YBE170: Practices Revisited with Keith Madison

Are there ways to improve how our practices are? Keith Madison, the winningest coach in University of Kentucky history and the publisher of Inside Pitch magazine, shares some ideas in part 1 of this three-part interview. Also, Rob answers the Question of the Week (34:13) about ideas/drills for creating pressure-hitting situations in practice. Plus, Rob gives a practice planning tip of his own (41:31). In this 45-minute episode, you'll learn: how Keith got into pro baseball (2:40) what American Legion baseball is (9:21) how Keith got the head coaching job at Kentucky (10:44) whether Ron Polk's Baseball Playbook can work for youth baseball (24:59) recommended hitting tip from Baseball Playbook (28:32) recommended hitting philosophy to simplify hitting (29:11)

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YBE170: Practices Revisited with Keith Madison is an episode from The Youth Baseball Edge Podcast with Rob Tong: Coaching | Drills | Strategy by Rob Tong.

This episode is 44:52 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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