Latest Youthbaseball Podcast Episodes
CYB 058: Did You Tell em I've Got Your Back?
Coaching Youth Baseball - October 17, 2022 19:53 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHave you as one of the ‘big-people’ made it known to your kids and players that they are “allowed” to mess up? Yep, players are going to fail from time to time and we expect that. It is very important to talk to your kids about the difficulty of playing baseball well and there will be times of t...
CYB 057 The Baseball Road to Nowhere
Coaching Youth Baseball - September 15, 2022 20:37 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWhere does the baseball road end for most youth ballplayers? Well it varies for sure. Dave take’s a look back to his kids that he worked with over the recent years and checks in to see where they are at. How many made it to high school baseball, or college level baseball? The game is very diffic...
CYB: 056 Fifty (50) At-Bats Per Week
Coaching Youth Baseball - September 06, 2022 19:05 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsThe template and format for Accelerated Baseball Development is now available for everyone in youth baseball and softball. This action packed, kid-friendly youth baseball practice system and competitive games formats is in a coaching course format for easy consumption for all youth baseball coac...
CYB: 055 Are You Ready to 'Rock the Boat' on Youth Baseball?
Coaching Youth Baseball - August 15, 2022 20:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHow do we know that we are doing things correctly in our youth baseball systems today? Is there improvements we can make, adjustments to make the game more enjoyable, adaptations to increase player development opportunities? Well, listen in as Dave talks about some new ideas that might just rock...
CYB 054: Time to Rethink How We Organize, Operate & Execute Youth Baseball
Coaching Youth Baseball - July 25, 2022 20:52 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsUSABaseball in conjunction with MLB have given us plenty of suggestions on how we can turn baseball back to the kids. Along with Aspen Institute’s Project Play and USABaseball, Dave dissects many of the creative ideas to allow youth baseball’s pendulem to swing back toward ‘free-play’ and ‘sandl...
CYB 053 Did Big-People Hijack The Game?
Coaching Youth Baseball - July 07, 2022 21:16 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsAdult emotion drives almost everything to do with youth baseball. Have the adult emotions helped or hurt player development? Are we operating to cater to the adult’s emotions or are we doing all we can to make it all about the kids? Dave talks about the situation and some ways to throttle back s...
CYB 52 Creating Your Culture Statement
Coaching Youth Baseball - June 21, 2022 20:38 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWe know that winning is important to everyone in youth baseball. But, if we don’t win that day do we have anything we can talk about despite the game outcome. We do if you build a culture statement about the other real important elements that represent your team. Dave will throw out some ideas f...
Ep 051 Real Baseball Starts at Age 13
Coaching Youth Baseball - June 02, 2022 20:24 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsBaseball played in the 12 & under ballfields can be very deceiving especially to the ‘Big-People’. In other words, we should take caution and realize that once we hit the 13 & over 60’ 90’ ballfields it’s going to be game-on. Challenges of enormous size wait lurking for us in middle school years ...
CYB 051 Real Baseball Starts at Age 13
Coaching Youth Baseball - June 02, 2022 20:24 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsBaseball played in the 12 & under ballfields can be very deceiving especially to the ‘Big-People’. In other words, we should take caution and realize that once we hit the 13 & over 60’ 90’ ballfields it’s going to be game-on. Challenges of enormous size wait lurking for us in middle school years ...
CYB 50 Youth Baseballs Dramatic Shift Developing Players - 51922 3.39 PM
Coaching Youth Baseball - May 19, 2022 22:49 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWe follow up again on the recent report from USA Baseball and take a deeper dive into how baseball will be affected. Can you imagine what youth baseball will look like practicing more than playing games? This could really upset the apple cart and change baseball as we know it and for the better f...
CYB 049: A Peek Under the Hood of Youth Baseball
Coaching Youth Baseball - April 26, 2022 19:43 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsUSA Baseball just released a report on the status and groundwork for developing youth baseball players. The report lacks for any real detailed plans, but it does touch on some very pertinent aspects of player development that you should hear about. Listen in to Dave’s breakdown of the report and...
CYB 048 Increasing the Player's "Fun-Level"
Coaching Youth Baseball - April 05, 2022 21:53 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWhat aspect of playing baseball will give players the most enjoyment? I think that ‘squaring up’ and smacking the ball perfectly on the barrel and having the ball ‘jump’ off the bat is quite rewarding. This is where the “fun-level” meter goes way higher. This is what brings kids back year after ...
CYB 047: Are You Using Baseball as Your Vehicle?
Coaching Youth Baseball - March 09, 2022 21:59 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsBaseball knowledge and experience is nice to have as a youth baseball coach. Knowing the in’s and out’s, the x’s and o’s, the techniques of the game and all the technical strategies is a valuable asset to coaching success. But, maybe more important in leaving a positive foot print on kids are so...
CYB 046 Rubber Meets the Road: Real Life Baseball Coaching
Coaching Youth Baseball - February 17, 2022 21:31 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsOne of my baseball coaching student disciples was kind enough to share a letter to his team’s parent with me. Dave goes through the letter with his commentary with examples of best methods and philosophy to help develop your youth ballplayers. Your coaching success increases when you have a stro...
CYB 045 One Thing All Baseball Coaches Have to Do
Coaching Youth Baseball - February 03, 2022 21:23 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsThis is one step we never want to circumvent. We should always make time to get together in some form or another to state our case in front of our youth baseball parents. This sets the stage for the coming season. This gives us a sturdy foundation to work from. When the oceans get rough we have s...
CYB 044: (5) Ways to Reach the High School Baseball Funnel
Coaching Youth Baseball - January 19, 2022 21:46 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsThis podcast episode we go into some of physical areas of the game to focus our player development on. In order to sustain themselves in baseball until high school age players have to excel in various skills to be able to make the high school teams. Here we go into these areas and let players, p...
CYB 043 Accelerated Baseball Development
Coaching Youth Baseball - December 09, 2021 21:50 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsAre we as coaches getting the most out of the field time we have? Are we providing enough baseball plays for our kids to develop? Are we allowing opportunities for our players to really learn the game? Try this accelerated format out in your practices and see kids build the freedom and confidenc...
CYB 041: Do You Have a "Matheny Manifesto"?
Coaching Youth Baseball - September 23, 2021 21:07 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsDave does a review of the famous “Matheny Manifesto” written by former MLB player and now manager Mike Matheny. Mike jumped into his own kid’s youth baseball world after he retired from baseball. The “Manifesto” went viral and is now mandatory reading for all adults in youth baseball. Dave disse...
CYB 40: What Is Your 'End Game'?
Coaching Youth Baseball - August 05, 2021 21:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsMy curiosity in youth baseball is often spent on the “Big-People’s” view on how far the train goes before we get to the end of the baseball road. What is your ‘end game’? The data tells us just about all we need to know. Come and listen to my talk on my prediction to how far your child will go i...
CYB 039: MLB Draft Relates to Youth Baseball
Coaching Youth Baseball - July 14, 2021 22:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWe just finished another MLB baseball draft. Dave takes time to breakdown the data on the first three rounds. How does this data relate to us in youth baseball? Well, come listen in and see some astonishing data. Dave will talk about how this information directly effects on the way and methods w...
CYB 038: Baseball Signs
Coaching Youth Baseball - June 24, 2021 21:51 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsGet the inside scoop on baseball signs. Dave discusses the baseball scene on the topic of baseball signs and how it relates to baseball player development. Baseball signs are a big thing to youth baseball coaches, but it may be overrated. Let’s see and tune in. Check out Dave's personal sign sys...
CYB: 037 Coaching Your Own Kid
Coaching Youth Baseball - June 16, 2021 20:45 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsThankfully we have a lot of Moms and Dads coaching our youth baseball teams. We could not provide youth baseball without the help of parents in the coaching trenches. At the same time we want the parent/kid relationship to stay strong and healthy. It can get real blurry coaching your own kids. D...
CYB 036: (5) Coaching Tips to Teach Your Hitters
Coaching Youth Baseball - May 27, 2021 22:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWhat do most all good hitters do? Dave goes over a short list of tips to help develop your hitters to move up the baseball ladder into the 60’ 90’ high school baseball funnel. See how many of your hitters can check the 5 items off their list. Our jobs as coaches is to help as many kids as possib...
CYB 035: Coach & Develop Youth Baseball Catchers
Coaching Youth Baseball - May 20, 2021 20:36 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsDo you have a catcher? Do you have catching depth? Catching is not for everyone that’s for sure. Most kids don’t want to go anywhere near the catcher’s bag of shin guards and chest protectors. Here is what I like to look for in a catcher. And some kids may need be nudged out of their comfort zon...
CYB 034 Infielders Skills & Drills
Coaching Youth Baseball - May 06, 2021 20:36 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHow are you on your infield basic knowledge level? If a hig- level baseball person rolled up on your team would they be impressed? Check out these strategies with your infielders and help take your players to a higher playing level. I love working with my infielders and helping them polish the...
CYB 033: Have You Ever Played Against “THAT” Team
Coaching Youth Baseball - April 26, 2021 20:44 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsDo you know that your players and parents kind of mirror your coaching style and approach. Yes, your organization is a bit of a reflection of your actions. Now we have to decide on what that looks like. Do we want to be known as the “classiest team” in the league, or do we want to be known as “T...
CYB 032 I Triple Dog Dare You
Coaching Youth Baseball - April 08, 2021 18:17 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIt’s is time to go back to review some player development topics and strategies to refresh. This is a 10-year journey down the road to high school baseball funnel. You are dared to implement this philosophy and incorporate these topics in your coaching approach. You might even get double or trip...
CYB 031: Hey, What's Your Plan
Coaching Youth Baseball - March 31, 2021 18:59 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIf you are involved in travel ball, tournament baseball, travel baseball especially for the ages 12 & under you may not be in the best situation to develop ballplayers. Listen to some methods and ideas that are starting to emerge around the country that can better develop baseball players. Small...
CYB 030: Why Travel Ball Does Not Develop
Coaching Youth Baseball - March 18, 2021 19:33 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIs youth baseball travel ball the best platform to develop baseball players? Dave takes a deeper dive into the perils of travel baseball and tournament travel ball. The focus is mostly on the ages 12 and lower as we discuss the most damaging segment of travel baseball that entraps even the best ...
CYB 029 Opening Day Prep
Coaching Youth Baseball - February 19, 2021 00:52 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsGetting your season off on the right foot takes a little preparation and planning. Dave talks about some the main items to take care of as the season approaches. And don't forget the most important thing that cannot be skipped over...tune in to find out how to sell your kid's parents on your pla...
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