Coach Corey Gardner's guest appearances

Coach Corey Gardner

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Corey Gardner

Corey Gardner is currently the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Southern Wesleyan University, where he coaches hitters &amp; infielders. Corey had previous stops at The University of Rio Grande and Kentucky Christian Univeristy. He previously owned a travel baseball program as well.  In this episode we talk about how student athletes can project confidence when speaking to college coaches on the phone or in person. Corey shares the 1 question he would ask over 10,000 student athletes every year on the recruiting trail. Corey shares advice on how to connect with coaches on email and social media. We also answer a few audience questions since this was recorded live on Twitter Spaces on May 27th, 2022. Question include: "If you get an introduction email from a player and you are not allowed to respond due to age restrictions. How does player know if you are interested or not." and  "As Corey mentioned, parents aren’t around their child when in college….  With the surge of student athletes who have taken their own lives, what are some things a parent/athletes can ask when looking for a program in regards to supporting your athletes mentally or safeguarding the athletes whole self?   Second- how do college coaches makes sure their athletes are mentally and emotionally balanced/ being supported with the pressures of being a college athlete?"--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/playballkid/message

<a href="https://twitter.com/coachcgardner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Corey Gardner</a> is currently the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Southern Wesleyan University, where he coaches hitters &amp; infielders. Corey had previous stops at The University of Rio Grande and Kentucky Christian Univeristy. He previously owned a travel baseball program as well.  In this episode we talk about how student athletes can project confidence when speaking to college coaches on the phone or in person. Corey shares the 1 question he would ask over 10,000 student athletes every year on the recruiting trail. Corey shares advice on how to connect with coaches on email and social media. We also answer a few audience questions since this was recorded live on Twitter Spaces on May 27th, 2022. Question include: "If you get an introduction email from a player and you are not allowed to respond due to age restrictions. How does player know if you are interested or not." and  "As Corey mentioned, parents aren’t around their child when in college….  With the surge of student athletes who have taken their own lives, what are some things a parent/athletes can ask when looking for a program in regards to supporting your athletes mentally or safeguarding the athletes whole self?   Second- how do college coaches makes sure their athletes are mentally and emotionally balanced/ being supported with the pressures of being a college athlete?"--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/playballkid/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/playballkid/message</a>