Expo Theater

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The American Baseball Coaches Association's Expo Theater is an area where ABCA Partners and Trade Show exhibitors present their newest products, host panel discussions and answer coaches questions on their products.

The 2023 Expo Theater will run on the ABCA Trade Show floor in the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center from Thursday, Jan. 5 until Saturday, Jan. 7 and feature over 20 presentations!

The 2022 Expo Theater included presentations from ABCA Partners like Blast Motion, Driveline Baseball, GameChanger, HitTrax, Next College Student Athlete, Pocket Radar, Rapsodo, TopVelocity, V1 Sports and Wilson Sporting Goods!

The 2023 Expo Theater presentation schedule will be released in the Fall!

All coaches who register for the in-person Convention or Live Clinic Video Stream will receive the entire on-demand clinic video set, which includes the General Session, Youth Coaches Session and Expo Theater presentations, in their ABCA account by February 1 after the Convention. All other ABCA members will receive access to the on-demand video set as part of their membership benefits on Monday, May 22.

2022 EXPO THEATER SCHEDULE

The 2023 Expo Theater presenters & schedule will be released in the fall.

Thursday, January 6, 2022
1:10 p.m.	The 6 Elements of Velocity that Build Dominant Pitchers Brent Pourciau, M.S. Kinesiology
1:55 p.m.	Strength Matters Most: A New Analytics Frontier in Player Development Ryan Crotin, Ph.D. CSCS RSCC
2:40 p.m.	How WilsonTeamShop.com Helps You Focus on Coaching & Travel Ball Reimagined with Diamond Allegiance Ed Easley, Easley Baseball; Nick Spalding, Wilson Sporting Goods; Tracy Smith, Diamond Allegiance; Pat Casey, Diamond Allegiance
3:25 p.m.	How New Technology Ecosystems are Empowering Coaches Within the Game Taylor Alexander, Steve Goody and Todd Blyleven of Pocket Radar, Inc. along with Rocky Collis, MUSTARD; Andrew Beile, Athletes Go Live; Tom Koerick, SkillShow;  and Kyle Crawford, K-Motion/PG Tech
4:10 p.m.	Baseball is Back! Let's Talk Data-Driven Player Development Coaching Panel moderated by Blast Motion
4:55 p.m.	Redefining the Way Catchers Train Charlie Greene Jr., Milwaukee Brewers; Charles Galiano, C25 Training Products and former Milwaukee Brewers Catcher
Friday, January 7, 2022
10:10 a.m.	Hitting Biomechanics: Changing the Gamify with HitAI on HitTrax Dr. Mike Sonne; Chief Scientist, ProPlayAI; Mike Donfrancesco, CEO, HitTrax; Max Dutto, Assistant Director of Hitting, Driveline Baseball
10:55 a.m.	Come See What's New for 2022 Ken Strnad, VP of Marketing, GameChanger; Kyleigh Meisler, Partnerships & Events Manager, GameChanger
11:40 a.m.	V1 Sports Ground Force and Video Technology: Eliminating Game Pressure with Ground Pressure Chad Miller, Founder, Louisville Slugger Hitting Science Center; Phil Stotter, Director of Sports Science, V1 Sports
12:25 p.m.	Transforming Data Into Results: Getting the Most Out of Your Rapsodo Technology Seth Daniels, Rapsodo with a Coaching Roundtable Panel
1:10 p.m.	PULSE, EDGE and TRAQ: The Future of Baseball Metrics Kyle Boddy and Jason Ochart, Driveline with Special Guests
2:35 p.m.	Recruiting Trends: How COVID Changed the Game Nelson Gord, Director of Baseball, NCSA; Chris Wietlispach, VP of Team Solutions, NCSA; Don Mitchell, President and Founder, College Baseball Advisors
3:20 p.m.	Top Velocity: Developing the 100MPH Pitcher Brent Pourciau, M.S. Kinesiology
Saturday, January 8, 2022
9:10 a.m.	Navigating the "Sea of Data" in Modern Scouting and Performance Enhancement Jonny Gomes, two-time World Series Champion; Jon Updike, MLB Scout
9:55 a.m.	QuixStix – Get Outside and Play, Have Fun the QuixStix Way! Michael Donohue
10:40 a.m.	Using Biomechanics: How Access Changes Everything Dr. Mike Sonne; Chief Scientist, ProPlayAI; Casey Mulholland, Founder, Kinetic Pro; Steve Merriman, Pitching Coach, The University of Michigan
11:25 a.m.	mySwing Baseball: An introduction to Real-Time 3D Training, Analysis and Injury Prevention Omar Iglesias Perez, Alexander Alvarez
12:10 p.m.	Mental Health Meets Performance – Where the Real Training Begins Scott Fox, Champion Playbook
12:55 p.m.	Innovative Arm Protection: Introducing a New Era of Protective Gear and Workload Management Jason Colleran, Founder, The Kinetic Arm