Expo Theater

The American Baseball Coaches Association's Expo Theater is an area where ABCA partners, exhibitors and member coaches give presentations on a variety of baseball topics. The 2019 Expo Theater will feature nearly 25 clinics and be located down the hall from the main clinic hall. Expo Theater presentations will run from Thursday, Jan. 3 through Saturday, Jan. 5.

The 2019 Expo Theater schedule will be released later this fall.

2018 ABCA EXPO THEATER SCHEDULE • Indianapolis, Indiana
Thursday, January 4, 2018
1:45 p.m.	Sean Travers, 64 Club/Ontario Blue Jays Developing Middle Infielders: Test It, Teach It, Train It
2:20 p.m.	Blast Motion Defining Technology's Role in Your Program Speakers: Justin Goltz, Baseball Channel Manager - Blast Motion; Panel of Special Guests
3:05 p.m.	TeamSnap How Using an App Made Me a Better Coach Speaker: Bruce Reed - TeamSnap
3:30 p.m.	Powerchute Weight vs. Wind: Don't Fight the Resistance Speaker: Barry Larkin - MLB Hall of Famer
4:15 p.m.	Umpires Media Know the Rules... Rule the Game! Speaker: David Yorke, President/CEO - Umpires Media Inc.
5:00 p.m.	Texas Baseball Ranch Effectively Using the Lower Half; Developing Synergy, Sequencing & Torsion in the Throwing Movement Pattern; Khaos Training Speakers: Flint Wallace, Director of Player Development; Ollie Kadey, Durathro Coord.; Ron Wolforth, Founder & CEO - Texas Baseball Ranch
Friday, January 5, 2018
9:50 a.m.	TeamSnap How Using an App Made Me a Better Coach Speaker: Bruce Reed - TeamSnap
10:15 a.m.	Crossover Symmetry Arm Health OS (operating system) - Developing and Monitoring Arm Health & Performance Speakers: Duggan Moran, Matt Unthank - Crossover Symmetry
11:00 a.m.	gameSense Sports Advanced Hitting: Technologies to Improve Timing Speakers: Jerry Weinstein, Moderator; Peter Fadde - gameSense Sports; Joe Bingold - Senaptec; Jason Sherwin - deCervo; Tim Nicely - V-Flex
11:45 a.m.	AstroTurf How Artificial Turf Affects the Game of Baseball Speakers: Nino Giarratano, Head Coach - University of San Francisco; Greg Beals, Head Coach - The Ohio State University
12:30 p.m.	J.T. Maguire, Assistant Coach - Lander University Outfield: The Forgotten Position
1:30 p.m.	Operation Hawkeye STRIKE FORCE: Leveraging Diamond Skills to Support Children and Families of Special Operations Heroes Speaker: Will Thomas, Founder - Operation Hawkeye
2:15 p.m.	Rapsodo The Development of a Sinker - How I Got Back to the Majors with Rapsodo Speaker: Craig Breslow
3:00 p.m.	Drew Briese, Head Coach - Centre College Winning Practice: Routines, Expectations and Activation for Daily Success
3:35 p.m.	gameSense Sports Creating Next Level Hitters by Training Pitch Recognition Speakers: Dr. Peter Fadde, Chief Science Officer - gameSense Sports and Professor of Learning Systems Design & Technology - Southern Illinois Univ.
4:20 p.m.	Next College Student Athlete How Technology is Changing the Recruiting Game Speaker: Nelson C. Gord, Director of Baseball - NCSA
Saturday, January 6, 2018
9:45 a.m.	Tucker Frawley, Associate Head Coach - Yale University An Infielder's Blueprint: Creating Structure, Purpose and Competitiveness in the Practice Setting
10:20 a.m.	Arizona Mound Company Pitchers Approach to Practice Speaker: Elliott Waterman - University of San Francisco
11:05 a.m.	Motus Global Integrating Smart Data into Winning Baseball Programs Speakers: Will Carroll & Carlo Alvarez - Motus Global; Bill Sampen, Former MLB Pitcher; Gary Vaught, Head Coach - Univ. of Indianapolis
11:50 a.m.	Driveline Baseball Bringing Modern Hitting Training to Your Practice Dan Heefner, Head Coach - Dallas Baptist University; Jeff Albert, Hitting Coordinator - Houston Astros; Jason Ochart - Driveline Baseball; Dillon Lawson, Hitting Coach - University of Missouri; Shawn Schlechter, Hitting Coach - North Iowa Area Community College
1:15 p.m.	Stephen Mackey, 2Words.TV Beyond the Scoreboard: Your Game Plan for Building a Culture of Character