Explore every episode of the podcast Optimal Power Performance
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #11 Mental Side That Destroyed My Career | 18 Apr 2025 | 00:13:09 | |
Aj breaks down his pitfalls in the mental game during his career! Great learning experience for athletes. Sound quality isn't amazing as this was recorded in the car. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #10 Dealing With Old School Coaches | 19 Dec 2024 | 00:14:21 | |
In this episode Aj discusses how to deal with old school coaches who don't agree with your training methods in any aspect of your game. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #9 The Baseball Business | 02 Oct 2024 | 00:15:30 | |
In this podcast Aj breaks down the Backwards framework to help coaches make better decisions when scaling their business. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #8 Risk to Reward Chasing Velocity | 10 Aug 2024 | 00:20:39 | |
In this episode Aj breaks down the risk to reward with chasing Velocity at all levels of the game. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #7 Coaches Who Never Played | 03 Jul 2024 | 00:12:35 | |
Many athletes are only seeking coaches who played at a high level. Although there are amazing coaches who never played doing great things for the baseball community. In this episode Aj talks about his experience as a coach and some of the struggles he has gone through. He also explains why it's so important for coaches to be more involved in their training process and actually be able to show athletes how do the very thing they are coaching. If you're a coach, baseball facility owner, or aspiring coach, this is a great episode to learn from. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #6 Lesson Paradigm | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:15:14 | |
In this episode Aj discusses the fall of the lesson paradigm that athletes are consistently stuck in from a young age. He covers how athletes are actually negatively impacted in their career by only investing into lessons. He also covers it from a coaching perspective and why results can be drastically better when their is a long term commitment involved. If you're a coach or athlete, this is for you! Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #5 Individualized Baseball Training | 24 May 2024 | 00:16:13 | |
In this episode Aj discusses the fall backs of highly individualized training. This perspective is different than what most of the industry is pushing. But after years of testing and applying both perspectives with highly individualized programs and group training, Aj shares his thoughts on the process and what he recommends for athletes and coaches. The results speak for themselves. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #4 Youth Training | 08 May 2024 | 00:15:47 | |
In this episode Aj dives into the world of youth athletic development. He goes into detail about sport specificity and how it's damaging our youth. He also dives into the importance of playing multiple sports, building a quality foundation and how to begin training as a youth athlete. This is a must see episode for parents and coaches who are dealing with youth athletes 8 - 14 years old. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #3 Service First Approach In The Baseball Industry | 03 May 2024 | 00:15:42 | |
In this Podcast Aj Discusses how he and his team at OPP have grown consistently every year. In that process he shares his observations on how other coaches could do it too. This simple approach could easily 10x their business if they take a Service First approach. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #2 Strong Enough? | 18 Apr 2024 | 00:22:41 | |
Many people in the baseball industry believe that there is such thing as becoming "too strong" and that once you hit X, Y, Z numbers, you're "strong enough'" Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||
| #1 HLP Podcast w/Richard Schenk | 03 Apr 2024 | 00:27:49 | |
Richard (aka teacherman) is a hitting pioneer who helped transform Aaron Judge's swing back in 2017. Since then, his hitting method called HLP has transformed thousands of baseball swings over the years. Yet, there is a lot of controversy about this swing method. Training: https://optimalpowerperformance.com/ | |||