David Klein
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Founder @MPLegends & SpeedBall ⚾ Former College Player/Coach💥 Experience Designer | Dad | Coach 🚀 I help coaches create transformational sports experiences👇
San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2011
Any thoughts on any of these? Curious what you agree with, disagree with, or think should be added to the list.
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21. Let collegiate athletes have a life I hated the early morning college lifts designed to prevent partying. UT lets players enjoy being college students. After Friday practice they do not meet again until Sunday night outside of spring. This helps culture and will help them
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20. “The spirit of Auggie Garrido is everywhere here.” Chuck Box said this and I felt it. Auggie’s book was the first coaching book I ever read. It changed my life.
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19. All parents and coaches should have to watch a short training video upon registration. Arm care rules. Behavior. Treatment of umpires. Make it short, fun, entertaining and it will actually work.
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18. Every Little League should have a strong relationship with their local high school program. Field access. Guest speakers. Clinicians. Mentors. These partnerships make the entire community better.
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17. Some travel orgs and tournament providers do it right. They educate parents. They train coaches. They prioritize arm care. These orgs should be recognized with a patch or an accreditation. Incentives matter.
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16. Your voice is a tank of gas. You only get 1 tank for the entire year. Schloss keeps 70 percent for the season. He addresses the team only 1 time per week in the fall. The assistants are empowered. When he speaks it hits harder. This originated from Buzz Williams
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15. "We are in the golden age of college baseball." Jim Schlossnagle laid out the numbers. Only 20 freshmen in the entire SEC got more than 50 ABs last year. With fewer minor league jobs and more players staying in school, playing time is tight. If you are a late developer go
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14. “The greatest predictor of a future arm injury is a previous arm injury.” Jeff Passan again. If MLB wants healthy stars later, they must care about youth arm health now. And they are. They have been in the room with us working on solutions. @JeffPassan
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13. If baseball parents were educated most problems would disappear. But parents rarely seek education. Engaging, funny, viral style videos might be the way to actually reach them. Think entertaining safety videos on airplanes.
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12. “Imagine managing a team where every player is a free agent at the end of the year.” This is what college coaches deal with now. John Casey nailed it.
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11. Little Leagues should work closely with local travel teams. If schedules were coordinated, families would not feel forced to choose between them.
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10. We are running out of umpires. The older generation is retiring and the new pipeline is thin. This is going to get worse.
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9. "Your child’s season should never resemble a major league season." A good reminder from John Smoltz.
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8. What if t ball and coach pitch scored outs, not runs. Kevin Coe from the Reds does this. Outs are rare so the defense gets rewarded. Really cool tweak.
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7. Billy Wagner wears sunglasses and watches the parents more than the players. If a parent is overbearing he eases off the kid. If the parent is relaxed he knows he can push. Cool lesson here.
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6. "Travel tournaments should cap weekends at 4 games." Jeff Passan said it plainly.
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5. One maximum effort throwing day per week. Some of the best arm care minds believe pitchers should have 1 high intent day total. Everything else should be medium or low intent. This means zero pitching on back to back days.
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4. Limiting how much time high school coaches can spend with players does not help the kids. These coaches care. Let them help their players. Stop limiting how much time HS coaches can spend with kids.
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3. Tournament providers actually want to improve. They are not married to the current format. The problem is the families. If Perfect Game capped Sundays at 2 games for arm health, people would go elsewhere because they want 5 games and the plastic trophy. Providers take
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