David chats with Tim Dixon and China McCarney - hosts of the brand new Pursuit of Perfection podcast. In this high energy, "freestyle" episode this dynamic trio discusses a variety of topics including visualization, goal setting, overcoming per

#59: Justin Dehmer - Be a 1 Pitch Warrior

Oct 25th, 2016 38m 31s

David talks with Justin Dehmer, a coach who broke the high school baseball win streak record, about what it means to be a 1 Pitch Warrior. Dehmer shares his techniques on how to get young ball players to have a "we mentality" and be process bas

#58: Barry Weinberg - Be Memorable & Make Connections

Oct 19th, 2016 26m 26s

David sits down with Barry Weinberg, to talk about his journey as an athletic trainer in Major League Baseball. Barry shares his experiences, as well as how important it is to leave good impressions on the people you meet, no matter who they ar

#57: Matt Lisle - Building Baseball Relationships

Oct 11th, 2016 38m 14s

David sits down with Matt Lisle to dive deeper into his journey of coaching. Matt shares how important it is to build relationships with players and other coaches, and how being an athlete helps with setting goals in everyday life. ————————————

#56: Matt Lisle - Parenting & Coaching in Today's Society

Oct 5th, 2016 30m 9s

David talks with Matt Lisle, a coach, writer, clinician and scout that works with high school, collegiate and professional baseball and softball players. Matt shares his advice with parenting and coaching youth in today's day and age. —————————

#55: How to Reframe Epic Failures

Oct 1st, 2016 14m 32s

Reframing is the ability to look at a situation from a different perspective in order to learn and move on. In this solo episode, David shares a story where he experienced an epic fail, and what he learned from the situation. ————————————————

#54: Justin Dedman: Hitting Mental

Sep 21st, 2016 54m 56s

There's a lot more to hitting than technique and fundamentals. David sits down with Justin Dedman, hitting coach at Lee University, to learn more about the mental side of hitting. ———————————————— Guest Links: Website: http://www.hittingmental

#53: Paul Reddick - Selecting the Ideal Coach

Sep 12th, 2016 33m 47s

A coach is more than just someone teaching sports in a child's life, they are the second most important role model. David talks with Paul Reddick, to find out the best qualities to look for when selecting your son's new coach. ————————————————

#52: Paul Reddick - The True Drive to Reach Your Potential

Sep 6th, 2016 35m 31s

David chats with Paul Reddick, former MLB scout, author, entrepreneur and minor league coach, to learn more about the 5-6-7 technique. A breakthrough exercise helping both parents and aspiring athletes dig deep to find out what is truly the dri

#51: Lessons From A Legends Life Lost

Aug 15th, 2016 10m 29s

David talks about a few lessons learned from the sudden death of Calvin Riley, a player he coached as a part of the 2016 Menlo Park Legends collegiate team. Click here https://www.gofundme.com/27ch3rek to support Cal Riley Funeral Fund. This go

#50: 9 Nutrition Tips for Ballplayers on a Budget

Jul 28th, 2016 20m 51s

David breaks down 9 Nutrition tips he learned during his own weight loss transformation. These are great for any ballplayers, coaches or parents who are looking to learn or teach new health habits. Committing to a healthy diet is one of the cor

#49: 10 Lessons for Young Coaches & Leaders

Jul 12th, 2016 16m 17s

David tells us his 10 main lessons for young coaches and leaders on this weeks episode. All this advice has come from David's personal experience in his career as a young coach. The 10 most important coaching and leadership lessons I have learn

#48: Craig Haworth - Winning Youth Coach

Jun 30th, 2016 48m 56s

Roles are reversed as David gets interviewed by Craig Haworth on the Winning Youth Coaching show. Craig asks about David's journey in becoming the CEO of a collegiate baseball organization at such a young age. David shares insight on teaching t

#47: Shannon Sennefelder - Parents and Baseball

Jun 23rd, 2016 56m 35s

The roles are reversed on this episode of A Legends Life, Dave gets interviewed by Shannon Sennefelder, on Real People Real Relationships. Dave and Shannon talk about parenting young ball players, and give advice on how to keep sports fun. ————

#46: Scott Rosberg - Coaching Character

Jun 15th, 2016 37m 40s

Team culture is built around leadership. Not only the leadership from the top, but leadership within the group itself. David sits down with long time coach Scott Rosberg, to talk about building team culture and developing a character instead of

#45: Alan Jaeger, Jason Hirsh, Zach McClellan - Arm Care

Jun 9th, 2016 1h 21m

Don't let an arm injury sideline you from playing the game. David sits down with arm care specialists to talk the best ways to gain strength and keep you on the playing field. ———————————————— Guest Links: Alan Jaeger Twitter: @jaegersports Ins

#44: Zach McClellan – Demand Command of your Life

Jun 3rd, 2016 1h 2m

David speaks with Zach McClellan, about how he faced adversity throughout his journey to the big leagues. After suffering a career ending arm injury, Zach decided to take what he had learned from the game and use it to create his company, Deman

#43: How to Build A Successful Travel Ball Business

May 25th, 2016 1h 24m

David chats with two former Major Leaguers, Jason Hirsh andZach McClellan, who now run their own youth academies and “travel ball”programs. In this re-purposed Blab episode, they dig in deep on the battle-testedmethods they have implemented, wh

#42: When You Swing & Miss at Forgiveness

May 16th, 2016 8m 20s

Lack of forgiveness is very painful when you take a swing and miss. We all make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. By offering forgiveness to someone you release all the anger, hate and pain that prevents the positive energy from flowing through you.

#41: Troy Silva – Don't Just Coach, Be a Mentor

May 11th, 2016 41m 2s

Coaching over 30,000 private lessons, Troy Silva has learned his “calling” in life is to be a coach. However, after a just few years of transitioning from pro ball player to coach at Rijo Baseball, Troy learned that being a quality coach involv

#40: 3 Tools to Strikeout Complaining

May 3rd, 2016 8m 30s

Everyday we face issues and problems within our lives.Mindlessly complaining to ourselves and the people around us onlycreates negativity and rarely generates solutions. This soloepisode offers 3 strategies for how you can strikeoutcomplaininga

#39: Jon Gordon – The Power of Positivity

Apr 25th, 2016 31m 57s

David chats with international best selling author and speakerJon Gordon about the importance of positivity. Jon discusses how tobalance positivity with being authentic and how staying connectedto the world allows you to live a more positive pa

#38: Lantz Wheeler - How to Develop a Young Pitcher (Part 2)

Apr 22nd, 2016 35m 47s

David continues his conversation with Lantz Wheeler and talks about coaching kids on the mental game as well as his own baseball experiences. He exposes numerous practical strategies such as asking kids questions and writing in journals – these

#37: Lantz Wheeler – How to Develop a Young Pitcher

Apr 20th, 2016 34m 55s

David talks with Baseball Think Tank founder Lantz Wheeler about the launch of his baseball business his thoughts on common pitching tools. Lantz highlights the importance of implementing pitching gadgets, which provide immediate feedback for p

#36: Gina Parris - How To Master Your Inner Game

Apr 14th, 2016 49m 59s

David chats with world-renowned performance coach Gina Parris about practical strategies to “master your state”. They dig in on relationships, expectations, goal setting, mindfulness and how to guide others through both life and baseball slumps