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 041: The Simpler Side of Pitching with Paul Reddick
Paul Reddick, founder of the 90 MPH Club, explains how to make it simpler when teaching pitching. This is part 1 of a two-part interview series with Paul on the podcast.
Plus Justin Stone of elitebas…
YBE 040: Perfect Game Responds To 'The Arm' with Jerry Ford
Jerry Ford, President and founder of Perfect Game, tackles criticisms of Perfect Game by "The Arm" author Jeff Passan. This is part 2 of a two-part interview series with Jerry on the podcast.
If you …
YBE 039: An Inside Look at Perfect Game with Jerry Ford
Jerry Ford, President and founder of Perfect Game, takes us on a tour of Perfect Game and how it works. This is part 1 of a two-part interview with Jerry.
If you love the show, please let us (and oth…
YBE 038: Lessons Learned in 2016
Every youth baseball season is different. And in this week's episode, I share ten lessons I learned while being the head coach of two (yes, two) youth baseball teams this past season.
Plus, Justin St…
YBE 037: Dissecting The Arm with Jeff Passan
Jeff Passan, author of the New York Times-bestselling book The Arm, continues the discussion about arm health and pitching gurus. This is part 2 of a two-part interview series with Jeff on the podcas…
YBE 036: De-escalating The Arm Race with Jeff Passan
Jeff Passan, author of the New York Times-bestselling book The Arm, talks about overuse arm injuries among youth baseball players, Perfect Game's role in that, and more. This is part 1 of a two-part …
YBE 035: Embracing Each Child with Fernando Arenado
Fernando Arenado discusses Nolan's path to the bigs, how it's different from Nolan's siblings Cousy and Jonah, and how he embraced each child's paths.
Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers o…
YBE 034: How To Do Long Toss with Alan Jaeger
Alan Jaeger of Jaeger Sports—and the most well-known advocate of long toss—explains how to do long toss properly. This is part 2 of a two-part series with Alan.
If you love the show, please let us (a…
YBE 033: The Value Of Long Toss with Alan Jaeger
Alan Jaeger, the most well-known advocate of long toss, discusses the value of long toss and proper arm conditioning. This is part 1 of a two-part series with Alan.
Plus, Justin Stone of elitebasebal…
YBE 032: Commanding The Huddle with Michael Port
Michael Port, author of the best-selling book Steal The Show, discusses how youth baseball coaches can command the huddle with their players.
YBE 031: Digging Deeper Into Better Pitching, Part 2 with Ron Wolforth
Ron Wolforth, founder of the Texas Baseball Ranch, digs even deeper to discuss how to better prepare our youth pitchers. This is part 2 of my two-part interview with Ron.
Plus, Justin Stone of eliteb…
YBE 030: Digging Deeper Into Better Pitching with Ron Wolforth
Ron Wolforth, founder of the Texas Baseball Ranch, digs deep to discuss how to teach better pitching to youth pitchers.
Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about h…
YBE 029: Improving Hitting Performance Through The Mental Side with Steve Springer
Steve Springer, scout and Performance Coach for the Toronto Blue Jays, explains how young players can improve their mental side to improve their hitting performance.
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YBE 028: The Art Of Smarter Baserunning
I wrap up my two-part series on important baserunning fundamentals for youth baseball players to make them smarter baserunners.
Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week…
YBE 027: The Case For Smart Baserunning
In Part 1 of a two-part series on baserunning, I talk about why teaching smart baserunning is important and 10 drills to help teach it to our kids.
If you love the show, please let us (and others) kn…
YBE 026: High-Level Throwing with Austin Wasserman
Austin Wasserman of AB Athletics and WassermanStrength.com describes high-level throwing and how to teach it to your youth baseball players. Most errors in youth baseball are throwing-related. Is it …
YBE 025: Coaching Travel 101 with Ron Filipkowski
Ron Filipkowski, one of the most successful travel coaches,explains how to start and run a successful youth travel baseballteam.
If you love the show, please let us (and others) know bygiving us an h…
YBE 024: The Elite Swing with Matt Lisle
Matt Lisle, head softball coach at Menlo College, explains the elite swing and gives some practical tips on how to teach it.
Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week ab…
YBE 023: Lessons From 50 Years Of Coaching with Jerry Weinstein
Jerry Weinstein, field manager of the Wareham Gatemen and on special assignment for the Colorado Rockies in scouting & player development, explains higher-level baseball concepts and insights gleaned…
YBE 022: The Power Of A Wise Parent: The Andrew McCutchen Story with Lorenzo McCutchen
Lorenzo McCutchen, father of MLB superstar Andrew McCutchen, shares his story of raising Andrew. What's extra cool is that this is the first interview where I was able to incorporate listener audienc…