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The Youth Baseball Edge Podcast with Rob Tong: Coaching | Drills | Strategy

Every week, Rob Tong interviews experts in youth baseball and related fields as they share their practical, actionable secrets for youth baseball success. Plus, Justin Stone of Elite Baseball Training answers your questions on the exclusive "Ask Justin: Question Of The Week" segment.
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Dec 20, 2016

Tug Gillingham of Lincoln Park Baseball Academy discusses how to handle some challenges youth baseball coaches face. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.

Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about how to create a lineup that maximizes offensive output. And Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shares an article about practice plans and post-game recaps

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Dec 13, 2016

Rob discusses the theory behind efficient youth baseball practice planning so you know what to avoid and gives some tips to help you plan for next season.

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Dec 6, 2016

Rob rounds up the favorite drills of several coaches and former podcast guests in this Favorite Drill Roundup.

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Nov 29, 2016

Nate Trosky of Trosky Baseball explains what complete player development is—and how to achieve it.

Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv gives some tips to incorporate game pressure into practices in the Question Of The Week, and Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com discusses reverse lunge tips in Wass Strength's Tip Of The Week.

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Nov 22, 2016

Tim Corbin, head baseball coach of the 2014 College World Series Vanderbilt Commodores, gets real honest as he shares some inside information on coaching and recruiting for a Division I college.

Plus Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com discusses the importance of understanding youth athletes' lifestyles in Wass Strength's Tip Of The Week.

Pardon the lousy sound quality. Rob's mic broke so a backup mic was used.

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Nov 15, 2016

Tim Corbin, head baseball coach of the 2014 College World Series Vanderbilt Commodores, shares his perspectives on young player development and being a collegiate coach. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.

Plus Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shares a video on youth squat patterns in Wass Strength's Tip Of The Week.

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Nov 8, 2016

To celebrate the Cubs winning the World Series, here are 10 lessons learned from the Chicago Cubs.

Plus Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shows us how to do band-assisted push-ups in Wass Strength's Tip Of The Week.

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Nov 1, 2016

Russell Greene, father of prep superstar Hunter Greene, explains how Hunter grew to become potentially the #1 overall draft pick in the MLB amateur draft in June 2017 and where they may go from here.

Plus Justin Stone answers the Question Of The Week regarding helping kids not give up on plays and Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com shows us a water ball reverse throws drill in Wass Strength's Tip Of The Week.

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Oct 25, 2016

Russell Greene, father of prep superstar Hunter Greene, explains some of the significant struggles Hunter had to overcome on his way to being potentially the #1 overall draft pick in the MLB amateur draft in June 2017.

Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week regarding glove sizes for shortstops and Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com takes us through Sever's Disease.

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Oct 19, 2016

Bobby Tewksbary, founder of TewksHitting.com, and I have a side discussion of why Albert Pujols stopped becoming the best hitter on the planet once he joined the Angels. Pressure to live up to the contract? Or change in mechanics?

This wasn't part of the interview but I thought it might be interesting for you to eavesdrop on this conversation. Bobby agreed it would be ok to air it.

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Oct 18, 2016

Bobby Tewksbary, founder of TewksHitting.com, helps us understand what makes an elite swing. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.

Plus, Austin Wasserman of wassermanstrength.com discusses four youth performance principles in Wass Strength's Tip Of The Week.

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Oct 11, 2016

Bobby Tewksbary, founder of TewksHitting.com, shares some important information on how to strive towards the elite swing. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.

Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about how to create interest in baseball among our youth. And Austin Wasserman of wassermanstrength.com debuts our new weekly segment, Wass Strength's Tip Of The Week.

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Oct 4, 2016

Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com answers more of your questions about strength training for youth baseball players. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview with Austin.

Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about the proper approach to stealing bases.

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Sep 27, 2016

Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com answers your questions about strength training for youth baseball players. This is Part 1 of my interview with Austin.

Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about where to find instruction on fundamentals.

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Sep 20, 2016

Paul Niggebrugge, founder of Be Your Best Academy, warns us about more hitting blindspots from a coaching perspective. This is Part 2 of my interview with Paul.

Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about the advantage of playing up.

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Sep 13, 2016

Paul Niggebrugge, founder of Be Your Best Academy, warns us about hitting blindspots from a coaching perspective. This is Part 1 of my interview with Paul.

Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about starting up an 11U team.

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Sep 6, 2016

Eric Cressey, president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, debunks some common myths about strength training for youth baseball players and shares some fantastic insight on helping young baseball players to improve various aspects of sports performance. This episode is Part 1 of our series on Youth Baseball Offseason Strength Training with three different strength training experts.

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Aug 30, 2016

Paul Reddick, founder of The 90 MPH Club, discusses the pitching trap for unsuspecting parents, coaches and players and how to avoid it. This is Part 2 of my interview with Paul.

Plus Justin Stone answers the Question Of The Week about conflicting advice on the stride.

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Aug 23, 2016

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 elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about trying out other sports during the baseball offseason and how short is too short for the offseason.

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Aug 16, 2016

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.

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Aug 9, 2016

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.

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Aug 3, 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 Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers our Question Of The Week about whether 7 & 8 year olds should be taught aggressive baserunning or station-to-station baserunning.

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Jul 27, 2016

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 podcast.

Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers our Question Of The Week about what stuff players should know when.

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Jul 19, 2016

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 interview series with Jeff on the podcast.

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Jul 12, 2016

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 our Question Of The Week about offseason pitching drills to improve control.

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