On the latest Youth baseball Talk, the Missouri Gators are venturing across the river as the Illinois Gators will offer an opportunity for many more aspiring baseball players.  Hear from operating partners, Joe Lopez, and Chris Cradick, as they also share more info on the newly formed “Gators Baseball Academy” for all high school age...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Jim returns from Omaha after enjoying some amateur baseball. If you want to see what true love for the game is just tune in to the College World Series. Rope Report: Pitch Right & Be Smart Join us for this episode of Youth Baseball Talk! About the Show: Website: Youth...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Jim has received quite a few emails lately about parents and coaches struggling with accountability… Let’s talk about it a little more. Rope report: You can call it Pitching Outliers or Pitching Tipping Points. I’ll leave it up to you. Join us for this episode of Youth Baseball Talk!...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Jim welcomes in a young man he’s had the privilege of watching grow up in the game of baseball and is starting to turn some of his dreams into reality through a desire to work harder than anyone else. This is ideally how it should always go. Rope Report:...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Most teams are probably half way through their summer season. It’s at this point we ask “how is your season going” in an effort to understand why you may be happy or upset. Are you judging your season on the right criteria? It’s always a good question. Rope Report: The...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Jim taps into the memories of his oldest son as he returns home from his first and unfortunately his only year of college baseball. Let’s here from the young man his opinions of youth baseball and what it is really all about. Rope Report: You Must Be Open Minded...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Are we doing a good thing by batting the entire roster or should we be teaching kids at a young age that not everybody plays? There are many life lessons that go along with earning your playing time but what is right and wrong when it comes to development?...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Jim is joined by Kirk McNabb to discuss the feedback from last week’s show as parents and coaches everywhere were stunned by the actions of a few.  Rope Report: “Treat Disrespect with Respect”  Join us for this episode of Youth Baseball Talk! About the Show: Website: Youth Baseball Talk Facebook: @youthbaseballtalk...

On the latest Youth baseball Talk, After reading about 2 youth baseball coaches from New Hampshire and their plot to run the only girl left out of “their” league Jim has thrown his hands up asking, “have we lost our minds?” Rope report: It’s 90% Mental”” Join us for this episode of Youth Baseball Talk!...

  On the latest Youth baseball Talk, Jim welcomes in former big leaguer, Bengie Molina. As kids from 7 to 37 take baseball fields all over this great land let’s not forget the main objective for them all, to have fun! Join us for this episode of Youth Baseball Talk! About the Show: Website: Youth Baseball...

  On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, How do we expect older players to be accountable for their actions if we never held them accountable at a young age. Both parents and coaches have the unenviable job of holding kids accountable both on and off the field. It can be done but it needs...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, For most of the country youth baseball is just getting started. With that in mind we beg the question, “what happened to common sense?” Social media has us finding horror stories all over of kids throwing max pitch limits their first time out for the year… I guess...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Do you ever find yourself in an argument over baseball teaching cues and then realize an hour later you and the person you are arguing with are actually saying the same thing? Happens all the time and if you find yourself around a Major League batting cage you...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Jim welcomes in St Louis Pirates pitching coordinator, Brett Huber. Brett is the career saves leader at Ole Miss and spent some time their coaching before embarking on a journey to help baseball players become better athletes in an effort to become the best baseball players they can...

  On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, With the season approaching Jim wonders out loud how many coaches are using bullpens to teach young pitchers how to pitch while building arm strength. Don’t forgot about the flat-ground throwing and how much it can help Plus, Kirk McNabb of Dirtbag Sports Nation with his “Rope Report”...

  On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, This week’s show is all about preparation and a plan. Dar to often you can drive by a little league field and see 9 kids standing around while a coach is throwing BP to one kid. Take a few moments and put together a plan that will keep...

  On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Coaches all across the country are working on scheduling games, tournaments and hopefully and more importantly, practices. Tune in this week as Jim makes his case as he challenges coaches everywhere to schedule in some “unorganized practices”. You may just be surprised how much fun you bring back and...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, With the new USA bat standards taking full affect people everywhere are confused. Questions from why to where can I swing my old bat have cluttered the discussion about youth baseball for weeks now. I give you my two cents on the new bats and the why. Plus, Kirk...

  On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Jim has returned for the 2018 ABCA in Indy and welcomes’ in his good friend Kirk McNabb to talk about the things they took away from this year’s show. Whether you are into new technology, old school coaching or just getting better the ABCA is a must attend for...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, On this week’s show, Jim is motivated by a tweet from Trent Mongero so much that he has to ask everyone, “What are you working on?”. Chances are you are hitting, throwing, fielding and working out this offseason. We have to ask though if you are really doing everything you...

  On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Jim has returned from the ABCA and has so much new info to share that we don’t know where to begin! Happy to have Dirk Dembroski from “Precision Impact” on todays show as we look at the different approaches for training young athletes and how we go about finding...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, As we say goodbye to 2017 we look to get better in 2018 across the board. With the ABCA coming up we will look to pass on all the wonderful things coming for baseball in the new year. Challenge yourself and all those around you to find a way to make...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Jim answers some questions from his “preparing for 2018” episode as we got a ton of response from listeners asking great questions. Youth baseball Talk, The Rope Trainer and Dirtbag baseball Nation are partnering on a giveaway contest for our listeners. Tune in and learn how you can receive your...

  On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Jim welcomes in Coach Sheets and Coach bart as we the ABCA is right around the corner. Tune in and learn more about the ABCA and what you can expect if you attend this years event. The ABCA has added Coach bart to take a more active role in youth...

On this episode of Youth Baseball Talk, Jim offers up some advice for coaches, managers and team moms and dads everywhere as they begin preparation for 2018. Guys like Spiker and Ryan over at tournamentguy.com have done their best to make life easy on all of us. Make sure to give them a look! Plus, Kirk McNabb...