Unparalleled Performance Podcast

On this week's episode release, Reebs welcomes one of his best friends to the studio, Jason Godbee. The two have spent four summers together coaching collegiate baseball in the New York Collegiate Baseball League and the Northwoods League. Godbee is currently the head baseball coach at Strong Rock Christian High School in Locust Grove, Georgia. They won their first state championship in school his...

Joining Reebs in studio this week is current MLB pitcher Mason Englert, who made his debut this past season with the Detroit Tigers, making 31 appearances before an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the 2023 season. Englert was a 4th Round draft pick out of Forney HS (TX) by the Texas Rangers in 2018. His journey to the Big Leagues is incredibly impressive as he dives into the challenges a...

Reebs welcomes Jakob Marsee to the studio for this week's episode to talk about his journey. He has had a pretty unique path after missing out on his high school senior season for baseball due to injury, followed by his freshman campaign at Central Michigan University getting cut short due to Covid, along with his first stint in the Northwoods League lasting less than a week also due to Covid.  De...

This week Reebs heads back to the big seat in the dugout with head coach Jake Boss Jr., who is  currently in 16th season as the head baseball coach at Michigan State University. Boss has accumulated over 400 wins (441-388) in his head coaching career, and has been a part of and led numerous championship caliber teams. Not only have his teams had success on the field, but he has helped develop play...

Welcome back for another episode this week as Reebs welcomes DJ LeMahieu to the studio, a 3x MLB All-Star, 4x Gold Glove Winner, and 2x Batting Champ (both NL and AL). DJ started his career with the Chicago Cubs, debuting with them before being traded to the Colorado Rockies, and then signing as a free agent with the New York Yankees in 2019 and has been with them since. Topics on the episode cent...

Joining Reebs in the Studio for this week's episode is author, Jim Minton. Jim wrote the book titled, "Just Call Me Dad".  The two chat about principles from Jim's book, which focus on having a "Wordview" rather than a "Worldview," which in other words puts the focus on Christ/Scripture, rather than on what the world perceives as success or important. Growing up as an accomplished athlete and bein...

Joining Reebs in the studio this week is Josh Altmann, an MLB Draft Pick by the Texas Rangers in 2015, playing for the organization until 2020. He then began his journey in independent professional baseball, and has garnered numerous awards over the past few seasons. He also accumulated awards during his MiLB career in the Rangers organization, having some really good years in the Carolina League....

Reebs is back in the studio, and for the 2nd time, by himself!  He breaks down pressure into two different categories, internal and external pressure. There are five key ways to alleviate pressure that he talks about in this episode. Control what you can control. Rid yourself of distractions. Don't magnify ONE thing. Accept failure (and accept success). Leave the results in God's hands. This episo...

Eric Ebers joins the studio with Reebs to chat about his playing and coaching background, which is no stranger to success. He most recently led William Carey's pitching staff who made a run to the NAIA World Series this past season in 2023, being one of the most successful year's in the program's rich history. As a player, Ebers played JUCO baseball at John A. Logan and went to the NJCAA World Ser...

Back and rolling as we hit off the fall season with EP 17 of the podcast featuring Dan Evans, who was the General Manager for one of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers (2001-2004). He helped rebuild the franchise and ended their 7-year playoff drought during his tenure. His resume is incredibly extensive as he has held pretty much every role imaginable in...

Joining Reebs for EP 16 is Harvey Martin, the Human Performance Coach for the San Francisco Giants, along with being a public speaker and author. They have known each other for a long time, dating back to travel baseball before the age of ten, and then continuing their friendship and connection to where they are at now in their lives. Harvey has worked with many elite performers at all levels and...

WE ARE BACK! Reebs is jacked to be back in the studio to kick off the restart of the podcast after a couple month hiatus and joining with him for this week's episode is Eric Laskovy, the head baseball coach at Kellogg Community College. Laskovy has been involved with the baseball program at Kellogg for the past 25 seasons and is entering his 18th season as the head coach, having made it to the NJC...

Joining Reebs in the studio for this week's release is author Justin Brown, who wrote the book Stay the Course. In his book, he lists and goes into detail about Five Transformational Principles Of Leaders Who Last which are discussed on this recording. If you are a CEO, coach, manager, pastor, mom or dad, or leader in any spectrum of life, this discussion will enable you to think in depth about to...

Casey Wila joined Reebs in the studio this week for a really humble and down to earth conversation about Wila's journey from the small college stage to the division one level. Wila is a very genuine coach who has a unique ability to connect with all personality types on a strong level as he develops players on and off the field. Wila grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended Aquinas College,...

Coach Reebs goes solo for the first time on this week's episode giving the show a twist. He is currently the field manager with the Traverse City Pit Spitters in the Northwoods League and has helped lead the team to two league championships in 2019 and 2021, along with being named Field Manager of the Year in 2019. He has seen over 30 of his players advance to Major League Baseball organizations,...

In our eleventh episode, our host Reebs welcomes his former boss, Kevin Tidey, to the studio. Tidey is currently in his 12th season as the head baseball coach at Davenport, and 15th season overall with the program, which is the entire existence of the baseball program. At the helm, he has accumulated sustained success with over 400 wins, multiple conference championships, an NAIA World Series appe...

Reebs welcomes Grant Wolfram to the studio for the tenth episode. Wolfram is currently in the Texas Rangers organization, pitching for the Frisco Roughriders (AA). The two met in 2016 when Reebs accepted the pitching coach role at Davenport University (NCAA DII, Michigan) and Wolfram was transferring into the program at the same time, coming from Central Michigan University. Wolfram dives deep int...

A power couple for sure, Reebs sits down with the two of our guests Conner and Sarah Rose to talk about faith, success, relationships, dating/marriage, support systems, and failure based on each of their life experiences individually and as a married couple. Conner played college baseball at East Texas Baptist University and spent a summer playing for Reebs in the New York Collegiate Baseball Leag...

Few people have the chance to get drafted into professional sports, let alone twice, and both times being selected in the 1st Round. It happened to Tyler, who Reebs welcomes to the studio for this week's episode. Beede was the 21st pick overall by the Toronto Blue Jays out of high school and decided to attend Vanderbilt University instead, which lead him to opportunities of playing for the Team US...

On this week's episode, Caleb Lang, a two-time NCAA Division III All-American during his playing days, among many other accolades, who has now had a lot of success as a young coach helping the Traverse City Pit Spitters to their first Northwoods League Championship in 2019 as the hitting coach, along with running the offense at Concordia University (NE) and helping take the team to the NAIA World...

Stu Fritz, a true winner on and off the field who has accumulated over 600 wins as a head coach at the collegiate level, joins Reebs for a deep dive into topics that cover all things surrounding winning and success. As another elite mind to join the show, he shares his knowledge and experiences that have molded him into the coach that he is known for today, which is person first and player second....

Packed into this episode, Reebs and Gates chat about a multitude of topics that can help athletes become more elite and more calm including Evan's foundation, faith, being at the core of it all. The two talk about separators between the elite and average, along with the confidence it takes to do that. "Gator" talks about having anchor statements in tense moments, leaving a legacy, and also about h...

Reebs has a great conversation with a former player of his, Josh Schulman, that he coached for two summers in the New York Collegiate Baseball League with the Niagara Power. Schulman entered the coaching ranks in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League and Pomona Pitzer, followed by his first stint at Wofford College, then onto Yale, and has returned back to Wofford. They discuss the importanc...

This episode features an inspiring story as MJ hops on the show to discuss how his career navigated all the way up to the Major Leagues, making his debut with the Los Angeles Angels last season. With such a simple mindset of consistency and being relentless in his pursuit of playing professional baseball at the highest level, there are so many valuable lessons we can learn from his journey. Althou...

On this episode, Lance "Big Wheel" Parrish joins the show to talk about his upbringing and holding himself to high standards, along with insights into what made the '84 World Series Champs tick from accountability and leadership in the dugout.  Other topics include coaches that impacted his life and his faith in Christ. The conversation is packed with nuggets of wisdom from someone who has had ple...