In this episode, we have on Ted Monnich a sport psychology consultant who is currently getting his PhD studying flow state. Our discussion was around flow state and what things coaches and athletes can do to help facilitate getting into flow on the field. We also touched on how to deal with performance anxiety, group flow, how this could fit within an ecological approach to movement skill, and more. Ted Monnich's website: http://tedmonnich.com/index.htm Book Recommendations The Mind within the Brain: https://amzn.to/3r9plcj The Performance Cortex: https://amzn.to/3r8QAnj The Champion's Comeback: https://amzn.to/3uMczmg Stealing Fire: https://amzn.to/3raCGRv The Rise of Superman: https://amzn.to/2NJiZ51  

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Flow for Peak Performance with Ted Monnich

In this episode, we had George Zirkel Pitching Coordinator at MSI Baseball in PA, back on the podcast to discuss workload management. We had an emergent discussion where we also explored the potential limitations of an Ecological approach, co-designing training plans with athletes, player relationships, the importance of intrinsic motivation, purposeful catch play, the role of visualization in practice, Motus, weighted balls, and much more. Buckle up for this in-depth conversation with George Zirkel! Twitter: @George_Zirkel

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

This week we have on Joe Mangiameli a MiLB Catching Coach in the Minnesota Twins organization. In this episode, we discuss how an ecological approach to skill acquisition shifted Joe's view of player development and how he trains his catchers. We also discuss receiving, converted catchers, workload management, umpires, robo umps, and more.

Developing Catchers Thru an Ecological Lens with Joe Mangiameli

This week we have another emergent discussion from a month ago around a couple of hitting articles as well as a blog post written by one of the hosts of the show. Topics of discussion, the highest form of technique, pitching machines limitations, representative strike-ball percentages in batting practice, fostering competitive mindset, failure is a part of growth, and more.   Articles mentioned in this podcast with links *Below*  The Physics of Batting Practice by David Kagan  https://tht.fangraphs.com/the-physics-of-batting-practice/  A Novel Idea in the Majors: Using Batting Practice to Get Better by Joe Lemire  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/sports/batting-practice.html  What is the highest form of technique? by Garrett Boyum  https://emergentmvmt.com/what-is-the-highest-form-of-technique/  Join our Discord: bit.ly/3a07z1B  Find us on Twitter:  @gboyum01  @RobertFrey40  Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/34dZ7MQ

Batting Practice and the Highest Form of Technique

This week we start our discussion by looking at an article written by Ethan Moore titled "Three Things We Could Learn From Swing Timing Analysis" which evolved into a conversation of how motor learning concepts can be applied to the analysis in this article. Article Link: https://prospects365.com/2020/08/18/3-things-we-could-learn-from-swing-timing-analysis/ Author's twitter: @Moore_Stats Discord Server: bit.ly/3a07z1B 

Swing Timing an Ecological Exploration

This week we have ASU professor and host of the Perception & Action Podcast Rob Gray back on the show to talk about his latest paper on baseball batting titled,  Changes in Movement Coordination Associated With Skill Acquisition in Baseball Batting: Freezing/Freeing Degrees of Freedom and Functional Variability. Topics we explore in this episode include the degrees of freedom problem and   the role of variability, good & bad variability, the  uncontrolled manifold analysis,  in-phase and anti-phase movement , and how can coaches practically apply the findings Rob's latest paper? Research Paper link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01295/full Rob Gray's website: https://perceptionaction.com/ Rob Gray's Podcast apple link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-perception-action-podcast/id994539742 

Variability a discussion with Rob Gray on his new research paper

On this week's episode, we explore topics on anticipation, deception, and attentional blindness, adding novelty with constraints in a training environment, and perspective control. We also we discuss the usefulness of the MLB video search for coaches and did a video recording of Robert showing us how to utilize MLB's new video library.  

Is anticipation good or bad for hitters?

This week we have on Ethan Moore who is a student manager and analyst for the Cal Poly baseball program. This week we discuss the benefits of being a student manager, how to communicate data to coaches and players, sabermetrics, how to utilize technology on a budget, and more. Twitter: @Moore_Stats https://twitter.com/Moore_Stats Articles mentioned: https://www.businessinsider.com/batting-practice-experiment-and-learning-strategies-2014-6?amp Contextual interference effects with skilled baseball players https://www.gwern.net/docs/spacedrepetition/1994-hall.pdf

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

This week we have on Garrett Baker Pitching Coach for American International College. This week we explore how he uses an ecological approach to developing his pitching staff at AIC. We discuss how to create an adaptable pitcher, the mental side of pitching, HRV and breathing, what specifying information do pitchers connect with, and what does representative design look like for pitchers and how can you use data to guide that design. Products mentioned in this podcast: https://www.oatesspecialties.com/dts-khaos-ball-set-of-four https://apps.apple.com/us/app/inner-balance/id569278747 https://www.amazon.com/Constraints-Led-Approach-Constraints-Based-Methodologies/dp/1138104078/ https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Skill-Acquisition-Ecological-Approach/dp/1492563226/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coachgbaker 

An ecological approach to developing pitchers with Garrett Baker

This week we have on Sam Bornstein former head of the student managers for Iowa’s baseball program. This week we talk with Sam about his experience as a student manager at Iowa and how they utilized technology to improve player development.   Twitter: @Sam__Bornstein

The Value of Student Managers with Sam Bornstein

This week we spoke with hitting coach and facility owner Chad Longworth. We talk about how he got into coaching, his early adoption of technology, how his coaching philosophy has evolved over the years, social media, entrepreneurship, innovative products he’s created, and more. To learn more about Chad be sure to checkout his website, blog, and follow him on social media. Links below.   Website: https://chadlongworthonline.com/  Twitter: @clongbaseball Instagram: clongbaseball 

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

This week we had on Kyle Lindley from Driveline’s R&D department and co-host of the Driveline R&D Podcast. We talked with Kyle about his background and experience and how got into R&D at Driveline. We also explore and discuss some of the gaze behavior research its application and future research. Make sure to follow Kyle Lindley work on social media and their podcast at the links below.     Driveline R&D Podcast link: https://bit.ly/36DEEAD  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ 

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

This week we had a conversation with Alex Caravan from Driveline who works in their R&D Department and is a co-host of the Driveline R&D Podcast. Alex talks about how he got into baseball and working at Driveline. We also explore some basic statistical concepts as well as how that applies to player development. Make sure to follow Caravan on Twitter @Alex_Caravan and check out their podcast on Youtube or other major podcasting platform. Driveline R&D Podcast link: https://bit.ly/36DEEAD Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan 

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

This week we bring back guests of the podcast Caleb Abney, Nick Ascue, and Brian Pozos to talk all things hitting. 

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

This week we talk about what we have been learning from some of the various zoom calls we have been on while we all have be sequestered at home. Additionally, we discuss the journal club we did with Rob Gray in which Brock Hammit made a cameo. While once again talking about what we are doing with the Baseball Coaches Clubhouse discord server and some of the different events we will be facilitating with it.  Discord: bit.ly/3a07z1B 

Pitching, mental health, and pitch secquencing study reflection

Finding the Edge: Exploring Skill Acquisition and Analytics for Player Development. We are two guy's who are passionate about baseball and player development. Join us as we explore how motor learning, skill acquisition, and data analytic theories can be applied to improving athletic performance.

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