The Primal Baseball Podcast

Professional Baseball Player Weston Lombard joins the podcast and we go down the rabbit hole of playing multiple sports and why it is beneficial to training and pitching. Weston talks about his experience of going from playing Division III to securing a spot on a Division I roster and finally playing professional baseball. Being from Minnesota, Weston understands not everyone has resources to tech...

 In today's episode, I have on Tyler Anzmann of Tyler Anzmann Performance. Tyler and I cover a wide variety of pitching and performance topics ranging from Mechanical Analysis to Youth Baseball throwing phases. Tyler talks about Showcase baseball and how to navigate the crazy baseball world as a parent and a player. If you want to be seen, be good. There is enough exposure out there in today'...

Finally a guest returns to the podcast studio as Trey Wrocester of Twuestrength joins me. Trey is an up-and-coming Strength and Conditioning coach who is training to become a better person and player on the field.  Trey talks about his journey and being forced to find his identity outside of football. At some point or another, the game ends for everyone. We are not promoting you give up on yo...

When we drive so hard forward we often forget to look around us. It's easy to lose sight of how lucky and blessed we are. Continue to obsess and drive to higher levels as a player and as a person, but also find some time each day to reflect on how lucky you are. Writing down three things you are grateful for in the morning or before bed is a good place to start. Swag is a great way to express your...

Today I give an introduction to Primal Baseball. The business behind the podcast. I introduce our philosophy and our team. Slowly this podcast is becoming more and more a part of Primal Baseball.  We are in the workings of some great things for baseball players and coaches of all ages. We hope to share our knowledge and experiences with all of you.  Baseball can take us to the highest of...

If you are looking for a way to differentiate from the pack, be a better person. Be the guy who does things the right way. Coaches and recruiters are looking for something that takes you to the next level. Something that will be a benefit for their team and culture. Someone will recruit you if you can stand out on and off the field. With thousands of players trying to earn roles and spots, how are...

See if you can concentrate. See if you can work and operate without the headphones. Without the phone. Can you find the motivation without the music? On game day it may not be there. You don't have to do it always but make sure you can prepare and execute without it. Depend on yourself. Try no headphones for a week in the gym. See how it feels. If you are not asking the stupid questions, someone e...

The baseball is an extension of you, just as your speech, your actions, and how you go about your daily routines are an extension of you. We can use intention in both areas to get the results we want. When we throw the ball, the intention behind it plays a role. Mechanics also play a role, but having the two synced up is a game changer. Wherever our intention flows, our outcome usually follows. St...

It is not the parent's fault for trying to give their child the best shot. The industry that is travel baseball has created a landscape that is tough to navigate for parents, especially those who didn't play baseball or play a sport. We must give guidance and real information to help them make the best decision for their child. Are audiobooks a form of reading? I don't think so. If you disagree em...

Wishing we had done something is useless. We can't go back and start. The next best thing is starting today. Start now. In 10 years you look back and have different thoughts. We cannot go back into the past and change it, but we can change and learn from it. If I was... If I had this... If it went like this... but it didn't, you don't have those things and you aren't. Let's look at the facts. Let'...

I start today's episode by reminding you that we are not done with 2023. Lots more of this year is left, and the year can turn around in any single day. Continue on. I talk about statistics and how numbers sometimes can't measure everything, in baseball and life the numbers can lie at times. Life is more than numbers, and some feelings we need to trust and allow to unwind in our favor. I remind my...

In today's crazy episode, I do my best to throw you for a loop. This may be my hardest episode to decipher. My thoughts did not come out as clearly as they were in my head. I hope you can take little tidbits of today's conversation with myself. I talk about how pitching in the backyard or doing anything in a vacuum is the same task as when the lights are on, except it's entirely different. See con...

In this episode, I touch on the fluff and marketing that surrounds travel baseball. The landscape of the industry is becoming selling false guarantees. It is becoming selling to parents who don't know the wool is being pulled over their eyes. I am not against travel baseball, I just want to make it clear to parents that it's not the only option. I speak on light pollution and how many times we can...

In today's episode, I discuss the ability to take good qualities and characteristics from other players and people in order to add them to your life. However, even though we are using others for help, we cannot become them. What worked for them will not be our story. We must stay ourselves and use the resources provided to change. I  also dive into cold showers and what they can do for us fro...

Today's episode features my thoughts on pushing a step further into the unknown. You may be one step away from greatness, you'll never know unless you continue on to see it for yourself. I touch on having a road map or a guide only we can read. It is blind to outside noise and other people with less vision. My last topic of the day is using the resources we have today to grow further. We can use a...

The Middle of Nowhere can be an amazing place. You just need to look around and see all the lessons it has to offer. I talk about a comment I heard last night, I give my analysis and feedback on the city and the country. The stars have magical powers and remind us of the crazy world we live in. Take some time to stop and stargaze if you can, it might give you a different perspective and some diffe...

We can always learn from the environment and the world around us. Even if you are the teacher, you can become the student to help the student we are teaching. We sometimes take the correct processes out of players by trying to drive them to be better and focusing on the wrong things. I am a huge fan of the Ancient Greeks, my favorite movies are about the history and the soldiers they had in their...

If we yearn for something certain in our lives. A lot of times we must step back and listen. On and off the field if we try too hard and create tension, we will not get the desired outcome we want. If we are tense and muscle up to throw a baseball, it will not come out as hard. We must relax our mind and body to allow energy to transfer efficiently. I bring that mindset to talking with my grandfat...

The episode today is focused on mechanics and how important and essential they are in making a throw. I speak on the importance of mechanics, and the importance of not getting too carried away with them as well. We need to have balance with them. Diving too deep could take the very nature and beauty of the throw away. I add my thoughts on being bored and how being bored may be the key to finding t...

I returned from a week in Florida, and have brought with me many episode ideas. I will release three episodes in the next three days. Today I speak about the ability to use creativity within strength and conditioning and throwing programs. Creativity is how we move forward so quickly in life.  We lose it as we move to follow certain steps, outlines, and rules of society and training. I speak...

In today's episode I speak about rest and recovery, and the role they play in injury prevention. I myself have not been the best at this concept, from experience I understand the feeling of pitching fatigued and pitching fresh. Take your rest seriously, it is important to go hard in the weight room, but at the right time. I touch on plateaus and how they can come about after a big step forward. En...

In today's episode, I combine some mental health and baseball concepts into one. A lot of times things we learn in the game of baseball are applicable to life as a whole and vice versa. Today I speak about releasing tension from ourselves and the game and letting go, letting control go to something greater than us. I touch on misinformation that our minds tell us through thoughts and stories. A lo...

In today's episode, I touch on a parent question I was asked after a lesson the other day, and two thoughts I thought of in the car. Coaches can help you prepare, but they cannot perform for you, that is up to you and you alone. This is why it is hard to say what a kid or even a college player will do on any given day, there are a lot of factors that add up to performance. We see things we didn't...

Today I speak on the importance of stepping back and having space. Space creates opportunities for you to do things you may have not had the chance to.  Every time one event takes something away, it opens an ability for another endeavor. The second thought I have had recently is making sure you write the correct story about your injury and the effect it created on you. Every circumstance is d...

Today I speak about embracing that feeling of discomfort and allowing it to move you forward. I talk deeper into actually being grateful for the feeling because sometimes it can become a rare circumstance. I also speak about getting away from my roots and reconnecting after thinking the grass is greener on the other side. Continue connecting with nature as daily as you can. It can be a hike. a wal...