Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Anthony Renz Concordia College Sponsored By:  Netting Professionals844-620-2707  [email protected] www.nettingpros.com   BIO HC at Concordia College (MN)AC since 2018 Acting HC 2022  2022 Conference tournament 2023 Conference tournament and win Most hits Most conference players Bench Coach & Hitting Coach with Fargo-MoorheadMLB Partner league (Pioneer, Frontier, American Assoc, Atlantic) American Association champions (1st A.A title since merging) Former AC and GA Shippensburg University (2016-2018) Regional 2017 PSAC tournament 2018 4 guys played pro ball during time at Ship Indy ball grinder!Las Vegas Train Robbers Evansville Otters Fargo-Moorhead   NOTES Powerful tool of Twitter Recruiting world at your fingertips Form good relationships  Show I was a good coach and gain trust Work youth baseball camps to grind and learn Off season was CAMPS! The grind makes you better! Make sure the players know it is there program Player driven. Coaches put up guard rails Players win game, coaches lose them The guys after college are set up for success For 4 years we want you to feel like you are involved in the world series Our togetherness is second to noneTown ball, playing more together Cobber baseball family Be with a group of guys you can lose with** Team building daysCommunity events Supporting other athletic events Bus rides - Florida trips They should want to come to practice as long as the environment is good Winning helps the experience What can you do to make practice fun? Pick teams - compete more Balance of fun and intensity Conditioning mix of games Practice matters Everyday is a tryout You got to perform - playing hard is given and at end of day you need to perform Elimination in the cage - one pitch, in or out Create competition with the skills set in mind Reward BP “Dinger club” Hit the ball hard determines who you areLine drives - right above the L screen Gaps/HR - knock down the batter eye Group BP based on skill set or lineup Technology helps make live AB more realistic results, provide clarity Technology turns up the focus Train for higher EVHit a ton of machine Weighted bat work Hit plyo Barrel controlThrow two balls and always hit low ball Reward batting practice or out of cage if you don’t accomplish task (put a value on each swing) 2 strikesUnpredictable of 2K pitch needs to be trained with working on getting your barrel to the ball Manage your work - know your body Those who hit often, often hit Stick to what you believe in and stay consistent. Don’t over react with small sample size. Be where your feet are All in right here

Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Eric Lassiter Sponsored By:  Netting Professionals844-620-2707  [email protected] www.nettingpros.com   BIO HC of Windermere HS (started 6 years ago)5/5 state playoffs 4/5  district champs 3/5 regional finalist Former HC Tavares (1 year) HC at alma mater Apopka HS (6 years) Co Founder of Power Baseball Former WV Wesleyan College AC Director of membership for Diamond Allegiance   NOTES We are really big in the community and focus more beyond baseball Be the ultimate human being How you do anything is how you do everything Support other teams in the school Supporting little league tryouts, signups, etc Prep team, feeder team, little league nights When you feel the community supporting you its playing for something bigger than you Play for a bigger purpose Fall season for community work Grade checks 1 standard - don’t do anything that embarasses your religion, yourself, or your program Holding them to the expectations 9 to 5 - first 9 has to beat their last 5 on the field Everything counts Energy, effort, commitment to each,  Fall season do little things to score points for 9 to 5 Points for all types of ways to produce wins Running gets you better, not punishment Losers take care of the field  Hold kids accountable on the travel scene will create good groups Win between innings The first tournament you set the standards Finding ways to stay active to improve Always an opportunity to get better and set yourself apart You have to have a skill set and it doesn’t matter how you may hit in a tournament How you fail is a big indicator of how you will succeed Baseball is how well you can fail 3-3 should be same energy as 0-3 Each hitter can get into certain positions, which means they can move to get there What if your body is not capable of getting to that position. Can we unlock parts of your body to get to those positions? Power Baseball Foundation - board to help fundraise to help people who cannot afford to play travel baseballApplication to help with practice and planning. Players come out and we donate their time to help Funded organizations that are not even part of Power Baseball The more good you do the better you will be

Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Billy Emerson of Paul VI HS Sponsored By:  Netting Professionals844-620-2707  [email protected] www.nettingpros.com   BIO HC of Paul VI HS Career record 336 - 191 (winning over 50% games in his career) PVI since 2003 season 3 Conference WCAC championships 4 VISAA championships 8 times nationally ranked Over 100 players in college or drafted Paul VI HOF class of 2022   NOTES Coaching in the summer is a way for me to learn and get better from the college guys Each year you are taking a big hunk of clay and hopefully by the end of the year you hope it becomes a masterpiece You win games you should of lost and you lose game you should of won If you want consistency you have to be consistent You have to stick to the plan Maintain a coaching staff that can stick around a long time Put together standards and values that you can stick to Focusing on development players Its also about developing human beings  Using the game to create things that they can use later in life If you focus on the right things the baseball things take care of themselves End of season meetings Using the battles to do use as fire and do more than this year You can do things to foster team chemistry (this is how we do things) You can’t force it, you need to foster it You can’t fool the players, it has to be real You can’t force someone to love you Expose our guys to different types of people Classroom session in the off seasonPitchers and catchers, hitters, mental toughness training When a guy walks out of our program and he is blessed to play college baseball and he is prepared to step on campus that is an awesome thing Another huge win is when a guy comes back and says I know what you were saying  We have objectives everyday Explain to the guys why and how this is gooing ot effect you now and down the road The game mirrors life because you have to sit there during moments of inactivity but be ready The value of paying attention to details  There is a karma around the game and if you don’t pay attention it will bite you! Keep the baseball demons away from us! Every time we take batting practice we implement baserunning system Defensively we take balls live - making people make throughs at game speed Challenging the pitchers and hitters at practice with game situations Pitchers that have not gotten innings will be throwing more in practice of game situations Its about collecting outs. We need to get 21 of them as fast as we can This is an audition! For the regulars and for the guys who have not had an AB Keep stats in practice and it makes the process from objective QPA average - quality plate appearance  - 60% or better 150 or lower strikeout % Pop up or routine flyball = airball (set goal for no airballs) Strike % and first pitch strike % Force bad contact as early as possible Defensively 1 error or less Turn as many DP as games played Always looking to take 2 until you can’t Reading dirt balls good secondary, read the trajectory, and take off Preparation, attention to detail, effort, focus, selfless, and toughness Aggressive in hitting situations - looking for FB  2 strike approach - the strikeout does nothing for us Execute when called upon Baserunning excellence - eyes up and hustle Pitch to spots, execute pitches > selection, make adjustments, rise to the challenge and post a zero Defense cherish outs - love outs as much as HR No play no throw - calculated risks The kids are our customers*** What did we do to prepare them for the majority of their life?

Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Matt Jones Shippensburg Univ Sponsored By:  Netting Professionals844-620-2707  [email protected] www.nettingpros.com   BIO HC at Shippensburg University (Since 2008 17 years) Over 400 with Raiders, over 500 total as HC (Former HC at Elizabethtown) 2008 ABCA/Diamond Sports Company North Atlantic Region Coach of the Year 2-time PSAC Coach of the Year (2022 East, 2008 West) 2 College World Series appearances 10 PSAC Tournament appearances 4 NCAA Regional Tournament appearances 35 victories in postseason play – including a 10-6 record at regionals. Six Raiders (MLB) Draft Several other players have gone on to play professionally as undrafted free agents or in an independent league Overall, Jones has coached in 54 conference tournament games,21 NCAA regional tournament games 5 College World Series appearances   NOTES IF you don’t like where you are at you get a new hat You have to keep recruiting your guys when they are there I want the player to be with my players by themselves  The family to be with the players by themselves Make sure you take two visits before you commit No one gets married after the first date New facility allowed to never go inside Winter workouts to be ready for 20-30 pitches and trust guys to get it done Replicate the starters stuff on a machine In our program its still about the program It needs be team first The younger you are the more blinders you have to have As you get through school it will widen Moving guys around the locker room Changing hitting groups Moving guys around in study hall Purposeful seating or hotel roomates Checking up with guys at practice that have nothing to do with baseball Let them see me as more than a coach We don’t hide things from the team Most of the things kids dealing with are not full realityNo ugly pictures on IG Not posting the 0-3, but will post the HR You still need to decide how much to of the truth to tell a kid Respect their feelings and understand where they are and how much info you give them Fortunate to have bosses that appreciate how we do business Number #1 rule - “Don’t be a jerk!” Its not all about winning the last game of the year I want the 90 minutes of the day at practice to be the best part of the day Be someone that someone wants to be around I am an educator, I recruit kids to a university, and guide them to what they are going to do the rest of their lives Ultimate responsibility of the university is to guide people in to being productive adults Coaches should Ask more questions than give directives to players Communicating and getting guys to understand what your saying and understanding it is their career We are going to have different relationships with all of you I will be here as much as you need me here! Coach? I will be coach Dad? I’ll be dad You have to be ok to admit when you need help I don’t have to do it, I get to do it! I work with the travel ball tournament parents to get them to realize that it does not matter in those tournaments Balance time with team time and individual time Record practice and spend some individual time Figure out how they learn and what they respond to

Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with  Mark Gibbs; St Johns DC Sponsored By:  Netting Professionals844-620-2707  [email protected] www.nettingpros.com   BIO HC of St Johns DC 339–90–1 Overall Record, .788 Winning Percentage in 17 years 13, 20-win seasons 6 of the seasons St Johns has been nationally ranked Before their 2008 season, St. John’s was on the cover of Baseball America, the first team from the mid-Atlantic to ever be profiled in the preview issue.  Gibbs has sent 124 players into college baseball from St Johns 17 players who were drafted by or signed to free agent contracts with professional teams.  The Cadets have won or tied for 1 regular season conference titles (2007, 2010, 2012–19, 2021),  8 WCAC tournament titles (2011, 2014–19)  3 DCSAA titles (2014, 2019, 2021).  Many Coach of the year awards (Washington Post, WCAC, USA Today, DCSAA)   NOTES The experience that I feel is best for kids and the reality it is, we need to find what’s best for us Staying together in the summer and fall has brought us bigger things that baseball Outsourced a strength coach (sports performance coach)  The HC needs to monitor it all.  Bring in people that the HC can trust and let them work A lot of what you are dealing with is not on the field If you have good people and you trust them that is the best Got to have good players and guys that are willing to work The guy was just a worker! His work ethic stood out They were very prepared in the whole system that prepared them for college Pitching, defense and baserunning is what you do to win games We prioritize pitching, not just fit it into practice In the live stuff we do, that is the most live baserunning situations we can get Play more live! Use the baserunners when pitching on mound Using their eyes to run the bases Base stealing and base running are taught in two different segments Year to year we focus on certain things more than others depending on your team You have to have guys that can do it (vault stealing/ new school leads) You have to have the time to teach it and put it into your program.

Rich Maloney Podcast Bio and Notes   Bio Head Coach Ball State University (2nd tour, 1996-2002 - 2013 - present) Former HC at Michigan (2003-2012) Over 900 wins in his career 16th active DI coach to reach 900 wins Winningest coach in Ball State history 5 MAC championships 4 time MAC coach of the year 3 Time big 10 conference championships 2 Big 10 tournament championships 4 Regional appearances Regional Championship in 2007 Maloney has coached 65 players who were drafted 72 times  six first round picks, all of them at Ball State Ball State has had 10 players drafted in the top 4 rounds under Rich Maloney FCA Baseball's Jerry Kindall Award in January 2017 ABCA Ethics in Coaching Award Recipient 2023 Former ABCA President (2018)   Notes Architecture classes worked a semester building a vision of the stadium I would of never had a chance to go to Michigan if it wasn’t for those boys I got into coaching because I love to be a mentor Those guys energize me and they fill me up! You gotta believe and have a driving force to be something specialIn yourself if you will be a good player In your teammates if you want to be a part of a good team In your faith - it all starts with that Casting a vision for your players Try your best to get the most out of the god given talents Everyone plays a role on the team Read 2 books - Hard Hat by jon gordon CHop Wood, Carry Water by  First day on campus we go through the book - highlighted and epitomize our culture Got to be really good at a lot of little things that culminate to really big things Competition events - winning team filet mignon, losing team hotdogs and mac an cheese, we all eat dessert Got to have that extra degree GRIT - dirtbags - biggest compliment you can get in our program because he does whatever he can to help the team win Baseball you have to conquer the mind The storm will hit! How are you going to handle that mental strain Sport gives us a great opportunity to help people grow  You are blessed a lot if you have those relationships Easy to talk when its going goodYour friends come around when things are not going your way Comes down to the foundational truths you have It comes down to the details and have you to do the little things well Buy into your coaches Take the little things seriously Holding them accountable - when the game speeds up that’s not going to work Guys will gravitate to the standard When you believe in yourself you can make it through the tough times Winning breeds winning, and losing breeds losing Ambition and drive! If your not self motivated you won’t do great things You play on your energy when your young You guys built this because you guys believed and did the work

Shotzberger Notes   Bio HC of UIW - University of the Incarnate Word In 2022 he led UIW to the furthest Southland Conference Tournament appearance in Division I program history. First year in 2019 was cut short due to COVID Prior to UIW he was AC at Houston and TCUhelped those programs to seven 40+ win seasons. 13 conference championships eight regular-season championships  five conference tournament championships nine trips to NCAA Regionals three appearances at NCAA Super Regionals one trip to the College World Series Coached over 60 players who have been draftedeight of those appearing on active Major League Baseball rosters 5 current MLB   Notes We have our team values If your early your orgranized No blame, complain, or defend CARDS - bottom of every practice plan Players are now speaking the language Working with you not for you The best teams are player led, not coaches fed When you get out front you get vulnerable You can’t talk about win the pitch and then be losing your mind The beginning you are talking to yourself Meet after practice Mental game - what does it mean to you? Getting them to recognize they are doing something with them knowing it Helping you get to the next pitch and realize you are going too fast Breathe and get to the next pitch You can gripe and complain about it or you can adapt and change Its a 40 year decision, not a 4 year decision In order to set the goals, you had to work towards the goals Back map from doing something the program has never done before Deconstruct winning a conference  Track positive at bats Do your job - doesn’t matter how, execute quality pitches with conviction Each team needs to create their own identity Play as hard as you for as long as you can Process > outcome 60% positive at batsPercentage of QAB determined what we need to do 60% or better we win 50% and we need to play good defense and pitch it well 40% then we better of pitched great and caught it WHO got the RBI - talking RBI not hits Educate kids on the situation. If the kids don’t know the situation that’s

Lane Burroughs   Bio Head Coach Louisiana Tech (7th season)  back-to-back NCAA Regionals (first since 1987) Hosted a regional in 2021 (1st in program history)  Conference USA Tournament Champions (1st in school history) Set record for most conference wins (21) First time in history LA tech beat a #1 ranked team Part of the 300 win club as a HC  More wins in first 3 years than any LA Tech coach in 3 year span Former HC at Northwestern State - 3 straight 30 win seasons Former AC at Mississippi College, East Mississippi CC, Northwestern State, Southern Miss, Kansas State, and Mississippi State   Notes We will be a face of the school Committee to help run the first pitch banquet Seniors run it with 5 awards given Worst hair Worst body Worst athlete Most funny Need to have thick skin we are like a family Our program is player ran“Do you want to lift after or before practice” The locker room is their space “Company man” - the glue that held it together Bulldog men! - named when they earn it, some years don’t have it, captain for life We went 2 years with no facility and no one left! Be who we are You get who you are! (when recruiting) Made a commitment as a HC to have FUNI want our guys to be the best part of the day! Lean on your faith and family Be transparent Be stoic on the field - the team watches how you will react Bad news first! You have to check yourself. I still need to be the same person The game will punch you in the face and how you respond to it is most important The ability to make great decisions FallEarly work Classroom - scouting, video review, talk Practice Everyday starts with the classroom If you have a pulse of your team you build of that Its either surrender or fight when backed into a corner Appreciation Friday - write a letter to appreciation to someone who has sacrificed / impacted your lifeMore positive feedback from the letters thany anything in the program Take care of the little things If i’m in my truck and see you step over trash that is not taking care of the little things Thursday practiceInd defense Bp Ind challenges - run for how many you mess up Every team is different and figuring out what makes them tick Adapt and adjust - you have to have the ability to adapt and adjust I can handle the big things, but the little things can set me off! Always have guest speakers - former players, professionals,  Talking with someone who is not a baseball coach Talk with people who are going to cry at your funeral Get off social media Become less selfish and more about relationships

Bio 1st Season HC at North Alabama 9 seasons as HC of West Chester Universitywas first and only NCAA school to win a championship 2 NCAA Championships in 2012 and 2017 Former Associate HC and RC at University of Delaware Former PC and RC at William and Mary university   Notes Not going to settle Getting to know our current roster Do the right thing - attach to anything and everything Giving guys the comfort to be themselves Giving guys opportunities and in pursuit to become the best version of themselves 100% focus 100% effort Don’t flinch - body language will not be affected by circumstances Can people see it when watch us play Challenge players after a win - tighten up Clips of what we want, and review what we want - we want to get it right Classroom sessions as needed Team meetings - attach videos The name on the front of the jersey is important, but I don’t want to diminish the name on the back! If you have the chase to help and willingness to help someone through something you can get in  I’m not going to the field looking to cross guys off Can you lead yourself? Can you help someone else? Scheduled conversations - end of semester, end of year, and as needed Players stay true to what’s best for them (more stable) Get in the right hype level I never want hype level to get in the way of what’s right Stack different game situations Make sure we are repping what it going to impact the game the most Baseball BP - stacked machine (FB/CB), coach mix, coach mix scouting report,  During live balls as much as we can during BP Attach decision making to the types of frequent lanes with a certain type of runner Pitching with runners on no matter how clean you may have been in an intersquad The guys that can handle the moment, they are the ones you want to give the ball to “Sequencer” can help you project lineups Being aware of stacking guys up between each other Breaking up the pockets Switch hitter/LHH in 2 hole Continuity of the lineup to start anticipating options

Kyle Wagner Notes   Bio [email protected] Founder of GoWags baseball academy in 2008 Author of How the RiverCats Won Author of Green Light hitting Green light academy website Played collegiately at Wake Forest University from '92-'95. Caught in the California Angels organization for one year (Boise '95) Coaching experience Elizabethtown College ('97 and '99) Wake Forest ('98) Red Land High School ('00 - '08) @GoWagsKyle Notes Are the people excited when they are with you?  Hot practice, cold games.  Games for the players. Practice becomes critical Something the kids could look forward toPop ups (macro event) Broke up between macro and micro events (team and individual) Musts - “will they like this?” Sell them on the beauty of the game Macro event - runner on 3rd 1 out - live ball runner runs Fun game at the end to  Too much information not enough inspiration (overcoaching) Youth coaching is to turn kids over for love of the game Implicit and explicitImplicit - no takes, no foul balls Down  3, 6 outs to go - play against the scoreboard Do the fun stuff while you are teaching Practice time is the coaches time, plan, prepare, and coaches on the same page Planning is more important than the plan Adaptable in the plan when the coach notices something is not right Get them out on time! Intent precedes content Embrace what they are not doing well and put them in a situation to do it Micro event - perfect and deliberate practice Macro event - train ugly, and don’t know what will happen. Find out what they are capable. Find failure and embrace it If the whole team is there deliberate practice won’t happen, more about competing and reps Development is not linear, its sequential Green light hitting - sequential hitting approachCore starts and then smaller muscles could work Aggression precedes disciplineGet players moving fast Train them to minimize choices Eliminate not swing to train them to elite velo Prove to me that you can be too quick Show me you can find your barrel on this BB You take a pitch because you can’t hit it hard Hitter to be able to move Laterally lateInside tee, soft toss away - no toss and hit off tee up the middle We want you to be a great hitter not great swinger of the bat Turn fast Posture Post chain Hands Lower half You need to be good enough to keep coming back Pre gameCount hitting Don’t overcoach Lineup is seen more circular than linear Stacked it from top to bottom with best hitters 4th batter should strikeout least often due to so many runners being on 3rd hitter high velo and great eye Every manager deserves the right to intuition Pitchers need to get swing and missed in the zone and hitters need to eliminate swing and misses in the zoneWho is owning the strike zone Exit velo coupled with launch angle (barrel %) Pitchers - weak contact and how often get swing and misses Pitching independent fielding Training pitchers more on the game mound Visualize on the game mound