Developing Canadian Baseball Players - Mitch Davidoff

In today’s episode, I speak to Mitch Davidoff. Mitch is currently the manager for the Victoria Eagles, which is a travel baseball organization. Mitch talks about how he helps young baseball players in Canada as well as the comparison of Victoria Eagles in Canada and in the United States. Mitch is also a fantastic hitting coach and has a growth mindset that works perfectly with his coaching skills. He also mentions hitters that he watches to observe their strategies in playing.

SHOW NOTES

[2:26] Based on what you've seen on how travel baseball is in the States, what's the biggest differences that you see from Canada to the United States?

[6:21] Do your team travel a decent amount?

[7:00] How often do your team come to the United States to play?

[7:54] How often do your team have college coaches come up and see you in Canada?

[10:39] What is your story behind playing college baseball at four different schools?

[13:52] What was your experience with competing at a higher level?

[16:42] Did you play hockey growing up?

[17:30] What is the timeline like for players in high school level in Canada?

[20:59] Is the strength conditioning world pretty big up there in terms of baseball players working out pretty hard all year round?

[22:05] What would be something that you would want to implement for your player from a development standpoint that you don’t have right now?

[25:46] What’s your framework from hitting standpoint when you’re developing players?

[29:09] How do you go about helping players deal with building an approach and the mental side of the game and kind of that tactical game planning?

[34:02] Who was your team growing up? Was it the Mariners?

[35:18] Are there any hitters that you really like watching today who are still playing?

[36:14] What are some of the things that you see from the hitters you watch that you take to your hitters?

[38:30] Do you ever have your hitters feel the positions you mentioned during their practice?

[40:13] What is the C from A.C.T.?

[41:45] Did you came up with the A.C.T. kind of program?

[42:55] What is your dream?

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