Pacific Northwest Fungo Banter: Recent Episodes
Eric Sorensen
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We dive into more practice planning. Competitive practices, and just coaching up your kids to get the most out of them
Darren Trainor Lewiston Idaho High School Head Coach, we talk about his path of baseball ending up at LC State, Coach dives into coaching catchers and creating his own version of the LC Way
Brian Valentine Eastern Oregon Head Coach Part 2, We cover the world of the transfer portal, building culture with a moving roster, and some fun stories of first time head coach experiences.
Brian Valentine from Eastern Oregon University fresh off his time as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Lower Columbia CC
In part 2 we break down off season throwing programs, How long to shut your guys down in the off season, having honest open conversations with your pitching staff, and finish with some fun stories of playoff baseball experiences.
Keith Hessler of Everett Community College joins us to talk about pitcher development in the PNW. Talk about year round arm care/training schedule. How long should you take time off, and how long of a ramp up period your pitchers should have before competition.
We are joined by Arlo Evasick form Top Tier sports talking about the crossover between High School and Summer Baseball relationships. And talk recruiting for youth baseball.
Throw back to Season 1 with Mike Archer Selah High School and Billy Boyer Detriot Tigers talking infield play
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We dive into how coach likes to teach his offense, how he impacts his youth levels in his community!
Kicking off season 5 with Richland High School's GrantRichardson press off a perfect 27-0 State Championship season! We cover the27-0 run. We also dive into his 2018 season where he was "Fired" gothis job back and went on to win the state championship in 2018. A must listento all head coaches especially young guys fresh into the coaching profession.
We wrap up season 4 with a bang! Sonny Garza from Othello High School talks The Othello Way, Infield play, and breaks down middle infield work.
Max BP Co-Founders Neil McConnell and Brian Greene talk about how the company started and how to use their great tools to benefit your program. Best fast reaction tools on the market
CJ Baker Minnesota Twins MiLB Hitting Coach and Jeff Calhoon Houston Astros MiLB Assistant Coach
Part two we dive in deeper to coaching hitters and much much more.
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David Olson Co-Head Coach Bellevue CC Part 1 We dive into his path in coaching, being a coach in the PNW and we dive into a great discusion about hitting and offense.
Erik Karns from Coeur D'Alene High School, Talking all things Idaho High School Baseball and start to dive into how the Vikings build their offensive program
Part two with head coach from Eastern Oregon University Kyle Treadway as we wrap up this fun episode!
Head Coach of Eastern Orego University Kyle Treadway joins us to talk building his program, and we will dive into some great pitching talk!
Kick off Episode with Derek Weldon from Olympia High School and Co-owner of 643 Charts Part 1 of this great interview. For the full episode NOW you can see the fun unedited version on our Youtube Page.
Welcome back to Season 4 of the Pacific Northwest Fungo Banter!!!! Episode 1 will be coming out later this week! Lets get ready for another great season talking shop, and highlighting all the great coaches of the Pacific Northwerst.
Fired up to have Butch Chaffin from Cookeville High School on to cover his time coaching at Cookeville and with Team USA.
Fired up to have Butch Chaffin from Cookeville High School on to talk hitting, his time coaching at Cookeville and with Team USA.
Part 2 with Wyatt Tonkin Shorewood High School. In Part two we get into story time with Coach.
Part 1 with Washington State Coaches Assoiciation Hall of famer Wyatt Tonkin Head Coach at Shorewood High School
A week out from the Washington State Baseball coaches association clinic in Moses Lake, we sit down and recap with Brian Jackson and Kevin Agnew. And we look forward to the 2024 clinic
If your ready for a do not miss episode this is the one! Great conversation with Coach Lupinksi from Lower Columbia
We sit down with head coach of the Lower Columbia RedDevils Kurt Lupinski talking Red Devil Baseball
Max Price South Salem High School and the voice of The High School Coaches Club Podcast
We dive into the nuts and bolts of infield play and coaching up our high school athletes
Part 1 with Coach Kevin Agnew from Pullman High School. We dive into his path, and reaching todays student athlete and working with them to on and off the field to get the most out of their potential.
Part 2 of our interview with CJ Perry Head coach at Whitworth University, we dive into pitching and developing arms in the PNW
2019 Northwest conference coach of the year and Head Coach of Whitworth University in Spokane Washington CJ Perry
Part 2 of our interview with Todd Gibson from Ellensburg High School, we dive into infield play.
Part 1 with Head Baseball Coach from Ellensburg High School Todd Gibson, We cover culture, mental game, and sustaining a program thats created a final 4 tradition for over a decade
Ryan Lennerton Head Coach A&M Consolidated, College Station Texas. His roots are in the Pacific Northwest, north of the border. We cover baseball in Canada, baseball in Texas, and dive into being a low tech guy in a big tech world!
Nate and Cash join us to talk about an upcoming infield camp in the PNW, We talk infield play, and the 6th Tool!
Scott Parrish Colfax High School Head Coach, Joins us to talk some Bulldog Baseball, Palouse Summer Series Baseball, and how they are preparing for the 2021 season
Happy to be joined by Craig Driver the 1st Base Coach, and Catching Coach for the Chicago Cubs. We talk about his roots in the PNW. The inside track on coaching first base, and dive into some catching towards the end.
Joined by Coach Stefan McGovern Columbia Basin Community College Head Coach, We dive into his path to the PNW. Along with having the honest discussions with players, and the process of keeping kids fired up through this shutdown.
Tommy Richards Head Coach at Bushnell University, Talks us through the exciting times of being the guy at the helm to start up the baseball program at Bushnell U in Eugene Oregon.
Coach Baker joins us from Biola University. We dive into his roots of the PNW, Recruiting, and into a great hitting conversation as we get to the 7th inning stretch.
We head to Boise Idaho to talk shop with Head Coach Brian Champion, from Centennial High School. How to build your program in your community, involving little league, and keeping practices moving.
Fungo banter heads north for a great interview with Ken Ottinger, Head coach of Wasilla High School in Wasilla Alaska, We dive into all things Alaska baseball. Cover what great summer ball opportunities there are for people to head North and play some quality baseball while giving kids a trip of a lifetime.
Joined by a long time Pacific Northwest coach Joe Ross, Who is currently working as a Northwest area scout for the Kansas City Royals. He was a long time coach at the University of Washington, and also coached for the Cougs of Washington State for a year. We dive into talk about recruiting, scouting, and then end with his takes on being a hitting coach.
This episode we are joined by long time Pacific Northwest coach Gregg Swenson. We talk through his stops along the way of his coaching carrier. We dive into arm care in the PNW, especially for youth baseball. And we wrap it up with recommendations on a couple of the best burgers in the state of Washington!
Kicking off season two with Eric Fiedler, Head Coach at Enumclaw High School. We dive into his path in coaching, starting out at Federal Way High School and now at Enumclaw. We cover the lost art of protecting your signs, and also the ethics behind picking signs.
We wrap up season 1, revisiting some of our guests from the first season. Also announce our next Fungo Banter swag giveaway!
Our interview with Donegal Fergus of the Minnesota Twins, breaks down a whole bunch of hitting to wrap up part 2 of this interview,
Coach Fergus from the Northwest, currently with the Minnesota Twins joins us for a two part interview. This part 1 we cover his path in baseball, why being a coach in the Pacific Northwest is so special. And we talk alot about the mental game of baseball.
Today we are joined by Hannah Huesman, Mental Skills Coach of the Philadelphia Phillies. Breaking down the mental game of baseball, processes to practice the mental game. And why its so important in life as well as the great game of baseball!
Today were joined by Ryan Divish, the Seattle Mariners beat writer for the Seattle Times. We talk about growing up playing baseball in Montana, his path into journalism, and he tells some stories about the day to day life as a beat writer.
Head Coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla Washington. Dives into the recruiting game. Along with building the culture at Whitman, along with the measurable s of evaluating players.
Coach Bingham joins us to talk about his program at Lake Washington, Talks about how this covid-19 hit them. Talks about the run of success they have had there at LW. He dives into the Seattle Elite league and where it stands going forward!
Coach Bailey breaks down his carrier, the reasons for the success he has had over the years of coaching. We dive into what makes his teachings and the programs he has been apart of successful. We also dive down a fun path talking hitting.
We are joined by Northwest area scout Mike Gange of the Chicago White Sox, Talk about his days coaching in the PNW and the in's and out's of being a pro scout.
Finally we enter the high school coaching world of Oregon! Coach John Arntson joins us to talk about fundraising in his program. Along with a story about what drives his program day to day.
Coach Sheets blows this episode away with award winning takes on building young men, how he has grown as a coach, and how its allowed him to get to where he is today. Getting out there to mold young men into baseball players, but also preparing them to be productive successful members of society!
Abe Silvestri Director of Team Travel and Clubhouse Operations San Francisco Giants joins us to talk about life in the big leagues, and what it takes to work towards your dreams, and being where your feet are.
Anthony Claggett from Washington State University joins us to dive into the development of a pitching staff. How to coach each individual to get the most out of his players and creating a well rounded pitching staff.
Coach Jackson talks team building and dives into the Washington State Coaches association and all they are doing for the game of baseball.
Coach Kelly talks about the baseball culture at EDCC and talks about building championship culture
Coach Thompson talks his journey to where he is now at Columbia Burbank. We dive into getting a coaching staff together, how to manage your coaching staff, and how to let the coaches create an identity while coaching for your program!
Tanner Swanson joins us to talk about his path to New York, and his ties to the Pacific Northwest. We dive into catching and Coaches vs COVID.
2 time State Champ, current Head coach of Auburn Mountainview High School, Glen Walker joins us for a great conversation on teaching how to coach Havoc Baseball!
Coach Krustangel from YVCC joins us to talk about his program and how they structure practice at YVCC
Head coach Brian Green from Washington State University joins us to dive into the world of hitting, culture building, and Washington State Baseball.
Another great episode talking building, and maintaining, a great high school program, how to get community involvement and keeping a top notch facility!
Joined by hitting coach at LSU Eddie Smith, He has deep roots in the PNW. He dives into his core values of coaching hitters, his time climbing the coaching ranks, and his time as the head coach at Lower Columbia!
Lucky to be joined by Billy Boyer from the Minnesota Twins. He covers with great insight infield play, talk baserunning, and cover the Northwest fraternity and Coaches vs Covid campaign
We are joined by Hall of Fame head coach Mike Archer from Selah High School, Also head coach of the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak. Great talk about coaching and how to build your program. Also tell some funny stories along the way.
We are joined by Associate Head Coach at the University of Washington Elliot Cribby. We cover his career leading to UDub and dig deep into pitching.
Coach Kopple joins us talking about his carrier at George Fox as a player and as a coach. He digs deep into recruiting and offering some great insites that kids all over who are thinking about going onto college should hear!
We welcome Jesse Benedetti from East Valley High School in Yakima Washington. He talks about his program, organizing efficient practices, and ends with talking about the great weekend of the All State series!
An awesome interview with Head baseball coach from Biola University Jeff Calhoon, We talk about his path in baseball, current season he was having, and about how they are building the culture of his program.
We’re joined by Head Coach at Tri Cities Prep and co host of Fungo Banter Jason Jarrett! Talk his carrier in baseball, how he is handling the shut down and the valuable lessons our kids are learning from all this
Episode 1 with Kelly Gau head coach at St Martins University we talk about how our teams found out about the seasons being canceled and suspended. We cover how are players are handling it, along with us coaches. Talk about how great the PNW baseball coaching tree is a fraternity and excited to get more guys on and talk baseball during this off time we all have.
This podcast is for all you baseball coaches out there trying to forget about all the bad happening, and get a mental vacation talking baseball! Lets find out what coaches are up to with this spring off. And lets tell some great stories along the way!