YBE 168: Select-Level Coaching At Rec Levels with Grant Cowan

The Youth Baseball Edge Podcast with Rob Tong: Coaching | Drills | Strategy by Rob Tong

Aug 1, 202446:54Sports & Recreation

Grant Cowan, MBSA coach and vice commissioner, shares how to coach your rec league team like a select-level coach in part 1 of this two-part interview. Plus Rob answers the Question of the Week (40:50) about how to manag...

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