Show notes
Episode 4 Season 5 is out with Garrett Baker. He is currently an Integration Pitching Coach within the Mets organization. Garrett obtained his Master of Science in Exercise Science - Sports Psychology while also having a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise from Cedarville University. Garret’s background includes coaching within 4 colleges and Powerhouse Performance Training. Garrett talks about using all of his backgrounds from pitching, S&C, and Sports Psychology towards the development of pitching. Garrett talks about using the Ecological approach and overall human movement from Ido Portal to progress pitchers into an overall skillful approach towards development. TimeStamps: Intro (1:30) What is a Mets Integration Pitching Coach (2:30) Integration of Skillful systems (4:30) Ian’s perception on skillful implementation (8:45) What is a skillful movement within pitching (10:15) Overall background towards style of coaching (13:30) Time at American Internal (18:30) Ido Portal movement system (20:00) Organization of the thoughts within the brain (26:30) Adding variability to training both S&C and pitching (32:02) Utilizing movement history of athletes (36:30) How to utilize variability training (42:00) What is ecological psychology (44:45) Player Development 2023 - Skillful Data (54:00) Closing (59:00)