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Hosted by Coach Denny Barrett · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 266 episodes
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It's time to "Swing Hard" with Coach Denny Barrett! Coach Denny has been coaching at the high school and collegiate level for almost thirty years. He has also recruited and coached some of the top collegiate and professional athletes. Throughout his career, Denny has also been involved in all aspects of the athletics programs including recruiting, coordinating programs, budgeting, staffing and maintenance. And, with his successful BATRS program, he and his staff provide preparation for young players to succeed at the high school level and beyond! With the "Swing Hard" podcast, it doesn't matter if you play baseball or not - just step up to the plate and get some life inspiration every week with Coach Denny!
Coach Denny Barrett hosts Swing Hard, a sports show with 266 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Denny and Producer Rob talk about the recent baseball tryouts and coaching approaches. The discussion also included the growing seriousness in youth baseball, particularly around travel
Send us Fan Mail This week’s episode features Denny and his coaching staff from BATRS. Denny and his crew talk about the recent BATRS tryouts. Denny discusses how each player is evaluated and how BATRS focuses on the dev
Send us Fan Mail This week Denny and Adam focus college recruiting and the importance of choosing a school based on academics and life skills rather than solely on athletic opportunities. Plus Denny and Adam break down w
Send us Fan Mail This week, Denny updates his summer activities including coach with the Dodgers at Westmont college. Plus Denny and Rob talk about Jacob Madrid’s recent signing with the Mets. And Denny gives some advice
Send us Fan Mail The podcast focused on baseball coaching and mental preparation, with Adam Sarancik sharing insights about managing a talented 13-year-old grandson named CJ who is growing rapidly and preparing for a sho
Send us Fan Mail This episode features John Lynch, a Boston-born writer and screenwriter now living in LA, discussing baseball, sports movies, and his upcoming script reading. The conversation covered John's favorite spo
Send us Fan Mail This episode features an interview with Andy Diver, head coach at Mira Costa High School, discussing his team's CIF championship victory in Division III baseball. Andy shared how his team overcame signif
Send us Fan Mail This episode featured an interview with Jacob Madrid, a recently graduated catcher from Notre Dame High School who was preparing for the MLB draft. The conversation covered Jacob's baseball career, inclu
Send us Fan Mail This week on the Swing Hard Podcast, Denny and Rob discuss their recent travel experiences. Plus Denny gives an excellent analysis of the recent baseball success of Cal Poly, UCLA and USC. Denny also bre
Send us Fan Mail Adam Sarancik returns and on this episode he emphasized the importance of consistent fundamental practice, proper mechanics including tag mechanics and bunt defense, understanding field conditions and um
Send us Fan Mail Denny and Producer Rob conducted this podcast episode while Rob was traveling in Peru. The two discussed Denny's high school baseball team's recent elimination from the CIF playoffs after losing a tough
Send us Fan Mail This podcast episode focused on Denny's high school baseball team's playoff progress. Denny discussed their upcoming quarterfinal game against Corona, explaining the CIF Southern Section playoff format a
Send us Fan Mail This podcast episode featured Jason Gordon, a former police officer and professional golfer who now works with athletes through his company Full Salvo Athlete, discussing the importance of teaching young
Send us Fan Mail Episode 253 focuses on baseball terminology and coaching practices, with Adam Sarancik sharing his list of problematic phrases used in youth baseball and discussing proper communication techniques. The h
Send us Fan Mail This episode podcast features Kevin Griffin (father of Konnor Griffin, a Pittsburgh Pirates player), Scott Sterling (father of Levi Sterling, a professional pitcher), discussing their sons' baseball jour
Send us Fan Mail This episode podcast features Kevin Griffin (father of Konnor Griffin, a Pittsburgh Pirates player), Scott Sterling (father of Levi Sterling, a professional pitcher), discussing their sons' baseball jour
Send us Fan Mail This podcast episode featured John Campanella discussing his baseball career and family legacy with hosts Denny and Rob. John shared stories about growing up in a family of seven boys, with his father Jo
Send us Fan Mail Author Adam Sarancik joined Denny to discuss the role of parents in youth baseball and how they should communicate with coaches and players about game strategy and performance. Adam emphasized that paren
Send us Fan Mail On this week's "Swing Hard," Denny called Rob after his high school baseball team's 1-0 loss to De La Salle in the national tournament semifinals, where they were ranked 22nd in the state. Denny and Rob
Send us Fan Mail This week Denny talks about opening weekend at Major League Baseball. Plus, Denny and Rob review the latest from the Mission League and Denny teases a topic we have coming up in a future podcast, “What’s
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Swing Hard is hosted by Coach Denny Barrett. The show is categorised under sports (baseball) and has published 266 episodes.
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