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Finding the Edge — 70 episodes

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1

The Art of Play: Rethinking Player Development with Rafe Kelley

2

A Walkthrough of Dynamics of Skill Acquisition - Chapter 1, Part 2

3

Unpacking the book Dynamics of Skill Acquisition - Chapter 1, Part 1

4

Exploring Meta-Stability & Skill Acquisition in Sports

5

Recruiting Dilemma: Prioritizing Velocity or Skill?

6

Beyond Drills: A Multi-Discipline Foundation for Player Development with Tommy Johnson

7

Combating Walk Rates: Developing Command

8

Beyond Exit Velo: Insights from Ryan Jeffers' Approach

9

Moving Beyond The Process Vs Results Dichotomy: A Principled Based Approach

10

How Representative is Representative Enough? Transfer of Training and the Ecological Approach

11

The Role of Intent in the Pitcher-Batter Duel

12

EcoD Basics: Seeing Beyond The Performer-Environment Asymmetry

13

Square1 Round Table: Application & Experiences

14

Applying an Ecological Approach at the D3 Level

15

Motor Control Restoration for Enhancing Player Development and Performance - feat Jared Slater

16

Investigating MLB's New Bat Metrics | Ft Max Bay

17

Tackling Arm Injuries: Principles of Arm Health Part 2 - Ft Bill Miller, Tanner Pruett, & Yuji Suzuki

18

Tackling Arm Injuries from an Ecological Perspective Part 1 - Ft Tanner Pruett & Yuji Suzuki

19

Specifying & Non Specifying Information in Batted Ball Sports with Ben Franks

20

Developing Pitchers from an Ecological Perspective with Tanner Pruett

21

Reflecting on the 2023 Sport Movement Skill Conference with Garrett Baker & AJ Ferrara

22

Cody Bellinger, Luis Arraez, and Expected Stats

23

Coach Like a Farmer: Cultivating Player Development with Chad Longworth and Bill Miller

24

Within Failure Lies the Seeds of Future Success: Taking the Fear Out of Failure | With Chad Longworth

25

Prospective Control and Analyzing Data from an Ecological Perspective with Andrew Wilson

26

Integrating Exploration Back Into On-Field Performance

27

Serious Play: Developing Skillful Movers

28

Goodhart's Law: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Analytics

29

How Visual Conditions Shape our Hitting Ability with Chad Longworth

30

Utilizing Play to Rehabbing Injuries and Staying Healthy with Jackie Wu

31

The Next Gen Coach: Strength & Conditioning meets Skill Development with Bill Miller

32

Exploring the Mental Side of the Game through an Ecological Lens with Julian Gonalez

33

Live Commentary on Brewers vs Braves NLDS Game 4 with Caleb Abney

34

Baseball Analytics and Twitter Threads with Max Bay

35

Utilizing Challenging Practice Activities with Caleb Abney

36

Reflection on Flow States from an Ecological Perspective

37

Flow for Peak Performance with Ted Monnich

38

Building intrinsic motivation, player relationships, and workload management with George Zirkel

39

Developing Catchers Thru an Ecological Lens with Joe Mangiameli

40

Batting Practice and the Highest Form of Technique

41

Swing Timing an Ecological Exploration

42

Variability a discussion with Rob Gray on his new research paper

43

Is anticipation good or bad for hitters?

44

Student managers, tech, and analytics with Cal Poly Analyst Ethan Moore

45

An ecological approach to developing pitchers with Garrett Baker

46

The Value of Student Managers with Sam Bornstein

47

The evolution of a baseball coach: A conversation with Chad Longworth

48

Exploring Batter's Gaze Behavior with Kyle Lindley from Driveline's R&D Dept

49

Data Analytics: A conversation with Driveline R&D Analyst Alex Caravan

50

Hitting Roundtable feat. Caleb Abney, Nick Ascue, and Brian Pozos

51

Pitching, mental health, and pitch secquencing study reflection

52

A discussion with Rob Gray exploring ecological psychology and baseball

53

Exploring the relationship of Pitch Location and Exit Velocity with R Studio

54

Creating Adjustable Hitters with Caleb Abney

55

Exploring Catching and Hitting from an Ecological Dynamics Lens with Nick Ascue

56

Exploring how motor learning theories and analytics can inform one another

57

Exploring the Mental Side of the Game with Troy Rallings

58

Analyzing Data with R an Interview with Robert Frey

59

Motor Control Restoration a Conversation with Shawn Sherman Creator of the Square1 System

60

Interview with MSI Pitching Coordinator George Zirkel

61

Interview with Jake Stone of Simple Sabermetrics & Director of Ops & Player Dev at Penn State

62

Reflecting on Finding the Edge in 2019 and the start of 2020

63

A Conversation with Sumair Shah former Driveline R&D Dept.

64

Interview with Arkansas Graduate Manager Phil Cebuhar

65

Principles for Randomized Practice and Representative Design for Machine Work

66

Interview with 108 Hitting Trainer Brian Pozos

67

Exploring Ways to Utilize Metrics and Data

68

How to Incorporate an Ecological Dynamics Approach in Batting Practice

69

How to Use Data to Develop Adjustable Hitters

70

Exploring Environments in a Constraint Led Approach