionally with the Texas Rangers. He is the general Manager at Square Up Academy and head coach at Manatee High School. Doc is a 2011 DeSales graduate and is in his sec...
Tim Neiman, DeSales University, and sons Nolan and Doc
April 05, 2021 15:29 - 1 hourThis week's ABCA Podcast features Tim, Nolan and Doc Neiman. Tim is entering his 32nd season as the head coach at DeSales University. Tim's sons Noland and Doc both played at DeSales and served as assistant coaches. Nolan is a 2005 DeSales graduate, has coached at every level of baseball and also scouted professionally with the Texas Rangers. He is the general Manager at Square Up Academy and head coach at Manatee High School. Doc is a 2011 DeSales graduate and is in his second season as hea...
Episode 212 with Tim Neiman, DeSales University, and sons Nolan and Doc
April 05, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteThis week's ABCA Podcast features Tim, Nolan and Doc Neiman. Tim is entering his 32nd season as the head coach at DeSales University. Tim's sons Noland and Doc both played at DeSales and served as assistant coaches. Nolan is a 2005 DeSales graduate, has coached at every level of baseball and also scouted professionally with the Texas Rangers. He is the general Manager at Square Up Academy and head coach at Manatee High School. Doc is a 2011 DeSales graduate and is in his second season as head...
Justine Siegal, founder of Baseball for All and former Oakland Athletics coach
March 29, 2021 15:30 - 44 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Dr. Justine Siegal, founder of Baseball For All and the first woman to coach for a Major League Baseball organization. After earning her Ph.D. in Sports Psychology from Springfield College, Siegal became the first woman to coach with the Oakland A’s and to throw batting practice to an MLB team during Spring Training with the Cleveland Indians. In 2016, she served as Mental Performance Coach for Team Israel at the MLB World Baseball Classic Qualifier. She has al...
Justine Siegal, founder of Baseball for All and former Oakland Athletics coach
March 29, 2021 15:30 - 44 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Dr. Justine Siegal, founder of Baseball For All and the first woman to coach for a Major League Baseball organization. After earning her Ph.D. in Sports Psychology from Springfield College, Siegal became the first woman to coach with the Oakland A’s and to throw batting practice to an MLB team during Spring Training with the Cleveland Indians. In 2016, she served as Mental Performance Coach for Team Israel at the MLB World Baseball Classic Qual...
Episode 211 with Justine Siegal, founder of Baseball for All and former Oakland Athletics coach
March 29, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast is Dr. Justine Siegal, founder of Baseball For All and the first woman to coach for a Major League Baseball organization. After earning her Ph.D. in Sports Psychology from Springfield College, Siegal became the first woman to coach with the Oakland A’s and to throw batting practice to an MLB team during Spring Training with the Cleveland Indians. In 2016, she served as Mental Performance Coach for Team Israel at the MLB World Baseball Classic Qualifier. She has als...
Hannah Huesman, Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach
March 22, 2021 15:32 - 1 hourThis ABCA Podcast features Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach Hannah Huesman. She is a great example of the bright voices we have in the Peak Performance World and her Mental Sweat Mondays have provided a bright spot during the pandemic. Huesman was a dual sport athlete playing basketball and softball at UT Chattanooga and has her master's degree from UT Knoxville in Sports Psychology and Motor Behavior. Prior to working with the Phillies she worked with the Pittsburg...
Hannah Huesman, Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach
March 22, 2021 15:32 - 1 hourThis ABCA Podcast features Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach Hannah Huesman. She is a great example of the bright voices we have in the Peak Performance World and her Mental Sweat Mondays have provided a bright spot during the pandemic. Huesman was a dual sport athlete playing basketball and softball at UT Chattanooga and has her master's degree from UT Knoxville in Sports Psychology and Motor Behavior. Prior to working with the Phillies she worked with the Pittsburgh Pirates and als...
Episode 210 with Hannah Huesman, Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach
March 22, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 1 ByteThis ABCA Podcast features Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach Hannah Huesman. She is a great example of the bright voices we have in the Peak Performance World and her Mental Sweat Mondays have provided a bright spot during the pandemic. Huesman was a dual sport athlete playing basketball and softball at UT Chattanooga and has her master's degree from UT Knoxville in Sports Psychology and Motor Behavior. Prior to working with the Phillies she worked with the Pittsburgh Pirates and also...
Dai Dai Otaka, infielder for Johns Hopkins
March 15, 2021 15:32 - 54 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast is current Johns Hopkins and former Yale University infielder Dai Dai Otaka. This is the first time we've interviewed a current player who is also an ABCA member. Otaka played high school ball at University of Detroit Jesuit and started his college career at Yale University with current Minnesota Twins Assistant Field Coordinator Tucker Frawley as an infield coach. Otaka is finishing up his playing career at Johns Hopkins University. At Ivy League Schools, graduat...
Dai Dai Otaka, infielder for Johns Hopkins
March 15, 2021 15:32 - 54 minutesNext up on the ABCA Podcast is current Johns Hopkins and former Yale University infielder Dai Dai Otaka. This is the first time we've interviewed a current player who is also an ABCA member. Otaka played high school ball at University of Detroit Jesuit and started his college career at Yale University with current Minnesota Twins Assistant Field Coordinator Tucker Frawley as an infield coach. Otaka is finishing up his playing career at Johns Hopkins University. At Ivy League...
Episode 209 with Dai Dai Otaka, infielder for Johns Hopkins
March 15, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes - 1 ByteNext up on the ABCA Podcast is current Johns Hopkins and former Yale University infielder Dai Dai Otaka. This is the first time we've interviewed a current player who is also an ABCA member. Otaka played high school ball at University of Detroit Jesuit and started his college career at Yale University with current Minnesota Twins Assistant Field Coordinator Tucker Frawley as an infield coach. Otaka is finishing up his playing career at Johns Hopkins University. At Ivy League Schools, graduate...
Keith Guttin and Paul Evans, Missouri State
March 08, 2021 15:33 - 50 minutesWe catch up with Missouri State head coach Keith Guttin and assistant coach Paul Evans on this week's ABCA Podcast. Guttin is in his 43rd season with the Missouri State program as a player, assistant and head coach. He ranks 19th in NCAA Division I with 1,288 career wins in 38 seasons as head coach. Evans is in his 33rd season as an assistant at Missouri State after coaching at Shawnee Community College and Rend Lake Community College. In their 33 seasons together, they have had 127 players ...
Keith Guttin and Paul Evans, Missouri State
March 08, 2021 15:33 - 50 minutesWe catch up with Missouri State head coach Keith Guttin and assistant coach Paul Evans on this week's ABCA Podcast. Guttin is in his 43rd season with the Missouri State program as a player, assistant and head coach. He ranks 19th in NCAA Division I with 1,288 career wins in 38 seasons as head coach. Evans is in his 33rd season as an assistant at Missouri State after coaching at Shawnee Community College and Rend Lake Community College. In their 33 seasons together, they have...