Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast

In this SHORT episode, you will learn: Why player development is a long game, not an instant fix. Why that 30 minute hitting lesson didn't "fix" anything Where we're headed with player development Resources of the show: Join our Bronze Membership, get access to hundreds of podcast upgrades & email updates on our best content! 5 chaos hitting drills - We're putting out 5 of our 24 chaos hitting drills totally FREE in the Bronze Library Cornerstone Elite Membership - Take your player development within a team setting to the next level with the best online resource for head baseball coaches. Search our Elite Table of Contents - Check out everything CCA Elite has to offer + monthly Q and As with Coach Nelson and MORE!!!

  In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast, you will learn: Why we prioritize the hitting pyramid the way we do The BIG mistake I made during my early years as a coach with hitting approach. How we work on pitch recognition and hitting plan Why bat speed is so important Why you should never let your players say "he throws too slow for me to hit" Why mechanics are important, but not the be all end all of hitting Where does confidence come from?   .fca_eoi_form{ margin: auto; } .fca_eoi_form p { width: auto; } #fca_eoi_form_11021 input{ max-width: 9999px; }#fca_eoi_form_11021 .fca_eoi_layout_name_field_wrapper {display: none !important;}#fca_eoi_form_11021 .fca_eoi_form_input_element::-webkit-input-placeholder {opacity:0.6;color:#595252;}#fca_eoi_form_11021 .fca_eoi_form_input_element::-moz-placeholder {opacity:0.6;color:#595252;}#fca_eoi_form_11021 .fca_eoi_form_input_element:-ms-input-placeholder {opacity:0.6;color:#595252;}#fca_eoi_form_11021 .fca_eoi_form_input_element:-mo

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: The areas of my program where I "started over" A position by position look at how we tried to "build a better mousetrap" What I did to help improve our practices so that each position and each skill got what it needed to translate practice skill to game performance.         Resources of the show 5 chaos hitting drills sample - 5 of the 24 drills in the Elite Membership that create hitters who are decision makers Outside the Box Podcast with Pete Caliendo- Pete interviews some of the best baseball minds in the game! Join Cornerstone Elite today and learn how to set up engaging, effective, efficient practices that will become the "Cornerstone" of your team or program. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership.

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: Why the way we've done things isn't always the best How falling into the trap of doing the same thing year after year can hurt your team The questions you should be asking to find a better way of teaching. The specific things YOUR program needs to improve on to take the next step.     Resources of the show 5 chaos hitting drills sample - 5 of the 24 drills in the Elite Membership that create hitters who are decision makers Outside the Box Podcast with Pete Caliendo- Pete interviews some of the best baseball minds in the game! Join Cornerstone Elite today and learn how to set up engaging, effective, efficient practices that will become the "Cornerstone" of your team or program. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership.

In this episode of the CCA Podcast you will learn: If pitching is really 33-50% of the game, why don't we use use that much time on it in practice? Why I believe our staff has fallen behind What we are doing about it How we are planning on fully implementing Driveline's program into our team practice The groups will we break our players into for the beginning part of practice   Resources of the Show 5 chaos hitting drills for maximizing all 5 components of being a great hitter. Our full warm-up with stations for the groups described in this podcast for Elite Members. NEW searchable table of contents for Elite Members. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: The "obvious" traditional approach to adverse reactions and why it might work. Why you could be the problem... Some outside the box ideas for handling failure that seem silly, but do work. The game we play in practice to help players learn to deal with failure as a team... one fail all fail! Resources of the show If you're looking to revolutionize your batting practice, you HAVE to check out our FREE Web Clinic, "A Batting Practice Plan That Gets Results." 5 hitting drills that translate practice skill to game performance. 12 weeks to improve your bat speed with this bat speed improvement plan for Elite Members

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: How to utilize your warm up properly Practice efficiency tips How to audit your practices The most important 10 minutes of practice How much time we spend on hitting/bat speed development How much time we spend on hitting/decision making How much time we spend on hitting/pitch recognition What proportion of time we spend on the most important aspect (in my opinion) of amateur baseball How much time you should spend on team defense (bunt d, 1st and 3rd, etc.) Resources of the show Get a FREE sample practice plan to show exactly how we set up our practices Get our top 5 chaos hitting drills that prepare players for game action Chaos hitting drills - These drills create an amazing amount of adversity in a team setting during batting practice.  Practice should be harder than the game... Join Cornerstone Elite today and learn how to set up engaging, effective, efficient practices that will become the "Cornerst

In this episode of the CCA podcast, you will learn: How to set your coaching operations manual after just one season The rate at which change should happen within a program. What to do with all your drills How to know "did I cover that?" How to multiply your coaching staff       Resources of the Show Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership. Chaos hitting drills - These drills create an amazing amount of adversity in a team setting during batting practice.  Practice should be harder than the game... 12 week bat speed program - The summer is the perfect time to implement our 12 week bat speed improvement plan!    

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: Tips for overcoming the challenges of simulating the game for: Pitchers Outfielders Infielders Catchers Hitters Base runners Resources of the Show Report containing this podcasts tools for creating more game like practices including our S-T-R-I-K-E-S game for pitchers, our NFL WR drill, our Around the World Drill for Infielders, our catcher receiving and blocking chart, and our three plate drill for disrupting hitter's timing. Chaos hitting drills - These drills create an amazing amount of adversity in a team setting during batting practice.  Practice should be harder than the game... 12 week bat speed program - The summer is the perfect time to implement our 12 week bat speed improvement plan! Expectations for catchers in bullpens - This blog post clearly lays out the responsibilities of a great catcher during their most important time of the practice... catching bullpens  

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy podcast, you will learn: Why baseball presents unique challenges for building practice plans What challenges are presented at each position that coaches need to overcome in order to make their practices game-like.     Resources of the show 5 hitting drills that translate practice skill to game performance. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership. Chaos hitting drills - These drills create an amazing amount of adversity in a team setting during batting practice.  Practice should be harder than the game... 12 week bat speed program - The summer is the perfect time to implement our 12 week bat speed improvement plan!

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, I say thank you to my dad and all the dads out there who take time each day to improve our game and the lives of those who participate in it.              

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast, you will learn: The different types of communication you need to evaluate The thing I look at most when evaluating my coaching staff How your practice organization can be influence by your overall program philosophy. How I am organizing my practices next year to put or pitchers first Some of the pitching and technology upgrades I am going to make in my program next year. How to determine if your in game strategy is working or if you should change it.   Resources of the show 5 hitting drills that translate practice skill to game performance. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership. Chaos hitting drills - These drills create an amazing amount of adversity in a team setting during batting practice.  Practice should be harder than the game... 12 week bat speed program - The summer is the perfect ti

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy, you will earn: Why talking mechanics can be a bad idea What you can do instead to change mechanics The top two things we want our hitters to do Which is more important, launch angle or exit velocity?       Resources of the show If you're looking to revolutionize your batting practice, you HAVE to check out our FREE Web Clinic, "A Batting Practice Plan That Gets Results." 5 hitting drills that translate practice skill to game performance. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership. Chaos hitting drills - These drills create an amazing amount of adversity in a team setting during batting practice.  Practice should be harder than the game...  

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast, you will learn: Why you must appease both the "going on to college crowd" and the "this is my last hurrah" crowd" Why it's ok for players to #beselfish How do you know if you've gone too far in one direction How do you find the appropriate balance between individual player development and team development Resources of the show If you're looking to revolutionize your batting practice, you HAVE to check out our FREE Web Clinic, "A Batting Practice Plan That Gets Results." 5 hitting drills that translate practice skill to game performance. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership. Chaos hitting drills - These drills create an amazing amount of adversity in a team setting during batting practice.  Practice should be harder than the game... More from my site CCA Podcast 066: The good, the

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: Why your players could be their weakest at the most important time of the year What you should be doing in the weight room during the season. How often you should be in the weight room during the season? Why in season weight training for multi sport athletes is more important that single sport athletes. Resources of the show Get the at the field workout mentioned in this podcast here. Get our complete in season (and offseason) strength and conditioning program here

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: Bunting?  To bunt or not to bunt... Get the ball in play or hit for power? Why the MOST efficient practice isn't always the best Keep the ball down!  Or should you? Find something straight and hammer it The hit and run is back in vogue... to me! Resources of the show Join the conversation.  What are quality at bats?  Should reached on an error be one? Chaos hitting drills - In this podcast I talk about how we have become so good at recognizing pitches, these drills are the ones we used! Our revamped hitting approach in 2018.  It has worked so far! Maximize your throwing program and get the most out of the first 15 minutes of your practice. If you've enjoyed our show, please leave us some feedback and leave a rating or review on iTunes. Get more in depth info on our practice planning with our FREE "Practices That Engage and Energize Players and Win Games" WebClinic  

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy, you will learn: Avoid the 3 "evil Ls" of practice How you can maximize your warm-up When and how you should do baserunning in practice When you should hit in practice Why a "rest" station can be very helpful with hitting, especially for young hitters Why we were wasting so much time at the beginning of our practices     Resources of the show Get our complete practice plan series, save hours per week of planning and hit every topic to fully prepare your team. Maximize your throwing program and get the most out of the first 15 minutes of your practice. If you've enjoyed our show, please leave us some feedback and leave a rating or review on iTunes. Get more in depth info on our practice planning with our FREE "Practices That Engage and Energize Players and Win Games" WebClinic

In this episode of the CCA podcast, you will learn; How to determine if a player is actually in a slump or not When should you change mechanics and when you shouldn't 4 components of being a good hitter and which one I look to first when a player in "slumping" An alternative to the QAB chart - simpler perhaps?     Resources of the show If you're looking to revolutionize your batting practice, you HAVE to check out our FREE Web Clinic, "A Batting Practice Plan That Gets Results." 5 hitting drills that translate practice skill to game performance. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership.

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: Why we have been so bad at stealing bases (ok, one reason...) You can't steal 3rd base standing still Verbal pick system Relaying signs from 2nd base Our OF shift system Tendencies of hitters and how it can help with positioning     Resources of the show 5 hitting drills - These 5 hitting drills promote decision making and ACTUAL hitting, not just swinging. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership.

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn: If you'd bunt and give up an out for 90 feet, shouldn't you be willing to give up a strike? Three responsibilities for on deck hitters Why not run hard when players are doing this?  Many of them don't... Is your defense doing this with two outs and a runner on 1st or nobody on? Small things that make a big difference!   Resources of the show 5 hitting drills - These 5 hitting drills promote decision making and ACTUAL hitting, not just swinging. Bronze library - A FREE library full of coaching drills, documents, and videos for baseball coaches of all ages.  Just a small taste of our Cornerstone Elite membership.