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 070: Intro To Game Planning Using Data Analytics with Tommy Hottovy
Tommy Hottovy, Chicago Cubs' Coordinator of Advance Scouting - Run Prevention, helps explain what his job is and how he helps his team prepare better game plans using data analytics.
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YBE 069: Double Play Feeds with Billy Boyer
Billy Boyer, assistant coach at the University of Washington, gives a detailed tutorial on how to teach the many intricate aspects of high-level double play feeds. This is Part 2 of a two-part interv…
YBE 068: Play Like A Middle Infielder with Billy Boyer
Billy Boyer, assistant coach at the University of Washington, helps break down some of the nuances that can help elevate the infield play of your players. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.
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YBE 067: Helpful Baseball Tech with Kyle Boddy
One of my favorite guys, Kyle Boddy, founder of Driveline Baseball, is back to discuss technology in amateur baseball. What is promising? What has some bumps to smooth out? What gets him really excit…
YBE 066: How Data Can Improve Your Training with Kyle Boddy
You are in for a treat. Kyle Boddy, founder of Driveline Baseball, is known for his passion for sports science and helping players properly recover from injury. And while he discusses this during thi…
YBE Top 1: Favorite Drill Roundup
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the Aug 1, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode discussing favorite drills is the most popular ep…
YBE Top 2: Organizing Practice with Tug Gillingham
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the Aug 1, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode discussing efficient practice planning is the 2nd…
YBE Top 3: Efficient Practice Planning
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the Aug 1, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode discussing efficient practice planning is the 3rd…
YBE Top 4: Vision Training 101 with John Fitzgerald
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the Aug 1, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode featuring John Fitzgerald is the 4th most popular…
YBE Top 5: Keys To The Elite Swing with Bobby Tewksbary
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the Aug 1, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode featuring Bobby Tewksbary is the 5th most popular…
YBE Top 6: The Value Of Youth Catchers with Tanner Swanson
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the May 30, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode featuring Tanner Swanson is the 6th most popular…
YBE Top 7: The Mental Side Of Pitching with Brent Kemnitz
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the May 30, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode featuring Brent Kemnitz is the 7th most popular …
YBE Top 8: How To Teach Catching (Part 1) with Xan Barksdale
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the May 30, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode featuring Xan Barksdale is the 8th most popular …
YBE Top 9: Building A Complete Player with Nate Trosky
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the May 30, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode featuring Nate Trosky is the 9th most popular ep…
YBE Top 10: Overcoming Adversity: The Hunter Greene Story with Russell Greene
Re-airing the Top 10 most downloaded YBE sessions leading up to the May 30, 2017 return of YBE to new episodes from a multi-month hiatus, this episode featuring Russell Greene is the 10th most popula…
YBE 065: Higher-Level Catching with Tanner Swanson
Ready for a 201-level course on teaching the catcher position? Tanner Swanson, assistant coach at the University of Washington and popular speaker on the topic of catching, gives some key insights on…
YBE 064: The Value Of Youth Catchers with Tanner Swanson
Tanner Swanson, assistant coach at the University of Washington and popular speaker on the topic of catching, sets the vision for us on what it takes to develop good catchers and then begins to share…
YBE 063: Pitcher Whispering with Brent Kemnitz
Brent Kemnitz, distinguished former pitching coach for Wichita State, shares some insight on how he coached the mental side of pitching with his pitching staff. We don't want to talk our pitchers int…
YBE 062: The Mental Side Of Pitching with Brent Kemnitz
Brent Kemnitz, renowned former pitching coach for Wichita State, shares about how to coach the little-discussed aspect of the mental side of pitching. The mental game of baseball doesn't just apply t…
YBE 061: Vision Training 101 with John Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald of Sports Vision Training explains the core concepts of vision training for baseball and how coaches and parents can help. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.
Plus Justin Stone of…