1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Season 4 Episode 32 is out with Frank Andrews. Frank is currently a High Performance Development Coach at Baseball Ireland &amp; Irish National Baseball Team Head Coach. Frank obtained his BS in Exercise Science/Biology at Concordia University and MS in Strength and Conditioning from Limerick Institute of Technology. &amp;nbsp; Frank explains specifically how the National Team operates and his experience within &amp;nbsp;the European Pool Qualifiers. Frank talks about his experience within Strength &amp; Conditioning and the differences between USA and Abroad. Frank explains how he originally got the job with Baseball Ireland and how he started to expand the Irish Baseball Academy. &amp;nbsp; Frank is a very independent think about Strength &amp; Conditioning and Baseball. Frank talks how he is creating adaptations towards his athletes in order to maximize their baseball playing abilities. Frank goes in-depth talking about his philosophies towards throwing and why anatomically throwing originates anteriorly rather than posteriorly. &amp;nbsp; Timestamps &amp;nbsp; Background: (02:00) Startup within baseball and strength and conditioning: (02:20) Injuries (4:00) Concordia University Minor in Chemistry and BS in Exercise Science/Biology (5:00) MS in Strength and Conditioning from Limerick Institute of Technology (07:20) Experience starting in Ireland and baseball abroad (08:10) Strike zone facility (10:15) &amp;nbsp; Ireland (12:10) MS program structure (12:10) Strength and Conditioning US vs Abroad (14:20) Popularity of baseball within Ireland (21:20) Growth of baseball over the next 5 years (25:10) High Performance Development Coach (30:20) Development of baseball Ireland and establishing a high-performance environment? (31:00) Irish National team (34:00) Development programs ideology (38:00) In-depth analysis of programming style (42:30) Mountain Builder Bench Description (44:40) Description of throwing ideology using the perfect throw (48:12) Cueing ideology (57:30) Throwing discussion Why the arm is more important than what people think (60:00) Evolution of the shoulder from monkeys into humans (61:10) Why monkeys can’t actually throw and the main function of their shoulders (63:20) Development of sternoclavicular joint and why throwing originates anteriorly rather than posteriorly (64:20) Training and understanding the eccentric motion of the throw (75:00) Baseball training philosophy adaptation from the past 5-10 years (82:40) Player Development over the next 5 years and why data interpretation is more important than technology (87:00) &amp;nbsp; Closing (98:30) &amp;nbsp; BachTalk http://bachtalk.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24631305/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/24631305