The Baseball By The Yard Podcast

Coach Bob McCreary
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Hosted by Coach Bob McCreary, a former college and professional baseball player as well as a former high school, college, and professional coach, The Baseball By The Yard Podcast teaches players, coaches, parents, and baseball fans of all ages and levels the finer points within the great game of baseball. Whether you play or work with kids at the Little League level or any level through professional baseball, the physical and mental tips passed on hopefully will allow you to better perform at whatever level you find yourself during your journey through the game.

Episodes

  1. 04/14/2022

    Episode 010 - Six core principles of pitching

    In today's episode, Coach Bob McCreary lists and explains the six core principles of successful pitching.  Hint:  Velocity is not one of them! Coach McCreary is the founder of BaseballByTheYard.com, the website that teaches the finer points of baseball for all levels.

    35 min

  2. 04/07/2022

    Episode 009 - Advice I gave to a high school team

    In today's episode, Coach Bob McCreary talks about a sociology concept he shared with a high school program at their annual "First Dinner" to start off the season.  The concept involved is the positive side to deviance.  For more tips in all areas of the game, be sure to check out BaseballByTheYard.com.

    24 min

  3. 03/03/2022

    Episode 008 5 tips for infielders when runners are on base

    In today's episode, Coach Bob McCreary explains five things that infielder must be aware of and do when there are runners on base.  Unfortunately, infielders at all levels are often not taught several of these which can come back to burn their teams eventually. For more tips in all areas of the game, go to BaseballByTheYard.com.

    29 min

  4. 02/23/2022

    Episode 007 What is pitchability?

    In today's episode, Coach Bob McCreary explains what the term "pitchability" means.  He breaks down ten things that go into the term and uses explanations, examples, and stories of how quality pitchers use them effectively and consistently.

    28 min

  5. 02/16/2022

    Episode 006 Seven habits of highly effective infielders

    In this episode, Coach Bob McCreary lists several behaviors that high level infielders do on a consistent basis that separate them from average players.  He also provides some exciting news about a new product coming from Baseball By The Yard for coaches and players, especially those transitioning to the regulation size (60/90) field. Go to BaseballByTheYard.com for many more tips in a ll areas of the game! Check out the almost 300 instructional videos on the Baseball By The Yard YouTube channel as well!

    39 min
  6. Episode 005 - Tryout tips for coaches and players

    02/10/2022

    Episode 005 - Tryout tips for coaches and players

    In this episode, Coach Bob McCreary provides valuable tips for coaches trying to organize and run a more effective tryout.  Also discussed are ways to head off some of the problems with the aftermath of tryouts.  Part 2 of the podcast is for players where Coach provides some do's and don't no matter what age level is involved.

    39 min

  7. 01/26/2022

    Episode 004 - Five pitching hacks to conserve energy and pitch longer

    BaseballByTheYard.com In this episode, Coach Bob McCreary opens the podcast with the first "I won the Internet Award."  In the feature segment, he gives numerous tips to pitchers on ways to conserve their energy before and during the course of a game so that they can let longer in games.  Many pitchers sabotage their performance by "leaking" energy in several not-so-obvious ways. In the Blast from the Past segment, Coach McCreary shares a two-part written post written in April, 2011, where he explains in much more detail how a pitcher should be warming up prior to games.  Both the timing of the warm-up and the actual throwing schedule in the bullpen are addressed.  Links to these two posts are below. Pitchers: Pre-game Routine (Part 1) Pitchers: Pre-game Routine (Part 2)

    31 min

  8. 01/22/2022

    Episode 003: If you are giving 100% then you need to stop!

    Coach McCreary explains some psychology in this episode and tells players and coaches why "You need to give 100%!" is not necessarily good advice.  In the second part of the show, Coach McCreary shares a 2014 post he wrote on his website (BaseballByTheYard.com) titled Level of Mastery.  In that post, he explains why it is so counterproductive for players to think that their performance and fundamentals will improve in the game when they don't focus on them in practice.

    22 min

  9. 01/16/2022

    Episode 002 - The Streetlight Effect and what it means in baseball

    BaseballByTheYard.com Baseball By The Yard YouTube Channel Episode 002: What is the Streetlight Effect? What baseball players and coaches can learn from the Streetlight Effect. Your imaginary opponent.

    15 min

  10. 01/16/2022

    Episode 001 - Welcome to the Baseball By The Yard Podcast!

    BaseballByTheYard.com YouTube Channel Episode 001: Welcome! Introducing Coach Bob McCreary! What does "Baseball By The Yard" mean? What to expect in future podcasts!

    17 min
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Hosted by Coach Bob McCreary, a former college and professional baseball player as well as a former high school, college, and professional coach, The Baseball By The Yard Podcast teaches players, coaches, parents, and baseball fans of all ages and levels the finer points within the great game of baseball. Whether you play or work with kids at the Little League level or any level through professional baseball, the physical and mental tips passed on hopefully will allow you to better perform at whatever level you find yourself during your journey through the game.

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