Transcending Sport - Rob Crews

Mental Skills Coach Jennifer Dudziec joins Rob Crews to break down the mental game and strategies to help players, coaches & parents re-think their approach.

Coach Jennifer's passion, energy, and perspective is what makes her a different type of mental skills coach and I was so fired up after this conversation.

• The characteristics of the  parents of all successful players are similar
• What is Daddy Ball really?
• Stra...

In episode 60, Master Pitching Coach, Rick Pauly, joins the podcast for part 2 of our discussion.

Some of the topics:

*Travel ball pitchers transitioning to college softball

*Homerun hitting and pitches down the middle

*Spine stability in hitters and pitchers -why it's so important

*Rob breaks down Vertical Bat Angle (VBA) and what that metric means for him and his hitters

*What happened in the super regionals

*Rob and Rick give th...

Does a riseball really rise? How important is deceleration in the movement sequence? What comes first velo, control or spin? Rick Pauly joins Rob Crews to dive deep into pitching and what drives velocity, the present and future of technology. Rick also explains why sequencing is important. The two also discuss the hitter's decision-window and why tunneling and late movement are important. Rob Crews and Rick Pauly also consult 4D Mo...

In Episode #54, Coach Josh Johnson, founder, and coach of Virginia Unity, a competitive fast-itch softball platform. Tune in and listen to how and why the Unity got started, how technology transformed the hitting philosophy, how he develops player mindset, the Mojo Merger, the 2021 National Championship and more.

Timestamps

[03:27] The whole idea behind Virginia Unity

[06:16] About Virginia Unity success and championship.

[12:1...

Summary: In this episode of Transcending Sport, Rob invited Mo Mercado to the show to discuss her time as a University of Arizona athlete. Now a softball instructor., Mo shares her origin story of how she became the pro she is today and how she’s passing on the torch to the softball athletes of tomorrow!

Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction to Mo Mercado

[03:25] Mo grew up in Temecula, Ca, which is now a hotbed for up-and-coming so...

Summary: In this episode of Transcending sport, I am joined by the coach of the Virginia Glory founder and Bishop O'Connell HS Varsity Coach, Suzy Willemssen. She gives some insight into her process behind building a winning team and how she helps her athletes become better players.

Episode Highlights:

[03:02] Coach Suzy shares her journey into softball; she recounts being on the cusp of Title IX, so if she wanted to play any ...

Summary:

In this episode of Transcending Sport, I welcome Coach Tina Plew Whitlock. Coach Whitlock is a former MLB Coach, former USA player, and a USC softball standout. Coach Whitlock brings us along with her on her baseball and softball journey and shares with us her experience in being a founding SEC player to becoming a coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Episode Highlights:

[02:57] Coach Whitlock shares a bit of her background ...

In this episode, Rob sits down with long-time friend Lou Ledoux, Founder and CEO of Axis Bats. While a fan of baseball since he was a kid, Lou never really gave much thought to the science of bats—much less the manufacturing process—until a little over 15 years ago when he was approached by an acquaintance looking for someone to create professional level bats for big league players. Being in his fifties at that point, Lou initially...

Ian M is a self-startup physical trainer. Even though he was born, raised and graduated from a university in Florida, it wasn’t until he took a leap of faith in the Dog eat Dog world of NYC to have the thriving career he has now. The start of his career consisted of employers like Goldman Sachs and Google all the while his passion for physical therapy grew until he decided to start his own company with his brother, Markow Training ...

DK Willardson was a researcher before he was a baseball dad but when his son developed a passion for the sport, he put his background to work and took a quantitative look at swing path metrics.

After releasing his book on the subject, Quantitative Hitting, the industry’s response highlighted just how effective integrating proven swing angle combinations could be. Today, his company Hitting Tech helps players further understand and ...