Ahead Of The Curve with Jonathan Gelnar

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes My coach in middle school said 4 words that changed my life and those 4 words were ‘Get on the line’. In that moment I found out what discipline was. Discipline is doing what we don’t want to do today, to get what we want tomorrow. I liked to think I was special, but it was our coaching staff that was special. My coac...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play  Quotes We're going to have more husbands and fathers than we are major league baseball players. We're here to build young men, and when they leave this program they're going to be contributing members to society. We want guys that will fight at the drop of a hat. Guys that are tough, maybe were a little overlooked in HS. Guys...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes Our approach to teaching a new skill is education, application and support. We start with why its important, then we apply it to practice and then from there we figure out what works and what doesn’t for each kid. We say the breath is the MVP of the mental game. We spend a lot of time on teaching it. a concept that Ke...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes Being a cowboy is being a part of one of the greatest programs in the history of college baseball We hang our hat on player development. There’s not a team in the big 12 that has had more draft picks than us in the last 5 years Our demand in practice is energy. You’ve gotta come out prepared to play and practice with...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play  Quotes "We've been doing an overload and underload throwing program for 22-23 years. We call it the Nate Smith throwing program. We use a tennis ball, a softball, and a baseball." We throw more than any program than i've ever run into. But i've always had the belief that we pitch too much and we dont throw enough. W...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes I want them to be in competition with themselves to be perfect. That's the only way we're going to field at a really high clip and win games. Some elements that I like to include every single day that I don't think coaches do enough of           1. Stretching and catching regardless of position           2. Stretching...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes I'm anti glancing blows. Networking is about developing true meaningful relationships (on how to remember names) Try and say someone's name 2 times in 20 seconds and 3 times in 30 seconds. There's power in saying someone's name that cannot be manufactured any other way. As long as no one cares who gets the credit, we'...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes We call ourselves the valley boys. Because we represent the valley. We're getting out on that field every single day and sweating in this heat and working hard and doing all the extra things so when the valley comes and watches us play, they can be proud. We have our players back and we continually let them know that...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes One of the first conversations we have is where does your arm hurt? We have to start with the pain A lot of what we do is player led. Guys tend to figure out things more when they have to teach other people what the ultimate goal of the activity is.  Every year i have someone who doesn't fit the ideal mold, so it keep...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes Our kids are at their strongest in season Were not training to be good in the offseason, were training to be at our best in season. So it drives me crazy when you see kids not lifting in season, it makes no sense. All of our incoming freshman are in a developmental group that focuses on 5 major movements Squat pattern...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes There's a lot of pressure at Flower Mound high school. But it's pressure to not just do well, it's pressure to win, it's pressure to go deep in the playoffs and to get a division 1 scholarship. We take 30 minutes a day in the fall to install the mental game, and it's crucial for us If you make it fun the kids are goin...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes Our culture playbook is resilience, communication, focus and joy. One of the things we say about communication, is we have difficult conversations in person, not text. That doesnt fly in our program Communication is not so that you can be understood, but so that you cannot be misunderstood. If we're not going to be wo...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes (on absolutes) To be fixated on one swing and not knowing the context of that swing is dangerous I think elite hitters hit, and there's a variety of reasons why. sleep. diet. swing. mentality. That all adds up to make a great hitter. There are concepts that they have that arent many absolutes. (on practice) I reverse...

Ahead of the Curve Coaches facebook group   Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes We talk about the 4 in the 40 a lot. What are our guys going to do on their 4 years on campus that allows them to be great in the next 40   We combine being a good person, being a good student, and being excellent on the field in your role and that's what a drury panther is...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes We drive competition in practice by letting them play a different sport., then we really get to see who wants to compete I'm a big proponent of multi sports athletes. Other sports create toughness, athletic ability and a sense of team. We let the players run a couple practices a year. It really shows you who listens t...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Link to "The High Performance Hitter" by Chris Dunn    Quotes Finding a way to create a dialogue and a way to start kids engaged in the process is the best thing you could ever do as a coach When you have a good dialogue with your player, you can start to translate what their feel is and what's actually happening....

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes Most of the time when i put stuff out I'm trying to solve a problem. I'm trying to show that there isn't one way to get it done.   The key to coaching in general is to be honest and have an objective view. I just shut up and watch. Then ill make suggestions.   My first step is to help them be more explosive. Mostly it...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play COACHES SERIES: USE OF WEIGHTED BASEBALLS AT NIACC – 3 YEARS OF RUN N’ GUNS Quotes  You want to get kids ultra competitive? Throw a radar gun up and watch them go crazy   If you're going to be a NIACC Trojan, you've got to earn it. There wont be anything handed to you.   Our guys make goals and standards. Then we print it off...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Link to hitting drive   Quotes How often should we evaluate athletes? We have to understand that our athletes are going to change year to year, or even month to month. Constant evaluation and re evaluation is extremely important.   How can we help our athletes recover better? Poor sleep quality is rampant amongst all levels...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes "our kids own practice, we teach them to know it, do it, and own it."   Its about building the the young man. If we can build a better man, we will get a better baseball player.   The kids, 50 years from now, will remember getting knocked down and getting back up. These are things theyll carry with them the...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play Quotes We're looking to not only build good baseball players, but create men that can go out into society and change the world.   Its easy to tell how good a player is by their actions but i want to see how they react to adversity, i want to see good body language and i want to see how they treat their teammates   A lot of bas...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes Every throw you ever make is either helping your command or hurting your command.   Just because you are the best player on your high school team that doesnt mean that doesnt mean you're going to play in college. Go watch college games and see what those guys look like and see what that level of play truly is   Go fin...

Subscribe on iTunes    Subscribe on Stitcher   Subscribe on Google Play   Quotes "A majority of kids need to learn to move better, have better posture, and learn to move their body in space."   "What it boils down to is developing the entire body. The shoulder starts at the feet, you have to start with the ground."   "If we get them to actually put the baseball down, and a...

Subscribe on iTunes    Quotes I thank God everyday for making me a cavalier. Our culture is about communication, hard work, and no drama. We just wanna play ball. We get a lot of kids whose parents use to carry their bags to games, so we want to mentally challenge kids.  If you’re a coach, and you aren’t learning about your guys every day, you're not coaching. Your leaders have to be the guys that...

What is my why for starting this podcast? Listen to find out. Website and Social Media sites for the show Website www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook facebook.com/aotcpodcast Instagram aotc_podcast Contact Info for Jonathan Twitter @j_gelnar7 Email jgelnar7@gmail.com