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The past two-three weeks three Division 1 baseball players have been training in our facility after their season was cut short due to Covid19. A big thing for me as a coach and a father, these guys have made such a big impact on the younger players that are in our facility right now. They might not know it, but the kids are constantly talking on the way home or to the facilities about them and asking if they are going to be there again. The big thing that we talk about in our program is that everybody has a dream, but you have to understand and see what that dream looks like. Our kids in our program right now are getting the opportunity to see what that dream looks like by training with these D1 ball players. They are making such an impact on the kids training here and will be able to make an impact on kids throughout the country. Chase Sebby is a fifth year graduate student. He plays catcher at Ball State University in Indiana. Aaron Simpson is a senior outfielder at Ball State University. Justin Simpson played baseball the past two years at Golden West Junior College and next spring he will be playing with Central Michigan University. He is a middle outfielder. Show Notes: [01:24] The big thing that we talk about in our program is that everybody has a dream, but you have to understand and see what that dream looks like. [02:04] Chase Sebby is a fifth year graduate student playing catcher at Ball State University. [02:14] Aaron Simpson is a senior outfielder at Ball State University. [02:22] Justin Simpson played baseball the past two years at Golden West Junior College and next spring he will be playing with Central Michigan University. He is a middle outfielder. [03:01] They each share about their baseball journey from their youth all the way to college. [04:04] Chase always loved baseball growing up. He always put his all into it and was hard working. [05:16] Chase struggled with hitting, but he could always catch. [05:42] Aaron started playing baseball very early in life. His uncle played for the Dodgers and Angels. [07:01] Aaron has been around baseball his whole life and he loves it. [08:41] Justin also remembers growing up hitting at a very young age. [09:21] Almost his whole life he was playing two years up with his brother Aaron. [10:49] The competition in the house helped them both push to be better. [12:45] They preached to the kids that everyone has a dream. Jason wants them to understand what that dream looks like. [14:02] Baseball is a great sport because you don’t have to be big. [14:49] How did you get to the D1 level? [17:24] Chase moved from St. John’s University to Cypress College. Chase started opening day and became the starter for them. He almost hung up his cleats twice to put his degree first when Ball State called needing a catcher. [19:06] Everyone thinks it is easy, but to play at the D1 level is tough. [20:14] Aaron played multiple sports in high school. At the end of the season of his senior year, USD contacted him and he went as a walk-on. After a year in a half he transferred to Cypress College. Ball State reached out to him and he committed at his visit. [25:34] Justin was a switch-hitter in high school. His senior year things really started clicking. He started his college baseball career at Golden West University and will be playing ball next spring at Central Michigan University. [30:03] If you play well in the OEC you get out. Junior college baseball helps you to get looked at more than high school. [32:27] It is a process. Everyone is going to develop at different times and bloom at different times. [33:21] If you are a late bloomer, just because you have to go to a junior college don’t think that you’re not good enough or your baseball career is over. Set your goals high, but if it is not D1 right out of high school, don’t give up and keep working. [34:27] Chase is very passionate about going the junior college route. If he had to change something he would go straight to junior college, because he would have saved a lot of money, gotten the same experience or better and set himself up better for his future. [37:01] Aaron wishes he knew more about his swing earlier in his college career. If he could do it all over again he would go the junior college route because of all the options available. Junior college players get a lot of attention from D1 schools. [39:21] When you go the junior college route you give yourself the opportunity to go better than you could out of high school. You give yourself the opportunity to train and get stronger. [40:59] Giving yourself a couple years to go to a JC especially if it is close to your house, gives you extra time to mature and grow and sets you up for success down the line. [43:28] College coaches want to know how you are as a person. They want to know that you have a good attitude and play hard. [45:12] They share their advice with the younger generation. [45:22] Go to junior college. Don’t burn yourself out when you're a kid. Have fun! [45:59] Hit the weight room and grind. Learn about yourself. Don’t ever take your foot off the gas and keep working hard. [47:41] If you truly put yourself in the weight room and work hard it can do wonders for you. [50:18] Model yourself after these baseball players. It is more than baseball. [52:21] Get good grades. If you don’t get good grades you're not going to a good school. Links and Resources: Train More Play Less Website Train More Play Less on Instagram Train More Play Less on YouTube Train More Play Less on Facebook Train More Play Less Podcast Ball State Baseball on Instagram Central Michigan University Baseball on Instagram