BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED
Baseball Coaches Unplugged is a podcast for insights on high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, and college recruiting from coaches building winning programs. Each episode features real conversations about high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, college recruiting, player development, practice planning, pitching and hitting development, and building a winning baseball culture.
If you’re a baseball coach looking for practical ideas on running better practices, developing players, navigating the recruiting process, and leading a successful program, this podcast delivers insights from experienced coaches across high school, travel, and college baseball. Hosted by 27 year veteran high school baseball coach Ken Carpenter.
New episodes drop every Wednesday!
BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED
Latest Episodes
Why Winning Follows When Culture Comes First
You can feel it when a program is built to last and Highland Sparta High School baseball in Ohio has had that feeling for decades. We sit down with Donnie Kline and Travis Church, two coaches who have both been head coach and assistant coach in...
Stay or Quit: The Emotional Baseball Coaching Rollercoaster
A single late-night email from an angry parent can stick with you for years. That’s where we start: the words you can still quote, the blame that still burns, and the way August silence has a sneaky way of dragging every hard moment back into t...
Why Youth Baseball Is Key To High School Success
Baseball can feel like it’s thriving on highlight reels while quietly shrinking in the neighborhoods that used to feed high school programs every spring. We sit down with Pittsburgh coach Joe Capobianco to talk about what happens when you retur...
Why Did the Best Kid in Town Quit Baseball?
A 14-year-old can have a loose arm, quick feet, and a bat that makes every coach look up and still get pushed out of baseball by one question: “How much is this going to cost by the end of the summer?” That’s the gut-check driving this conversa...
Baseball Coaching Strategies for Close Games and Better Decision Making
You can watch a high school baseball game and think it’s all about the swings, the calls, and the final score. Then you talk to a head coach and realize the real game is happening in a hundred small moments: preparation, communication, trust, a...
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