The Post Game Podcast Ep. 29 - Jack Barry: Going an Inch Wide and Mile Deep, Building Trust with Athletes, and Untapped Potential
Jack Barry is a former All-American at Salisbury University.
He is the owner of JB Performance, where he provides remote and in-person / hybrid training to pitchers from the high school level through the major leagues.
He is also the Host of the "Just Rippin" podcast.
Jack is passionate about impacting as many ballplayers as he can and helping them fulfill their full potential.
What You’ll Learn About:
- Yin and Yang between college coaching staff
- Thinking things into existence - good and bad
- Growing audience on twitter with consistent niche content
- Becoming an expert in one thing vs. being average in a bunch of things
- Having skin in the game to get better
- Open and honest communication between coaches and athletes
- Taking aggressive action towards something you want
- Throwing 95 at 185
Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to Jack (1:50) - Sketch (3:15) - Youngest of 3 (5:15) - Getting to Salisbury (9:00) - Relationship with college coaches (12:40) - Sports Psych (13:30) - Imposter syndrome (15:30) - Figuring out what to do after college (18:15) - Tread Athletics (19:00) - Starting to post content (23:00) - Hey man, don’t do that (24:45) - Initial tweets that blew up (27:10) - Inch wide mile deep (30:30) - Going all in on baseball stuff (31:30) - His coaching business (32:50) - Establishing trust with athletes (34:45) - Skin in the game (37:20) - Looking for the next big thing vs. slow progress (41:20) - The business side of it (43:30) - No free lunch (45:00) - Stability vs. making the jump (48:30) - Meat Mafia (49:50) - Curiosity about performance / health (52:00) - Human potential is untapped (54:15) - Nicotine (57:45) - Where to Find Jack