Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Anthony Renz Concordia College

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BIO

• HC at Concordia College (MN)
  • AC since 2018
  • Acting HC 2022
  • 2022 Conference tournament
  • 2023 Conference tournament and win
  • Most hits
  • Most conference players
• Bench Coach & Hitting Coach with Fargo-Moorhead
  • MLB Partner league (Pioneer, Frontier, American Assoc, Atlantic)
  • American Association champions (1st A.A title since merging)
• Former AC and GA Shippensburg University (2016-2018)
  • Regional 2017
  • PSAC tournament 2018
  • 4 guys played pro ball during time at Ship
• Indy ball grinder!
  • Las Vegas Train Robbers
  • Evansville Otters
  • Fargo-Moorhead

NOTES

• Powerful tool of Twitter
• Recruiting world at your fingertips
• Form good relationships
• Show I was a good coach and gain trust
• Work youth baseball camps to grind and learn
• Off season was CAMPS!
• The grind makes you better!
• Make sure the players know it is there program
• Player driven. Coaches put up guard rails
• Players win game, coaches lose them
• The guys after college are set up for success
• For 4 years we want you to feel like you are involved in the world series
• Our togetherness is second to none
  • Town ball, playing more together
  • Cobber baseball family
  • Be with a group of guys you can lose with**
• Team building days
  • Community events
  • Supporting other athletic events
  • Bus rides - Florida trips
• They should want to come to practice as long as the environment is good
• Winning helps the experience
• What can you do to make practice fun?
• Pick teams - compete more
• Balance of fun and intensity
• Conditioning mix of games
• Practice matters
• Everyday is a tryout
• You got to perform - playing hard is given and at end of day you need to perform
• Elimination in the cage - one pitch, in or out
• Create competition with the skills set in mind
• Reward BP “Dinger club”
• Hit the ball hard determines who you are
  • Line drives - right above the L screen
  • Gaps/HR - knock down the batter eye
• Group BP based on skill set or lineup
• Technology helps make live AB more realistic results, provide clarity
• Technology turns up the focus
• Train for higher EV
  • Hit a ton of machine
  • Weighted bat work
  • Hit plyo
• Barrel control
  • Throw two balls and always hit low ball
  • Reward batting practice or out of cage if you don’t accomplish task (put a value on each swing)
• 2 strikes
  • Unpredictable of 2K pitch needs to be trained with working on getting your barrel to the ball
• Manage your work - know your body
• Those who hit often, often hit
• Stick to what you believe in and stay consistent. Don’t over react with small sample size.
• Be where your feet are
• All in right here