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Play Ball Kid Baseball Development Podcast

by Bryan Eisenberg, Sammy Eisenberg

Our podcast is for those who are interested in baseball player development and the recruiting process. It was originally started by Sammy Eisenberg as a 13 year old. He wanted to share knowledge he gained as he interviews current & former professionals around the game of baseball. If you are committed to the process of getting better, we want to help you Play Ball, Kid!

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  1. Enhancing Pitchers 1 Finger at a Time with Flex Pro Grip founders Daryl & Adam Moreau

    Baseball players have shared the importance of strong forearms and grip strength for years. But recently, Daryl & Adam Moreau have taken it to the next level by developing the Flex Pro Grip, that allows specialized protocols to measure and improve each joint in each finger. They spent the last…

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  2. Hitting Performance Coaching with Cubs AA Hitting Coach Rick Strickland

    Rick Strickland is the Cubs AA hitting coach and the owner of Train Right Academy in St Louis. He has coached travel teams and was a former Yankee draft pick. When Rick Strickland broke his hand in his Junior year of college at Austin Peay, he was Top 10 in the nation in Batting Avg. and Stolen...

  3. Leaving Your Developmental Fingerprint on Baseball Players Through Natural Motor Preferences with Steve Janssen

    Steve Janssen is becoming the new manager of the German Baseball National Team. His assignment officially starts on January 1st, 2019. He also will be responsible for the German U23 National Team. Coach Janssen worked as pitching coach in the Chicago Cubs organization during the 2018 season....

  4. Becoming Committed with @BUncomitted Founder and JUCO Coach Jake Tobin

    Coach Jacob Tobin is the head coach at SUNY Ulster, a JUCO in the Hudson Valley area of New York. He is the founder of the recruiting account @BUncommitted on Twitter, where he shares videos of student athletes with over 530 coaches and professional scouts. Jake Tobin was born and raised in the...

  5. Player Development from under developed country to Astros Manager in DR with Marcelo Alfonsin

    Marcelo Alfonsin, is the Astros Dominican League Manager and Field Coordinator. He is also the pitching coach for the Argentinian National Team that recently competed in the World Baseball Classic qualifier in Panama. Marcelo grew up playing baseball in Argentina, that as you can imagine does not...

  6. Training Sport Specific Forces with the Proteus Motion device with TrainPMT's Jarret Phillips

    Jarrett explains the outcome of an assessment on the Proteus Motion and how they relate to sport specific force for baseball players. Getting an assessment on the Proteus allows for targeting the strength or acceleration deficient areas of our athletes. Jarrett Phillips is the owner of TrainPMT...

  7. On Becoming a Mental Warrior On and Off the Field with Alan Jaeger, Jim Vatcher & China McCarney

    A conversation about helping kids become mental warriors on and off the field.

  8. Lessons learned from a Savannah Banana & college coach with Tyler Gillum

    “My life goal is to have a positive impact on 1 million people through baseball, education, and exercise.” - Tyler Gillum Tyler Gillum enters his 13th year coaching college baseball and his 11th year at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ. He is the Associate Head Coach at SMCC...

  9. Baseball Development & Recruiting Q &A with Colter Bostick Live 6-22-22

    This episode was recorded live on Twitter Spaces with Colter Bostick, Javi DeJesus and Corey Gardner. Colter Bostick is the former pitching coach at Rice University. He is the co-author of Play Ball Kid: How to develop baseball players from middle school dreamers through committed college…

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  10. Recruiting and developing college ready hitters with Coach Corey Gardner

    Corey Gardner is currently the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Southern Wesleyan University, where he coaches hitters & infielders. Corey had previous stops at The University of Rio Grande and Kentucky Christian Univeristy. He previously owned a travel baseball program as well. In...

  11. Amplifying our Body's Performance with Tracy Hayes, the MobilityChick

    Tracy Hayes, aka “MobilityChick” is the founder of Amplified Movement and a Movement + Mobility Specialist most known for her 12-Week Baseball Mobility Series launched within the MLB community in 2020 that has garnered the attention of players and strength coaches from 24 of the 30 MLB...

  12. Recruiting & Developing Explosive College Pitchers with Javi DeJesus

    Javi DeJesus was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico where he learned to love the game of baseball. His parents moved to Beaumont, TX where he had a lucrative high school career throwing the schools first two no-hitters, District 22-5A MVP and earned a scholarship to the University of Louisiana-Lafayette....

  13. How to Speak to College Coaches with Coach Corey Gardner

    Corey Gardner is currently the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Southern Wesleyan University, where he coaches hitters & infielders. Corey had previous stops at The University of Rio Grande and Kentucky Christian Univeristy. He previously owned a travel baseball program as well. In...

  14. Ignore O.P.O (other people's opinions) with Patrick Jones former MilB & High School coach and podcaster

    Patrick Jones is the host of the Patrick Jones Baseball podcast, a private hitting coach, as well as a former MilB coach & high school coach. Patrick is the first guest on this podcast to be interviewed by both Sammy (3 years ago) and Bryan. Patrick has been spending a lot of time speaking to...

  15. The Pursuit of Players with Coach Kirk Cabana

    Kirk Cabana is the founder of Pursuit 4 Purpose and the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Carolina University. The Pursuit 4 Purpose podcast brings together the world’s most passionate athletes together to encourage our goals and aspirations. By using the principles of the greatest...

  16. Elite Mobility Training for Baseball Players with Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard, is the founder of Elite Mobility Training (EMT). We spend time talking about how to incorporate recovery routines, why they are so important, why Yoga seems to be taboo, what are the benefits of mobility training and her use of the inexpensive Yoga Tune Up and Coregeous balls with...

  17. Training Baseball Players to Be Bigger, Faster, Stronger and Better with Rick Saggese

    Rick Saggese, XFS, CSAC, played his collegiate baseball at the University of Miami; one of the top collegiate baseball programs in the nation. At Miami, Rick battled back from his third knee injury while getting hurt in Honolulu, Hawaii to open the season. He kept his goals in sight once again…

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  18. The Science of Baseball & How to Help Our Athletes

    Will Carroll writes about sports science, sports medicine, and sports. We chat about his latest book "The Science of Baseball." His “Under The Knife” column was called “essential reading” by Hall of Famer Peter Gammons. Author of two award-winning books (Saving The Pitcher and The Juice), Carroll...

  19. Progressive Baseball Development with Juan Palacios

    Juan Palacios is a professional baseball trainer with over 30 years of experience working with pitchers, catchers and hitters. He has worked with some of today’s most talented MLB players such as Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor, Edwin Diaz, Jesmuel Valentin and Yadiel Rivera. Juan was born and...

  20. Making Sense of Baseball Vision Training with Dr Peter Fadde

    Baseball players need to understand how to see the ball in order to hit the ball. We discuss how to train those skills for best results with Dr Peter Fadde from GameSense Sports.

  21. 3 Keys to Unlock Hitter Timing with Ken Cherryhomes

    Ken Cherryhomes has been helping hitters for the last 25 years. He has coached hitters at every level from youth to major league hitters. He's also an inventor of the X-Factor system.

  22. Reducing Elbow & Shoulder Stress with Jason Colleran

    Ever since reading Jeff Passan's The Arm, I have been fascinated with trying to understand the epidemic of Little League shoulders & elbows, Labrum (shoulder) tears and of course UCL or Tommy John injuries. There has been research that indicated that over 40% of MLB pitchers with arm issues have...

  23. The 1 Skill Baseball Players, Parents & Coaches Don't Ask Enough About with Joe Ferraro

    This week we are with former high school baseball coach, high school English teacher, podcaster and podcast coach Joe Ferraro [ https://www.damngoodconversations.com ] of the 1% Better Podcast and the "Damn Good Questions" virtual course. We discuss the importance of communication on and off the...

  24. Can we teach hitters to have one ideal swing with Chad Longworth?

    Chad was a 12th round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians. He also coached H.S. baseball for 5 years. With the advent of new technology began to take hold of baseball he started questioning a lot of what players do and what they are taught. Today he offers various player development options from...

  25. How to get into your legs with Harold Mozingo

    Harold Mozingo is a former pitcher in the Royals and Blue Jays organizations. He is the inventor of the TorqueScrew training device for training pitchers on how to use ground force effectively. He is the author of Young Guns Eguide, a 90 page complete guide to training youth pitchers. It includes...

  26. Working Harder Than Everyone Else to the Ring the Bell with Heath Bell

    Slide into our 3x All-Star, former Reliever of the Year and baseball dad, coach Heath Bell Heath Bell grew up in Southern California. He attended Tustin High School, it was there that he developed habits that would last a lifetime. Undrafted out of high school, Bell attended nearby Santa Ana...

  27. The ABCs of an MLB Bullpen Coach with Chris Young, Chicago Cubs

    Chris "CY" Young serves as bullpen coach for the Chicago Cubs. He formerly served as pitching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies. Young attended Mississippi State University, and played college baseball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He earned Freshman All-America honors.[2] In 2001 he was...

  28. Owning the Mental Game with Diamyn Hall

    Unlocking the Process to Success with former Wright State, Director of Peak Performance & Mental Conditioning. Diamyn Hall is currently known as one the world's top Online Mindset Coaches. He is the creator of The Hitter’s Blackbook & Founder of The Mental Game Blueprint VIP training program. As…

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  29. Rounding Third: Practice Planning with author Coach Zach Casto

    Coach Zach Casto started his coaching career at West Virginia State University Student Assistant for 2 years (2016-2018) and is currently the Nitro High School Assistant Coach (Outfield, Base-Running, Analytics, First Base Coach). He is the author of "Rounding Third: Skills, Drills, and Best...

  30. Old School Wisdom, New School Knowledge with Jerry Weinstein - Colorado Rockies Coach

    A lifelong learner & coach shares lessons learned from coaching teams in high school, junior college, summer college leagues, NCAA D1, the minor leagues, the MLB and international competitions, such as the Olympics and the World Baseball Classic. Jerry Weinstein began his coaching career in 1966…

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  31. Effective Velocity Secrets with Perry Husband

    How Pitchers Like Blake Snell Dominate Hitters and What Hitters Need To Understand About Pitch Tunnels & Timing Perry Husband is a pioneer in the world of Baseball Science. He introduced many modern hitting metrics to baseball, including Exit Velocity and Launch Angle. Working with Jay Bell, he...

  32. Understanding Recovery from Koufax to Bauer with Gary Reinl, Director of Pro Teams, Marc Pro

    Gary Reinl is the Director Pro Teams at H-Wave & MARC PRO, and has spent nearly forty years in the sports-medicine field, with diverse experiences ranging from training professional athletes to pioneering the field of strength-building for women during the pregnancy year to developing...

  33. A Biomechanics Lab On Your Phone with Dr Mike Sonne

    Biomechanics & AI: The Future of Mechanics Development Dr. Michael Sonne is the VP of Research and Innovation for ProPlayAI, a company focused on measuring and describing human motion. Mike is also the research director for the Baseball Development Group in Toronto, Canada, as well as an adjunct...

  34. 20 Year Old former College Baseball Player Obsessed with Sharing Mental Performance Training, Perry Quartuccio

    Perry Quartuccio is a former college baseball player. Last February, he made the gut-wrenching decision to quit the sport he grew up playing, the sport He loved. Months later, during a nationwide pandemic, Perry found himself writing and putting together a book with hopes of giving back to the...

  35. Developing Velocity, Rehab & Injury Prevention with Pocket Radar's Tyler Scaturro

    Tyler Scaturro is the Brand Manager of Pocket Radar Inc., which designs, engineers and manufactures revolutionary speed tracking technology for a wide-range of applications. After his collegiate baseball playing career ended at the JUCO and Div. II levels, he joined the Pocket Radar start-up team...

  36. You Haven't Failed Enough to be Successful with Demetre Kokoris, MILB Pitching Coach Blue Jays Organization

    Demetre Kokoris is currently a MiLB pitching coach in the Blue Jays Organization. He got his Bachelor of Science degree from the Univ. of South Carolina and his MBA from Cal St. Fullerton. At Cal State Fullerton, he was fortunate to be mentored by Dr Ken Ravizza, the Godfather of the mental game...

  37. Old School versus New School Pitching with Lary Sorensen, former MLB All-Star pitcher & PitchLogic Executive

    How to combine data from a smart baseball with old school feels. Lary Sorensen is a ten-year veteran of Major League Baseball. He played for a total of seven teams during his thirteen-year professional career including the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Oakland A’s,...

  38. Delivering a New WIN(ing) Reality to Hitter Development

    In the spring of 2009, Chris O’Dowd the Oakland Athletics drafted him in the 40th round of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft. A switch-hitting catcher out of Regis Jesuit High School in Denver, Colorado, he’d become a coveted prospect after years of training alongside his father, Dan, one of...

  39. Developing Unicorn Fastballs with Mike McGuinness and Nolan Long

    Mike McGuiness (CEO) and his brother Connor McGuiness are the co-founders of the hottest pitching tool in the market, Clean Fuego. Nolan Long is a RHP in the Dodgers organization and part of the Clean Fuego team. Mike and Nolan join Sammy this week to discuss: The back story of their baseball...

  40. Follow the Green Light Not the Noise with Coach Kyle Wagner

    Kyle Wagner is and educator and the author of "How The RiverCats Won" and "Green Light Hitting." Kyle is a former standout high school baseball player who went on to play Division 1 baseball at Wake Forrest and a year in the pros. Kyle was part of the historic 2015 Red Land Little League team…

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  41. Getting our athlete's bodies back to Square 1 with Shawn Sherman

    Helping baseball players perform better by dealing with compensations. The SQUARE 1 System™ was developed by Shawn Sherman. Shawn earned his Exercise and Sport Science degree from Penn State University and operates a private practice in Western Springs, Illinois. Over the years, Shawn has held...

  42. Rotational Power Assessment & Development with Bill Miller, CSCS

    When and how to develop rotational power in your baseball swing Bill Miller is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist since 2017. He has a passion for learning, spreading and applying the most advanced methods of strength training for baseball players. Bill has worked with athletes from...

  43. Throwing is a Natural Movement Revolution with Virgil Vasquez

    Virgil Vasquez has heard these quotes often, "if you throw, you are going to break", "throwing overhand is unnatural." Alex Trezza and himself are out to change this mindset and belief. Virgil believes that throwing is a natural motion, that anyone can learn to throw healthy. He believes this...

  44. Are You the Hunter or the Hunted Pitcher Development with Colter Bostick

    How does your pitcher compare with these development benchmarks? Sammy and Colter Bostick discuss: Colter's benchmark chart for development of velocity, long toss, and other key performance indicators across age groups for pitchers. There is a group of coaches who are against using radar guns and...

  45. Training Explosive Velocity by Leveraging Fascia and Levers with Foot Doctor Esia Rivera

    Foot Doctor Esia Rivera is a Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Consultant based in Hutto, TX. He novel approach to speed and agility training is focused on translating those abilities to the skills needed on the field. Make sure to follow Esia on Instagram. ​He holds the following degrees:​...

  46. Whooping up Baseball Workloads with Tommy Johnson, Performance Enhancement Specialist / Baseball Pro

    Tommy Johnson, MS, PES, CES, FMS, PN-1, was raised in Gaithersburg, where he started his baseball journey, playing with several local youth organizations in the area. He graduated from Quince Orchard High School, where he played and excelled during his tenure and received All County and Metro…

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  47. Training Savage Velocity & Command Together with Pitching Coach Rusty Kellum

    Pitching Coach Rusty Kellum combines some of the best techniques to increase velocity with those to increase command with astonishing results. Rusty Kellum is the Pitching Coach at Bishop John J. Snyder High School in Jacksonville, Florida. A pitcher himself, for legendary Coach John Tindall at…

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  48. Developing the Best Arm on Your Team with Harold Mozingo, author of Young Guns Eguide & former pro pitcher

    Harold Mozingo is a former pitcher in the Royals and Blue Jays organizations. He is the author of Young Guns Eguide, a 90 page complete guide to training youth pitchers. It includes Velocity Development, Mechanics, Strength Training, Workload, Training for Control, How-To Guide's for each pitch...

  49. Baseball development & recovery with Dr. Stephen Osterer

    Dr. Stephen Osterer is the owner of Baseball Development Group. He is a chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A traumatic elbow injury in high school almost derailed his chances to attend Cornell University and pitch for the Big Red. In the process of...

  50. Pushing on the Edge with MLB Agent Rachel Luba

    Rachel Luba works behind the scenes of professional baseball but if you have seen Trevor Bauer's videos you might have caught a glimpse of Rachel Luba. Sammy and Rachel discuss her journey from UCLA gymnast, to an attorney working with the MLB on player salary arbitration cases to becoming a…

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Our podcast is for those who are interested in baseball player development and the recruiting process. It was originally started by Sammy Eisenberg as a 13 year old. He wanted to share knowledge he gained as he interviews current & former professionals around the game of baseball. If you are committed to the process of getting better, we want to help you Play Ball, Kid!

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