The Layback Podcast

Professional Pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization, Aiden May, joins episode 47 of The Layback Podcast. The righty starter and New Mexico native walks listeners through his career from the high school days through his first pro off-season. The second round draft pick's career wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. With a UCL tear prior to his senior year of high school, a college de-commitment, and...

Episode 46 of The Layback Podcast features Carter Hohn of Full Send Performance. The Chaplain of the Chapel of Cheddar - Full Send Performance is housed in an old church outside of Pittsburgh - discusses his journey from player to coach, and the not so rude awakening he had when he realized his playing journey was coming to an end. Hohn's draw to player development and helping athletes allowed...

Episode 45 of The Layback Podcast features Pitching Consultant Austin Marchesani. With previous stops including the Los Angeles Angels, University of Iowa, and Premier Pitching Performance (P3), Austin brings a wealth of knowledge and experience working alongside some of the game's brightest minds. Marchesani's career really got started where most people's ends - with injury. From injury, Austin w...

Episode 44 of The Layback Podcast features Josh Epstein, Assistant Coach at the University of Richmond. Since joining the Spiders in 2021 after his tenure at Monmouth, Epstein has led the pitching department with a focus on relationship-building and long-term player development. The Cleveland native emphasizes an "it takes a village" mentality, explaining how Richmond leverages support staff, fost...

FlexPro Grip's very own Director of Operations, Gavin Keipp-Stroud, makes his Layback debut to review the 2024 Wake Forest Player Development Seminar. Episode 43 of The Layback Podcast contains a complete summary of each of this year's speakers (aside from the one we missed - sorry Ben!), highlighted by personal takeaways and general notes that can be applicable to any coach, team, or organization...

Dan Mahoney, founder of Player Development Lab (Virginia) and former Rehab Pitching Coordinator for the Cleveland Guardians, joins episode 42 of The Layback Podcast. Known on social media as "Rehab Pitching Guy," Dan is dedicated to ensuring no one’s career ends the way his did. A Tommy John surgery veteran himself, Mahoney emphasizes the importance of individualization, objectivity, communication...

Miller Hogan marks the first two time guest in The Layback Podcast's short history. The Tommy John Hybrid Reconstruction survivor joins episode 41 to discuss the latter half of his rehab and his valiant return to the mound for the Gigantes de Carolina in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rican Winter League). Miller takes listeners on a journey from where we last left off in...

Highly sought after 2026 recruit and Tommy John survivor, Andrew Bennett, and his father, Thomas, joined The Layback Podcast for episode 40. The father and son duo discuss Andrew's rise in the recruiting ranks and fighting through the battle of Tommy John recovery. Andrew highlights the objective approach to his return that he feels helped him stay competitive and motivated. Thomas sings the prais...

Payton Lobdell, founder of Backyard Bullpens and Pitching Coach at Hope International University, joins The Layback Podcast as we learn about his winding road through college and professional baseball. From dealing with injuries to credits not transferring, there were plenty of setbacks that could have deterred Payton from pressing on. With the onset of COVID in 2020, Lobdell stepped away from the...

Dr. Jeff Steuck, physical therapist at Kinetic Sports Medicine (KSMP), joins episode 38 of The Layback Podcast. The Dayton Flyer Alum was a former college teammate of Adam's, and through the small world of baseball, health, and performance training the two have reconnected. Steuck is a Kenosha, WI native who has spent time both in sides of the PT world - insurance based and cash pay. These two rea...

Erik Supplee, Assistant Baseball Coach at the University of San Francisco, joins The Layback Podcast for episode 37. Soup, as he is affectionately known, has quite the coaching resume with stops across multiple level college baseball, highlighted by a 7 year stint at Columbia. Charged with guiding the pitching staffs at his various stops, Supplee has developed quite a knack for helping pitchers di...

Toledo Rocket Redshirt Senior right handed pitcher Logan Danzeisen makes his debut on The Layback Podcast (episode 36). The Sylvania, OH native graduated from Southview High School and went on to play college ball at Purdue University, prior to transferring to University of Toledo for grad school and to finish out his college career. Danzeisen started to experience some elbow issues in high school...

Ian Seymour, left handed pitcher of the Triple A Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Rays) and Rays MiLB Pitcher of the Year, headlines episode 35 of The Layback Podcast. The Massachusetts native shares his journey through minor league baseball and stories of Tommy John rehab. After getting popped in 2nd round of the 2020 Covid shortened MLB draft out of Virginia Tech, Seymour eventually reported to Port Char...

South Arkansas Community College Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator and long time FlexPro Grip partner, Hayden Dow, joins The Layback Podcast for episode 34. Hayden is an Arkansas native who started his coaching journey fresh out of college. Beginning his coaching career at El Dorado High School under Cannon Lester, ironically the same town as South Ark CC, prior to taking the grad assistan...

Episode 33 of The Layback Podcast features the Athletics' newly appointed Pitching Coordinator, Mike McFerran. Formerly of Wake Forest University and Skidmore College, plus experience in the private sector, McFerran brings experience and perspective from all levels of the game. Adam and Mike talk about pitcher identities, making coaching interventions, as well as the power of doing nothing. The tw...

Wake Forest's Pitching Lab Coordinator and Director of Player Development, Sean Fisher, lays back with us this week to primarily run through the plans for the 2024 Wake Forest Player Development Seminar. This event was previously known as the Bridge Seminar, headed up by Sean's predecessor, Mike McFerran (now with the Oakland A's). Sean details changes to this year's format and teases the renowned...

Daryl Moreau, FlexPro Grip CEO / Co-founder, makes his Layback debut to discuss three different studies the FPG team has coming down the line. Daryl and Adam explore the current progress and findings of what they call the Longitudinal Virginia Tech study, the Flexor Muscle Imbalance study, and the Breaking Ball study. The various studies showcase FlexPro Grip's push to provide actionable informati...

Fellow Eckerd College Triton alum, Cam Lanzilli steps in for episode 30 of The Layback Podcast. Lanzilli is currently the Lead Throwing Strategist at KineticPro Performance in Tampa, FL (working with previous guest Casey Mulholland, https://youtu.be/xpTFZyrkXNI?si=jg2XPihOYwc7U-dt ). Cam and Adam spend a hefty portion of the episode discussing pitch design, or possibly the more fitting name for th...

Episode 29 of The Layback Podcast features Doctor of Physical Therapy, Terry Phillips. The New York native and Washington state transplant joins the show to discuss exercise and program design, rehab progressions, industry debates, and athlete engagement and education. The former Driveline Baseball physical therapist recently started his own practice in the greater Seattle area, Phillips Rehab and...

Matt Tometz joins The Layback Podcast for Episode 28. Tometz was a LHP at Truman State before heading on to a Sports Science Grad Assistantship at TCU. On top of his work in the private sector, Coach Big Toe (as he is known on social media) most recently served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Northwestern Baseball program, giving him a great perspective on performance training in th...

Dr. Matt Fury, a leading orthopaedic surgeon in baseball, joins The Layback Podcast to discuss all things UCL care and surgery. Matt is well versed in the world of UCL's, experiencing a tear and Tommy John of his very own while playing collegiate baseball at LSU. Fury lays displays the map for possible UCL injury treatments, as well as which injuries may present candidates for which procedure....

Bob Keller joins The Layback Podcast to discuss the hot topic of Motor Preferences. After an extremely successful 27 year college coaching career and a few more as a scout for the Mariners, Bob has taken on a new venture as part of the BPS group (Hattiesburg, MS) in performing Motor Preference assessments to help athletes find their natural tendencies and methods for movement and body control in s...

The submarine slinging, Rec Spec wearing, number crunching, RHP, Josh Hejka, joins The Layback Podcast for episode 25. The Mets Minor Leaguer takes us on a journey through his baseball career beginning outside of Detroit with stops at Johns Hopkins University, the USPBL, and a few minor league teams on the way to 2A Binghamton. The righty reliever has been a workhorse on the mound, and it seems li...

Sam Abbott, Pitching Coach and English Teacher at Toledo, Ohio's Ottawa Hills High School, joins The Layback Podcast to discuss pitching/player development, staff management, dynamic programming, coaching/tech trickle down, and navigating the life of a high school, especially small school, athlete. Abbott stresses the importances of identifying the needs of individuals and how they can differ...

A couple of Adam's team up on episode 23 of The Layback Podcast, as Adam Katz, founder of Data Driven and free agent LHP, join the show. Katz is a data scientist from MIT, in addition to his pitching career, who has worked for multiple MLB orgs and 4App prior to launching Data Driven early in 2024. The Adam's cover sleep hygiene, health optimization, and the pursuit of professional basebal...