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Survive the world of youth to high school baseball from both a coach's and parent's perspective. Subscribe for short episodes designed to help you navigate the ups and downs and chaos of competitive and travel baseball for ages 10 and up.

Fungo Files Jon Loomer

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    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

Survive the world of youth to high school baseball from both a coach's and parent's perspective. Subscribe for short episodes designed to help you navigate the ups and downs and chaos of competitive and travel baseball for ages 10 and up.

    Your End of the Season Evaluation

    Your End of the Season Evaluation

    Once your season has come to a close, you should set aside some time for reflection and self-evaluation. What did you do well? What could you have done better? And most importantly, what steps will you take to improve? Let's put together that plan in today's episode.
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    • 6 min
    Put It In Writing

    Put It In Writing

    If you're a coach, do not assume that your parents and players understand your rules and expectations. And don't assume that all of your expectations are reasonable. Put them in writing and make sure they read those rules before joining your team. You'll thank me later.
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    • 5 min
    Getting What You Want

    Getting What You Want

    What do you do when you don't get what you want -- when you don't get to play the position that you want to play or hit where you want in the lineup? What do you as a parent do when your child doesn't get what they want? And what do you do as a coach when confronted by either about this? It's today's focus.
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    • 10 min
    How the Count Impacts Hitting Results

    How the Count Impacts Hitting Results

    The hitter is at an enormous advantage in some counts and a disadvantage at others. We have the stats to back it up. Do your players understand how the count impacts their results and how that may contribute to their approach?
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    • 9 min
    The Selective Aggression Hitting Approach

    The Selective Aggression Hitting Approach

    Most young hitters who struggle do so because they don't have a plan. Let's change that. A simple approach that any hitter can use to find more consistent results is Selective Aggression. Here's how it works...
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    • 8 min
    Baserunning is MATH

    Baserunning is MATH

    It may sound nerdy, but math can help show your young baserunners when they should be aggressive and when they should be more conservative on the bases. There are three exercises that we've done that you can do, too. It's fun to see the lightbulb go off!
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    • 8 min

Customer Reviews

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7 Ratings

7 Ratings

#Joe13 ,

Love the podcast

This podcast is a great compilation of topics that can help many navigate to intense world of Youth Baseball. The logical and thoughtful (possibly controversial) ideas put fourth by Jon Loomer really help to simplify the game and process. I think there is a little something everyone can take away from this podcast. Coaches, parents and kids alike.

nkomma1 ,

Finally!

I have always used your site as a go to for my coaching materials. Thank you for all that you do. Can’t wait to see the topics.

I would love to hear more about what metrics you use the most for your team. Also, how do you bring these up to the kids without them over analyzing everything?

Thanks
Nick

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