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
