The Coaching Life Podcast
Episodes
13: Rick Dobnak – Living The Dream!
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Dobnak is the father of Minnesota Twins pitcher, Randy Dobnak. The Dobnak family has had a whirlwind of a summer in 2019, as Randy made the impro...
12: Myth-Busting at the Youth Ballpark
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You hear them at every game, it seems. Someone yells a coaching cue from the bleachers. A coach or parent gets on an umpire about a rule violation the...
BONUS Episode - Where Excellence Begins
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This BONUS episode is from a keynote Chris gave for an assembly of the student body and staff at Meigs High School in Ohio during Homecoming Week. The...
11: Coach Kenzie Roark - Ohio University Softball
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the studio for Episode 11 is Kenzie Roark, head softball coach for the Ohio University Bobcats. At the time of this recording, Coach Roark is in he...
10: Helicopter Parents
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For our 10th episode of The Coaching Life Podcast, the guys respond to some questions and comments they have received from listeners. If you have any ...
9: Coach Austin Dunfee - Getting Recruited to Play In College
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us for Episode 9 is Austin Dunfee. Austin comes on the show to speak as one who fully understands the value of "development." Austin attended ...
BONUS Episode - Strength Training Young Athletes
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our second BONUS episode comes from receiving several requests to go into more detail about strength and conditioning. So, Chris and Pat sat down and ...
8: Brock Stewart - From Youth to College
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our first guest on The Coaching Life Podcast is Brock Stewart, the son of co-host Chris Stewart. Brock is a college baseball player at Alderson Broadd...
7: PDP - Calendar Year In Player Development (November-July)
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS EPISODE: This is Part Two of mapping out a sample year in the life of a Player Development Program. In this episode Chris and Pat continue walki...
6: PDP - Calendar Year In Player Development (August-October)
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part One of a two-part episode in which Chris and Pat map out a sample year in the life of a Player Development Program. In this episode the g...
BONUS Episode - Mistake Avoidance
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Pat join in a remote conversation about how teams, families, businesses, etc. can tend to create a culture of mistake avoidance. This idea f...
5: PDP - Unstructured Free Play and Other Practice Ideas
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pat shares a theory that may help explain part of the problem with today's youth ball structures. Something is missing, an important piece of the natu...
4: PDP - Coach Collaboration, Working Together for the Kids
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Pat discuss the value of coaches working together in a Player Development Program in order to train themselves to be the best they can be......
3: PDP - Practice Coaching vs Game Coaching
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Pat continue the conversation about the Player Development Program by emphasizing a major component of the motivation behind PDP: LOVING PRA...
2: PDP - Training the Coach
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
PDP = Player Development Program. Chris and Pat begin laying the foundation for a Player Development Program model for youth baseball and softball.&nb...
1: Introduction to The Coaching Life
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pilot episode for The Coaching Life Podcast. Chris Stewart and Pat Martin discuss a plan for helping to improve the landscape of youth sports, especia...