We’re excited to welcome St. Louis Cardinals Major League Hitting Coach Jeff Albert to this week’s podcast. Jeff’s one of the most innovative coaches in the game, and this interview features lessons for players, coaches, and parents alike. I should note that we had some audio difficulties on this call, but did our best to clean it up so that the great information wasn’t wasted. Thanks for your patience and understanding in advance on that front!

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Show Outline

• How Jeff’s motivation to be the best player he could be and determination to answer the question “why” propelled him into a career of coaching
• How Jeff’s graduate research put his foot in the door in professional baseball despite minimal professional playing experience
• Where young coaches are falling short on making the most of their early coaching career and what these individuals should be doing to be able to capitalize on opportunities in pro sports
• Where Jeff recommends young coaches look for more information on quality movement
• What industries outside of baseball have been most influential on Jeff’s coaching career
• What professionals outside of the world of professional baseball don’t understand about the changing environment of the industry
• What traits Jeff looks for when hiring new coaches
• How Jeff approaches development in the hitting lifespan of a ball player
• What the biggest limitations Jeff sees in youth and high school hitters are
• How learning to optimize a hitter’s movement with as few words as possible has revolutionized the way Jeff coaches hitting
• How establishing solid positions and learning to have a good swing path lay the foundation for future swings in young hitters
• How the fundamentals of a swing do not change as a hitter matures, but clarifying a hitter’s approach, transforming one of their weaknesses, or building around one of their strength aids in taking them to the next level
• Why being exposed to failure is important for developing great baseball players
• Where Jeff sees baseball trending in the coming years and how hitters will be combating the transformations in the world of pitching

You can follow Jeff on Twitter at @JeffMAlbert and on Instagram at @JeffAlbert28. And, you can learn more about this November’s SlugFest clinic at which we’ll both be speaking at www.SlugFestConference.com.

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