The Youth Baseball Edge Podcast with Rob Tong: Coaching | Drills | Strategy Podcast
1) YBE 168: Select-Level Coaching At Rec Levels
Grant Cowan, MBSA coach and vice commissioner, shares how to coach your rec league team like a select-level coach in part 1 of this two-part interview. Plus Rob answers the Question of the Week (40:5...Show More
2) YBE167: Top Tips for 2024
Rob Tong shares his top seven tips for 2024 that he learned from 2023. Plus Rob answers the Question of the Week about how to teach kids situational awareness. Please let us (and others) know how you...Show More
3) YBE 166: Youth Nutrition, Plus Strength Training Q&A with Joey Greany
Joey Greany, assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Tampa Bay Rays, finishes up his tour de force on youth baseball strength training with a conversation about nutrition and answering liste...Show More
4) YBE 165: The Need For Speed (and Strength and Agility and Sleep) with Joey Graeny
Speed (and strength and agility) is not just an asset in football and soccer. Youth baseball athletes can greatly benefit from this type of training and Joey Graeny, the assistant strength and conditi...Show More
YBE 165: The Need For Speed (and Strength and Agility and Sleep) with Joey Graeny
44:15 | Jun 23rd, 2023
5) YBE164: Lessons Learned in 2022
Host Rob Tong looks back on the spring and fall seasons for his three teams in 2022 and whittled down seven lessons that he thinks might be helpful to you for 2023 and beyond. Plus Rob answers the Que...Show More
6) YBE 163: How To Properly Coach Third Base with Toby Gardenhire
While the majority of 1B coaches in youth baseball tend to be spectators rather than coaches, 3B coaches in youth baseball also tend to not fulfill their responsibilities well and/or not know all thei...Show More
7) YBE 162: How To Properly Coach First Base with Toby Gardenhire
What exactly does a first base coach do in youth baseball? A LOT, actually. Toby Gardenhire, manager of the St. Paul Saints, breaks it all down for us in Part 1 of a two-part interview. Plus Rob answ...Show More
8) YBE 161: Rules Every Coach Should Know Before Arguing With Umpires, Part 4, with Brandon Jackson
Test your knowledge of more commonly misunderstood baseball rules with Brandon Jackson, former umpire at the D1/DII/DIII level. Coaches should know these rules before going out to argue with the umpir...Show More
9) YBE160: Rules Every Coach Should Know Before Arguing With The Umpire, Part 3, with Brandon Jackson
Test your knowledge of fair vs foul, batter's box rules, granting time, the infield fly rule, batted balls hitting objects, how to make appeals and the legality of stealing signs, as well as whether c...Show More
10) YBE 159: Rules Every Coach Should Know Before Arguing With Umpires, Part 2, with Brandon Jackson
Test your knowledge of the rules as Brandon Jackson, former umpire at the collegiate D1/D2/D3 levels, explains more rules every coach should know before arguing with the umpires in Part 2 of a four-pa...Show More