Johansen Baseball 2.0

This week, Jake and Ryan are joined by AJ Gill, former White Sox minor leaguer and Aurora Spartan. If that name sounds familiar, AJ has joined as a guest on our old podcast, Damage at the Dish, and was also mentioned in the episode we did with Coach Stevens from Aurora University.

This week, Jake and Ryan are joined by former big leaguer, Brandon Guyer about mindset. Drafted by the Cubs in 2007, Guyer spent several seasons in the MLB with Tampa Bay Rays and most notably on the Cleveland Indians during their run to the World Series in 2016.  Brandon spent the 2023 season working for the Angels as a mental skills coach. For more information, go to brandonguyer.com.

This week, Jake and Ryan were joined on the podcast by former MLB manager and player, Clint Hurdle. Clint spent ten years playing in the big leagues and returned to the majors for 22 years as a coach and manager from 1997-2019. This is an episode you won't want to miss! 

This week Jake and Ryan talk to head coach of Aurora University Baseball, Adam Stevens, about mental strategies for teams and individual athletes. His Aurora Spartans have become one of only eleven Division III schools to make five consecutive NCAA Regionals and coached them to a program record 42 wins in 2023.

This week, Jake and Ryan are joined by Amy Staheli from healthyfamiliesthrive.com.

Jake and Ryan have on Dania Polly, a certified occupational therapy assistant and the  Director of Clinical Services for Hillman Pediatric Therapy, to talk about emotional regulation and the struggles athletes, coaches, and parents may face in this realm.

Part 2 of our conversation with Chad Longworth, founder of Longworth Player Development. 

This week Jake and Ryan catch up with long time friend of Johansen Baseball, Chad Longworth. Chad is the founder of Longworth Player Development. 

This week, Jake and Ryan are joined by Caleb Abney, former head coach of Lancaster Bible College's Baseball team. Caleb has made coaching stops at every level and holds a Masters of Kinesiology from the University of Georgia. 

This week, Jake and Ryan talk about the one thing. Give a listen to find out what that one thing is.

This week, Jake and Ryan talk about what they offer clients through Johansen Baseball.

This week is the second part of the interview with Shawn Sherman, founder of Square1 System.

This week Jake and Ryan interview Shawn Sherman, founder of Square1 System, to discuss their past working together and how his system, "a human performance framework that does more than just reduce pain," can help athletes. Part 1

This week Jake is joined by Matt Lopes of Matt Lopes Baseball to talk about habits and why they are important!

This week Jake and Ryan are joined by special guest Dr. Eric Hamilton to talk about the vestibular system, its importance to baseball, and how to train it. Dr. Hamilton holds a doctorate in Physical Therapy, is a specialist in Orthopedics, and is CSCS certified. He also is the founder and co-owner of Rehab for Performance based in Michigan.

This week Jake and Ryan have special guest, Senior Director of Professional Baseball for Blast Motion, Kyle Attl on the podcast to discuss Blast Motion and everything bat sensors!

This week, Jake and Ryan finish up their two-part episode series on recruiting.

This week and next week, Jake and Ryan break down recruiting. From process, to what coaches look for, to what you can do to stand out, this two part series is one you'll want to listen to!

This week on the podcast Jake and Ryan are joined by Kyle Harris, Assistant Director of performance at Tread Athletics, to answer all the questions about in season lifting.

This week, Jake and Ryan talk everything optics related at all levels of baseball from player, coach, and parent perspective

This week, Ryan and Jake invite founder of uHit to talk hitting and their product on the podcast.

June is Men's Mental Health Awareness month, so this week Jake and Ryan have special guest Dr. Chris Mazzarella on to discuss Sports Psychology. Dr. Mazzarella is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience as a mental health professional. Chris currently practices in the Chicago suburbs and one of his specialties is the realm of sports psychology.

It's official that time of year, tryout season! This week, Jake and Ryan talk anything and everything tryouts!

This week Jake and Ryan are joined by special guests Ryan Fitzgerald and Tyler Osik to talk about slumps.  Ryan currently plays shortstop for the Red Sox's Triple-A Affiliate in Worcester while Tyler played in the White Sox's system from 2019-2023. 

This week, Jake and Ryan go over what it really means to be coachable, from the perspective of coaches and athletes.