Attack Angle Tom Dimitroff

On episode 9..we sit down with Coach Mike Dunfee and talk about his experiences in coaching. We talk shop about sharing players at the single A level, playing in five state championships, and what advice he would give himself at the beginning of his coaching career. Also..shoutout to his Daughter and her competition cheer on their Fourth State championship!!!

Head Baseball Coach Blake Austin of Trinity Christian HS talks his attack angle when it comes to hitting in his program. We discuss Coach Austins 7 keys to building a hitter, using technology to track development, creating pitch count approaches, and designing a lineup.

We dive into pitching with head coach Scott Strickland of Richmond Hill HS. We talk development of pitchers, creating a staff, and how they build bigger engines. Coach Strickland walks us step by step of how his program creates accountability within his players from the first day they walk into the program. He explains that building relationships in the offseason creates trust on the mound during the season.

On our 6th episode we talk with Coach Trevor Flow of North Hall HS. We discuss what it takes to plan and execute championship level practices. In order to play at a championship level you must practice at one first. You can find coach on twitter at @TrevorFlow. 

We are talking weight lifting and Coach Romano’s incredible shoe game! Chris Romano is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach and Sports Scientist at Walton High School, as well as one of the Assistant Baseball Coaches.  Chris has a Masters degree in exercise science, the National Strength & Conditioning -CSCS with Distinction & RSCC (Registered Strength & Conditioning Coaches), USAW Level 2, FMS, and is a Certified Sports Nutritionist.  Chris & Walton were one of the 37 high schools worldwide  (one of 3 in Georgia) to be named a National Strength & Conditioning Association Strength of America Award winner in 2020, and he has been nominated for the 2020 NSCA High School Strength Coach of the Year.  Besides working with high school athletes, Chris has interned with both the Braves and Dodgers Sports Performance Departments and was a volunteer assistant coach for Kennesaw State football S&C in 2019.  Chris is one of the National Strength & Conditioning Association's Google Cameo Coaches, creating video demonstrations and answers to trending strength & conditioning google search questions.  Chris started volunteering at Walton in January of 2018 and has built Walton's S&C program to include himself as well as a staff of interns working with baseball, football, fastpitch, cheerleading, boys & girls basketball and boys and girls lacrosse.   Chris comes from an athlete background having played Baseball, Football, Alpine skiing, and Olympic Weightlifting.  Chris represented Team USA 5 times as a master lifter in Olympic Weightlifting competing in 2 world championships, and three pan ams.

Articles...
Faigenbaum et al 2009 youth resistance training (more recent data than the 1999 paper) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281535193_Resistance_training_for_children_and_adolescents_Are_there_health_outcomes
Banyard et al 2018, Velocity based training compared with % based training: https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/14/2/article-p246.xml
My professor's paper on bat swing kinematics https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1409/
link to energy systems used broken down by sport: https://images.app.goo.gl/hEwL5Skchb7EPTLd8

Coach Strickland talks to us about what it takes to build a program, culture, and maintain a high standard. Talks about his time at the citadel, becoming an assistant at his former high school, getting his first head coaching job, and transitioning to the job at Marist. As Coach Strick tells his journey, he discusses how every program he has been apart was built on the foundation of Player Relationship, Preparation and Hard Work. We all became better coaches today!!