Figure It Out Baseball

In this Real Dirt Podcast, we dive into slump busting with Arcadia University head coach Bryan Torresani. Coach Torresani played college at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania before becoming an assistant coach at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coach Torresani has also held positions at Division I La Salle and Immaculata University before taking on the roll o...

In this Real Dirt podcast we explore the mental side of winning with Donato Fanelle. Fanelle is a mental training and peak performance specialist for a company called KPEX consulting out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A Rutgers ice hockey alumni, Fanelle also holds a Master's degree in Sports and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver. Tune in to explore the mental side of winning...

Coach Repking is a Wisconsin native who is now the Head Coach at College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. After graduating from Crown College in 2019, Repking accepted a coaching job at his alma mater in 2020 working with hitters and infielders. In this episode we will gain insight into Repking's transition from player to coach, hitting approaches, recruiting and visits, and much more!

In this Figure It Out Baseball podcast, Mark Van Ameyde joins us for a second time to discuss his coaching career, networking, boundaries, and more. Mark Van Ameyde is the current pitching coach at Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference. Prior to Michigan State, Van Ameyde also held coaching positions at Detroit Mercy, Georgetown, and Eastern Michigan. Tune in to learn all about navig...

Coach Repking is a Wisconsin native who is now the Head Coach at College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. After graduating from Crown College in 2019, Repking accepted a coaching job at his alma mater in 2020 working with hitters and infielders. In this episode, we will touch on Coach Repking's success as both a player and coach at Crown College, and what ingredients were essential for...

In this Real Dirt Podcast with Florida International University Baseball Athletic Trainer, Rodolfo Martinez, we will dive into the most important aspects of injury prevention for overhead athletes.

Nick Puccio is in his first season as the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Penn State University after a successful run as Assistant Coach at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. In this episode, we touch on the common denominators between Division I and Division III baseball, recruiting players authentically, finding ways to win, and so much more!

In this podcast, analytics consultant Brian Goebel and host Jeff Stanek discuss constructing the top of your lineup based on real data. With a background in applied analytics and a passion for baseball, Goebel dives into how utilizing statistics can improve runs scored, run scoring consistency, and more!

Anthony Plá is the Head Coach at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. Not only is he the Head Coach, but he was also the only Coach for a large portion of his career. In this Podcast we discuss how he navigated being the only Coach of Lincoln University Baseball, Having Fun vs. Disrespecting Opponents, and more!

Addison Rouse is the former Head Coach at Salem University in Salem, West Virginia, and the current Head Coach at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois. As the Head Coach at Salem University, the Tigers ranked among the nation's best in stolen bases. In this Real Dirt Podcast, Coach Rouse and Jeff Stanek will be diving into Base Stealing as an equalizer and a way to put pressure on the...

In this podcast, host Jeff Stanek talks with Clay Cox about how he got his start in coaching, the coaches who have shaped his coaching style (and him), why gaps in talent levels often begin and end with a commitment to the weight room, how to be who you are as a player to maximize your own abilities, why "grind" and "relentless" are two main ingredients to their offensive identity, using a 2-strik...

In this podcast, how Jeff Stanek talks with the New York Yankees pitching coach, Matt Blake, about the differences between being a pro coordinator and pitching coach, taking time for family amidst the season, the flaw of watching too much video, how (and when) to use pitch data and analytics, how to close the gap between your goals and your current reality, the importance of understanding your pla...

In this conversation, host Jeff Stanek talks with UMBC Head Baseball Coach Liam Bowen about the future outlook of the UMBC Baseball program, UMBC's timeline in recruiting high school players, how college teams fill immediate roster needs, why recruits need to be such a specific fit to the university, the three difference makers when evaluating PSA's, things that a first-time head coach can expect,...

In this podcast, host Jeff Stanek talks with Jason Colleran about a lot of hot-button topics in the baseball world including the issues with weighted and plyo balls, how the baseball world is in love with creating too much shoulder and elbow stress, questioning whether the quick results that you're seeing will be sustainable, learning how to make the body function optimally using positional isomet...

In this podcast, host Jeff Stanek talks with Matt Parker about how to handle being a highly ranked team and playing with a target on your back, playing vs. yourselves (instead of playing vs the other team), setting crazy expectations to win, "If you'd just score one more run than the other team, you'd win every game!" as an offensive philosophy, why you should want to see good players play badly,...

One of the most incredible stories you will ever hear in professional sports, this is the full story (so far) of Wynton's Bernard's against-all-odds, faith-filled journey through baseball. It starts with Bernard hardly having any college baseball opportunities, transferring twice, being a 35th round pick as a senior and being released after only two part-time years of pro ball. It continues with h...

In this podcast, host Jeff Stanek and Coach Jeff Calhoon talk about his first steps into coaching, working odd jobs to make coaching work, what a "grind" really is, improving situations on his coaching staff, learning to budget money both for the team and for his own finances, how his former head coaches prepared him to be a first-time head coach, the value of being around people who make you bett...

Jerry Edwards is an Assistant Coach with Jacksonville University, a NCAA Division I program located in Jacksonville, Florida. A quick background on Jerry, he is a graduate of N.C. Wesleyan and began his collegiate coaching career there as an assistant coach in 1998.  Then, from 2000-2001 he spent two seasons as the pitching coach at Eastern Kentucky.  He then ended up at Lander Universit...

Aaron Leasher is a Minor League Baseball Left-handed Pitcher in the San Diego Padres Organization.  A quick background on Aaron, he played collegiately at Morehead State University, a Division I program in Morehead, Kentucky.  Following his junior year there he was drafted in the 6th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres.  In 2021, his most recent sea...

Dan Bertolini is the Head Coach at Youngstown State University, a Division I program in Youngstown, Ohio. He is a 2008 graduate of Mercyhurst University where he was a four-year starting shortstop.  After graduating he played professional baseball for a few years before deciding to turn in his cleats and begin a coaching career.  Dan’s first coaching position was at Mercyhurst North East...

Mike Gambino is the Head Baseball Coach at Boston College, a Division I program in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  A little background on Coach Gambino, he played his collegiate playing career at Boston College, graduating in 1999.  The following two years he played professional baseball in the Red Sox Organization.  After deciding to end his playing career he jumped straight into co...

Rob Fournier is the Head Coach at Wabash Valley Community College, a Junior College in Mount Carmel, Illinois.  A little background on Coach Fournier, he started his collegiate playing career at Ventura Community College from 1991-1992 and then transferred to MacMurray College, graduating in 1994.  One year after graduating he started his collegiate coaching career, spending 1995-1996 as...