The Youth Baseball Edge Podcast with Rob Tong: Coaching | Drills | Strategy
Rob Tong from the Youth Baseball Edge blog interviews experts in youth baseball and related fields as they share their practical, actionable secrets for youth baseball success. Discover coaching tips, resources, drills, practice plans, strategies and much more so that you can help develop a more complete ballplayer and team. Understand how pitching, hitting, catching, fielding, baserunning, throwing, infield and outfield defense, bunting, pre-game routines, the mental game, practice organization, in-game strategies, sportsmanship and even post-game speeches are not just separate parts but interconnected parts that should be taught from a big picture perspective. Learn from the interview guests how to distinguish proper fundamentals from fraudulent ones. Plus, exclusive segments and occasional surprises. No fluff, no promotion of other people's stuff, no wasting your time. Whether you coach travel baseball, Little League/Ripken/Babe Ruth/Pony/USA baseball/etc, or just your local park league, be inspired and help develop a love and passion for the game in the kids you lead, the next generation of baseball players.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 181
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
YBE 110: Small Tips, Big Gains
Did you know that if you are traveling from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. and are off-course by just one degree, you'd end up in Baltimore? Small changes can sometimes have big consequences. And …
YBE 109: From Good To Great: Improving Pitch Recognition with Peter Fadde
Can pitch recognition skills separate the good batters from the great batters? Can pitch recognition training help overcome some common hitting flaws? Peter Fadde, author of "The Sixth Tool: Training…
YBE 108: Intro To Pitch Recognition with Peter Fadde
What is "pitch recognition"? How is it different from "vision training"? How do you recognize pitches anyway? Peter Fadde, author of "The Sixth Tool: Training Baseball Pitch Recognition", shares his …
YBE 107: How To Be A (Reasonably Good) Baseball Umpire with Brandon Jackson
How do you become an ump in youth leagues like Little League? How do you become a high school ump? College? Pros? What makes a good ump? Brandon Jackson, a long-time and well-respected collegiate ump…
YBE 106: Commonly Misunderstood Baseball Rules with Brandon Jackson
Ever wonder what an umpire's thinking? What IS an umpire's strike zone supposed to be? Here's your chance to find out. Brandon Jackson, a long-time and well-respected collegiate umpire, explains umpi…
YBE 105: The Open Baseball Journal: 10 Questions Baseball Parents Should Ask Their Child Every Season
How is the health of your relationship with your baseball-playing child? How would you know? Is pushing your child always wrong? Rob Tong addresses these questions and introduces the Open Baseball Jo…
YBE 104: From Scrawny To 95mph: The Importance Of Strength Training with Ben Brewster
If you had $5,000 to spend on youth baseball, what would you spend it on? Pitching coach? Hitting coach? Travel teams for exposure and experience? Strength training? High tech gear? Ben Brewster, fou…
YBE 103: Busting Ceilings Via Strength Training with Ben Brewster
YBE has devoted several sessions to strength training. But how important is strength training anyway? Ben Brewster, founder of Tread Athletics, explains why strength training can help you bust throug…
YBE 102: Modernizing Hitting Practice with Josh Rodrigues
Does your batting practice consist of you pitching, one kid hitting and everyone else standing around in the field...while telling the batter to swing level? Josh Rodrigues, assistant coach at Salve …
YBE 101: Modern Hitting Philosophies with Josh Rodrigues
What are the hitting philosophies you teach your players? How did you come to embrace those philosophies? And what evidence do you have to support your philosophies? Josh Rodrigues, assistant coach a…
YBE 100: Baseball Brain Training 101 with John Kennedy
How does brain training for athletes differ from, say, doing a bunch of Sudoku puzzles? John Kennedy, founder and primary neuroplastician of Combat Brain Training, explains more about brain training …
YBE 099: Intro to Brain Training with John Kennedy
You've likely heard of the mental game of baseball—especially on this podcast. But you may not have heard of brain training, which is different from the mental game. John Kennedy, founder and primary…
YBE 098: Influencing Your Kid's Development with Rob Friedman
As your kid gets older, telling your kid what to do may not get the same mileage as when your kid was younger. In this latest in my series on Baseball Dads, Rob Friedman, the Pitching Ninja, shares h…
YBE 097: Building A Better Pitcher with Rob Friedman
The latest in my series on Baseball Dads, Rob Friedman, the Pitching Ninja, shares how he helped his son Jack to get a baseball scholarship to Georgia Tech, a Division I college baseball team. This i…
YBE096: Getting Started With Strength Training with Nick Esposito
Getting started with strength training for youth players? Nick Esposito of espositostrengthclub.com gives some thoughts on functional movement screens, planning workouts and whether certain familiar …
YBE 095: How To Start Strength Training with Nick Esposito
Is strength training important for youth baseball? How do you get started? Nick Esposito of espositostrengthclub.com and the Strength & Conditioning Coach at Austin Wasserman and Bobby Tewksbary's AB…
YBE 094: Pitching Tips with Lantz Wheeler
I talk pitching with Lantz Wheeler of BaseballThinkTank.com and creator of the Core Velocity Belt. A variety of pitching thoughts are discussed and perhaps you can take away a few things and implemen…
YBE 093: Stop Focusing On Pitching Mechanics with Lantz Wheeler
How do you best teach kids to pitch? By NOT focusing on pitching mechanics, of course! If that raised your eyebrow, Lantz Wheeler of BaseballThinkTank.com and creator of the Core Velocity Belt explai…
YBE 092: Better Parent-Coach Relationships with Dayn Perry
What do you do as a coach when a parent is giving you grief? What do you do as a parent when a coach appears to be doing something you don't like? Dayn Perry of CBS Sports goes through some scenarios…
YBE 091: The Role Of Baseball Parents with Dayn Perry
How should baseball parents behave and interact with coaches? Dayn Perry of CBS Sports offers his insights into the role of baseball parents that provide the best chance of team harmony. This is Part…