ABCA Podcast American Baseball Coaches Association

This week’s ABCA Podcast episode was recorded on-location at the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. Lewiston has hosted the NAIA World Series for 22 years and the town always rallies around the event. The night prior to the opening game, the ABCA and City of Lewiston host a youth clinic, which had over 400 kids in attendance this year and we thank the coaches and players from the competing teams that took part in making the youth clinic a success once again!
In this episode, we're joined by Billy Berry (Tennessee Wesleyan), Jonathan Burton (Reinhardt), Adrian Dinkel (Southeastern), Bobby Halford (William Carey), Joe McDonald (Arizona Christian), Bill Neale (Kansas Wesleyan), Brett Neffendorf (Indiana Southeast), Jeremy Sheetinger (Georgia Gwinnett), and Brad Shelton (Cumberland) to discuss their season's and NAIA baseball as a whole.
National Champion, Larry Mahoney of Hope International will be joining the ABCA Podcast in a future episode to discuss his program's first NAIA national title!
The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more. New
This episode is sponsored by AWRE Sports. Are you looking to improve your use of video for player development, live-streaming, instant replay or opponent scouting? Most coaches answer "Yes." That's how AWRE Sports began: To solve the video challenges in baseball & softball. Whether you are using their multi-angle, fixed camera system or their mobile softward, AWRE empowers coaches to maximize every aspect of video, all in one comprehensive solution. Their users range from MLB teams and reigning Collegiate National Champions to strong high school programs and literally everything in between. So the real questions becomes: Will you turn video into a powerful tool to elevate your program or stick with the status quo. You can find out more information at awresports.com.

Wolf has been a practicing Exercise Physiologist and Biomechanist for 44 years, specializing in injury evaluation and gait & motion analysis. For nearly the last decade, Wolf has been conducting a study on UCL injuries and has found a significant correlation with hip immobility opposite the throwing arm, stride length, and elbow injuries. This episode is a deep dive into how the lower half affects arm health and arm injuries.
The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more.
This ABCA Podcast episode is sponsored by AWRE Sports. Are you looking to improve your use of video for player development, live-streaming, instant replay or opponent scouting? Most coaches answer "Yes." That's how AWRE Sports began: To solve the video challenges in baseball & softball. Whether you are using their multi-angle, fixed camera system or their mobile software, AWRE empowers coaches to maximize every aspect of video, all in one comprehensive solution. Their users range from MLB teams and reigning Collegiate National Champions to strong high school programs and literally everything in between. So the real questions becomes: Will you turn video into a powerful tool to elevate your program or stick with the status quo. You can find out more information at awresports.com.

Joining us this week on the ABCA Podcast is Baseball Prodigy and Pro Source Athletics founder, Brandon Agamennone. Agamennone was Maryland’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 1994 before pitching for the University of Maryland in the mid 90’s. Agamennone pitched professionally for 8 seasons with the Expos, Orioles and Pirates. Agamennone scouted for the Padres, Braves and was with the Red Sox when they won their 2018 World Series. Agamennone founded Pro Source Athletics in 2004 and is the author of the book Pitching Prodigy: Unleashing Greatness on the Mound. Agamennone’s current project is Baseball Prodigy and the ProLook College Baseball Recruiting App. This is an entertaining listen on professional baseball, travel baseball, entrepenueriship and training pitchers. The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more. New ABCA Podcast Sponser is AWRE Sports. Are you looking to improve your use of video for player development, live-streaming, instant replay or opponent scouting? Most coaches answer "Yes." That's how AWRE Sports began: To solve the video challenges in baseball & softball. Whether you are using their multi-angle, fixed camera s

Next up on the ABCA Podcast are Minority Prospects’ Alex Wyche and Reggie Hollins. Wyche founded Minority Prospects after a successful stint coaching high school baseball in the State of Georgia. Wyche served as an educator and coach for 13 years. Wyche was the first black head coach at Griffin High School. Wyche’s next opportunity was at Redan High School, which is historically one of the best high school programs in the country. In seven seasons Wyche had over 100 wins, seven MLB draft picks and 60 players obtaining college scholarships. Wyche was the 2022 recipient of the Georgia High School State Coach of the Year. Hollins is currently the President/COO of Minority Prospects. Hollins came from the college side after 13 seasons as an assistant and head coach at Tuskegee University. In Hollins’ time coaching at Tuskegee the Golden Tigers had the most wins since 1999 in his first season as head coach and played for an SIAC Conference Championship for the first time since 1989. In 2021 Hollins spoke for the ABCA Virtual Convention during COVID, if you want to dive into his talk on the website. This is a highly entertaining listen. The three of us had a great time. The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one fa

This week on the ABCA Podcast is the owner of Elevate Sports Academy, Adam Sarancik. Sarancik mentors student-athletes in physical conditioning, nutrition, career & college counseling and sport skills. Sarancik has spent most of his adult life mentoring youth ages 8-22 in baseball, softball, soccer and basketball. In baseball, Sarancik’s teams have consistently won championships at every youth league and high school level. In administration, Sarancik has served as a league founder, board member and coaches’ & players’ clinic director over the course of his 40+ year coaching career. Sarancik earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from San Diego State University, Juris Doctor Degree from the University of San Diego and his Masters of Arts in Teaching Degree from Western Oregon University. Sarancik has written 11 articles for the ABCA’s Inside Pitch Magazine and is the author of 3 books. Sarancik’s fourth book “Teacher, Role Model, Mentor: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Coaching” will be published later this year. The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabric

Next up on the ABCA Podcast is Corona High School head coach, Andy Wise. Wise has led Corona to a historic season winning the USA Baseball NHSI and going undefeated in league play for the first time in school history. Corona is ranked #1 in most high school polls. Wise started his playing career for ABCA Hall of Famer Don Sneddon at Santa Ana CC before heading to Long Beach State to play for another legend in Dave Snow. Wise pitched on the 1993 Long Beach State College World Series team. After a brief stint in professional baseball, Wise started his coaching career with another ABCA Hall of Famer Dave Demarest at La Quinta High School. Wise took over the Corona program in 2009 after starting the program at Segerstrom Fundamental in 2006. Wise has built Corona into a nationally known program from a team that was 3-11 in league play the year before Wise showed up on campus. The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more. Coaches: Let's talk about your new assistant: Rapsodo. With Rapsodo's products you can track everything from how fast a pitcher throws to a batter's spin rate off the bat. Rapsodo's pro-level data gives you the power to look deeper into every athlete's skills, helping them take their game to the next level. Whether you want the basic dat