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Baseball Coaches Unplugged is a podcast for insights on high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, and college recruiting from coaches building winning programs. Each episode features real conversations about high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, college recruiting, player development, practice planning, pitching and hitting development, and building a winning baseball culture. If you’re a baseball coach looking for practical ideas on running better practices, developing players, navigating the recruiting process, and leading a successful program, this podcast delivers insights from experienced coaches across high school, travel, and college baseball. Hosted by 27 year veteran high school baseball coach Ken Carpenter. New episodes drop every Wednesday!
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Signup to Generate a PitchBaseball Coaches Unplugged is a podcast for insights on high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, and college recruiting from coaches building winning programs. Each episode features real conversations about high school baseball coaching, travel baseball development, college recruiting, player development, practice planning, pitching and hitting development, and building a winning baseball culture.
BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED is hosted by Ken Carpenter. The show has published 230 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Neuroplasticity Drills That Train Hitters and Infielders to React Faster" (28 October 2026, 12 minutes), "Why This Hall of Fame Coach Still Wins With Small Ball" (21 October 2026, 32 minutes), and "Strategies For Building A Winning High School Baseball Program" (14 October 2026, 34 minutes).
BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 230 episodes.
Booking probability for BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. BASEBALL COACHES UNPLUGGED's contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #41
Send us Fan Mail Host Coach Ken Carpenter argues that a player's instincts and mental makeup are not fixed, and that neuroplasticity gives coaches a way to train them. This solo episode covers why practice has to...
Episode #40
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Baseball Coaches Unplugged , Coach Ken Carpenter sits down with Buck Workman, longtime head baseball coach at Northmor High School and a Central District Baseball Coaches Association...
Episode #39
Send us Fan Mail A high school baseball program doesn’t turn around by accident and it definitely doesn’t happen just because you post better clips. We sit down with Kyle Parker, head baseball coach at Lincoln Northeast...
Episode #38
Send us Fan Mail Parents Are Running Baseball This episode makes a direct case against year-round single-sport specialization in youth baseball. Coach Ken Carpenter argues that multi-sport athletes are more durable...
Episode #37
Send us Fan Mail Kevin Graeber on Masters Academy International, year-round development, and a practical system for base stealing Coach Ken Carpenter talks with Kevin Graeber, the coach behind Masters Academy...
Episode #36
Send us Fan Mail Win a state championship as a player, win a gold medal with Team USA, then come home and win another state title as the head baseball coach. That is the arc Coach Kristen Caldwell brings to Baseball...
Episode #35
Send us Fan Mail The gap between a good high school baseball team and a great one is rarely just talent. It is the coach’s ability to create an environment where “average” players execute like winners and where the team...
Episode #34
Send us Fan Mail Tommy John surgery shouldn’t feel like a rite of passage for teenage pitchers, yet more high school baseball players are dealing with UCL tears and elbow sprains before they ever graduate. We sit down...
Episode #33
Send us Fan Mail A lot of coaching advice sounds good until the game speeds up and the dugout gets tense. That’s why this conversation with Ben Bizier hit so hard. Ben shares a surprising tool that sharpened his feel...
Episode #32
Send us Fan Mail You can feel it when a program is built to last and Highland Sparta High School baseball in Ohio has had that feeling for decades. We sit down with Donnie Kline and Travis Church, two coaches who have...
Episode #31
Send us Fan Mail A single late-night email from an angry parent can stick with you for years. That’s where we start: the words you can still quote, the blame that still burns, and the way August silence has a sneaky way...
Episode #30
Send us Fan Mail Baseball can feel like it’s thriving on highlight reels while quietly shrinking in the neighborhoods that used to feed high school programs every spring. We sit down with Pittsburgh coach Joe Capobianco...
Episode #29
Send us Fan Mail A 14-year-old can have a loose arm, quick feet, and a bat that makes every coach look up and still get pushed out of baseball by one question: “How much is this going to cost by the end of the summer?”...
Episode #28
Send us Fan Mail You can watch a high school baseball game and think it’s all about the swings, the calls, and the final score. Then you talk to a head coach and realize the real game is happening in a hundred small...
Episode #27
Send us Fan Mail A two mile an hour ride on a hospital gurney can do what 27 years in a baseball dugout never could: tell you, without mercy, what actually matters. We step away from signs, stats, and strategy and talk...
Episode #26
Send us Fan Mail Division I baseball isn’t just "more intense"—it’s a daily war of attrition where a single bad day can cost your players an entire week of progress. On this episode of Baseball Coaches Unplugged...
Episode #25
Send us Fan Mail Your son makes a top travel or select team and suddenly everything feels urgent. Tryouts, fees, rankings, showcases, guest players, tournament schedules, recruiting promises. We slow the moment down and...
Episode #24
Send us Fan Mail A lot of families make the same travel baseball mistake every July: they chase the loudest logo, the flashiest graphics, and the team that “wins the weekend,” then wonder why their player stops...
Episode #23
Send us Fan Mail The biggest mistake high school players make is treating college baseball like a status contest instead of a development decision. Riley Bender just finished his career at the University of Mary...
Episode #22
Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to build a “fundamentally sound” baseball program? In this episode, we sit down with Eddie Hull, Head Baseball Coach at Charlotte Catholic High School in North Carolina, whose...
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