89 - Garrett Baker: Inspiration Academy (FL)

Garrett Baker notes

 

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Bio

• Player development coordinator for Inspiration Academy (Bradenton, FL) (Summer of 2021)
• American International College pitching/recruiting coordinator, and assisted S&C (Fall of 2018)
• Westfield State University pitching and S&C (2017)
• Independent Baseball (empire league (NH), and Pecos league (AR))
• Undergraduate in Exercise science and Masters Degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Topics

• Starting with a breathing exercise and routine based warm up
• Meetings in small groups
• Skill emerges through my mental capacity
• Lets envision the best practice we possibly have!
• Check in with yourself and see if you are checking into thoughts in the past or future, and we need to get rid of them to have our best practice
• Signal lights - red, yellow, and green
  • Green light I go
  • Yellow light I need to be cautious, so be aware
  • Red light I need to stop before I spin out of control
• Get rid of the red thoughts
  • 4 box - inhale 4, exhale, 
  • Physical helps me wipe it away
  • Final thought helps me get back to now and action
  • Practice on the mound, and in the actual place
  • Having the process in play and practicing it each day
• Same verbiage with hitting coach to discuss the mental skills
• The ability to bring yourself back to the moment will help be a better person and ballplayer
• Just notice the thought to bring yourself back to the moment
• If you are not locked into a drill, perform the mindfulness training to continue that skill
• Players need ownership in their own routines
• Need to have a routine of when things are not going to well
  • Do something physical
  • Take break
  • Mental thought!
• Allowing freedom and learn themselves
• Movement challenge
  • Somewhat based on assessment
  • Encourage the body in a different way
• Blend a water bag with throwing to develop a pattern
• Assessment looking at indicators
  • Back leg
  • Front leg
  • Glove arm
  • Throw arm
  • Rotation
  • Capture trunk
  • Trunk into arm
• Universal movements that are within everybody
• 2 days very individualize and 3 days of team workout
• Learning all movement patterns within team workout
• Guys given option for movement prep before game
• Savage pitching certification
• We can stabilize movements without thoughts
• Your body is interested it can use in multiple ways
• Mid week bullpen is all water bag bled throwing to targets
• 3 prescribed drills to pitching
• Basketball throw - treat the arm as an extension of the body (goalie throw)
  • And blend with plyo/baseball
• “Success” is when the drill helps capture the movement
• The on field matters - and we will evaluate based on how they perform
• In game we do not want to have thoughts, and training within this environment by allowing the body to feel the force
• Encouraging the movement, by providing the outside force and stabilize to be in your best spot
• Create the best movers while ensuring the workload is there
• Your body adapts to the stress it gets put on it
• Movement madness Monday - movement challenges to be adaptable 
• PVC Game
  • Drop pvc pipe as low you can
  • Challenging movement system 
  • Mimics sport
  • Swipe up and swipe down and you have to either jump or squat down
• Minimal jerk, minimal joint motion, minimal processing
  • Maximize everything
• Recovery movement circuit
  • Walking in a squat
  • Different lunge/squat in 15 yards
  • Crawling
  • The lizard
  • Spine work
  • Arm movements, low intensity easy movement
  • Wrist clinics
• What matters is listening to the player because you can’t push the system that is already overloaded
• Have a framework to work off of
• Twitter and Instagram - @coachgbaker  
• garrett.baker@inspirationacademy.com

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