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The Youth Baseball Edge Podcast with Rob Tong: Coaching | Drills | StrategyAuthor: Rob Tong: Youth Baseball Coach, Consultant and Training & Development Leade
Rob Tong from the Youth Baseball Edge blog interviews experts in youth baseball and related fields as they share their practical, actionable secrets for youth baseball success. Discover coaching tips, resources, drills, practice plans, strategies and much more so that you can help develop a more complete ballplayer and team. Understand how pitching, hitting, catching, fielding, baserunning, throwing, infield and outfield defense, bunting, pre-game routines, the mental game, practice organization, in-game strategies, sportsmanship and even post-game speeches are not just separate parts but interconnected parts that should be taught from a big picture perspective. Learn from the interview guests how to distinguish proper fundamentals from fraudulent ones. Plus, exclusive segments and occasional surprises. No fluff, no promotion of other people's stuff, no wasting your time. Whether you coach travel baseball, Little League/Ripken/Babe Ruth/Pony/USA baseball/etc, or just your local park league, be inspired and help develop a love and passion for the game in the kids you lead, the next generation of baseball players. Language: en Genres: Baseball, Education, How To, Sports Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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YBE172: Lessons Learned As An Umpire I Never Learned As A Coach
Episode 172
Monday, 13 July, 2026
Umpires are expected to be perfect 100% of the time. And if you make a mistake—or are perceived as having made a mistake—you get yelled at. Who would want that kind of job? Well, I would. And after taking that kind of job, Rob learned five things in one year of umpiring that he never learned in twenty-one years of coaching. Also, he answers the Question of the Week (17:17) about when to pull a struggling youth pitcher. In this 23-minute episode, I share: why coaches don't know the rules nearly as well as we think we do (2:32) why umpiring is much harder than it looks (10:06) the sad reality that coaches and umpires see themselves, by default, as enemies (11:50) how becoming an umpire has changed how I coach (14:57) why more coaches should be umpires (16:10) Resources mentioned in this episode: GamePlan practice planning app (Officially launched!)
