Talkin Shop with Coach Ballgame, Chop, and Flikke

By Coach Ballgame Inc.

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Coach Ballgame, Coach Chop, and Coach Flikke want to change the culture of youth sports. This win at all costs mentality is an epidemic, and it's doing major damage to the mental and physical health of our next generation. This podcast is meant to make coaches better coaches, parents better parents, and kids happier kids. Let's bring back the important things in life. Kindness and FUN.

Episode Date
Talkin Shop | The Final Episode.
Sep 08, 2026
Did We Just SAVE Little League? | REPLAY
Aug 18, 2026
The Truth About Travel Ball | REPLAY
Aug 11, 2026
No Scholarships. No Excuses. The Evan Longoria Story | REPLAY
Aug 04, 2026
What Makes Great Teammates? With Brad Johnson | REPLAY
Jul 28, 2026
The Aware Parent Changes Everything | REPLAY
Jul 21, 2026
Barry Zito: The Rise, the Fall & the Redemption | REPLAY
Jul 14, 2026
REPLAY | 18 Seasons, 3 Rings, and a Lifetime of Wisdom with Shawon "Pops" Dunston
Jul 07, 2026
REPLAY | Behind the Mic: Brewers Broadcaster Jeff Levering
Jun 30, 2026
We're Back: Ballgame, Chop & Flikke Q&A | TALKIN' SHOP | EP 146 |
Jun 23, 2026
Let's Talk to COACH ANDRE | TALKIN' SHOP | EP 145 |
Jun 16, 2026
One of You: Coach Syd Joins the Show | TALKIN' SHOP | EP 144
Jun 09, 2026
The Confidence Catch: Lessons from Jen Schroeder | FULL EP 143 | TALKIN SHOP
Jun 02, 2026
Too Tough or Too Soft? The Baseball Dad Debate | FULL EPISODE 142 TALKIN' SHOP
May 26, 2026
Travel Ball vs. Rec Ball: When Kids Miss Practice, What’s Fair? | TALKIN SHOP | FULL EP 141 |
May 19, 2026
The Mental Health Stigma | FULL EPISODE 90 REPLAY |
May 12, 2026
Coach Ballgame's "Bad Customer Review" | FULL EPISODE 95 REPLAY |
May 05, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EP 140 |When Adults Clash: Fixing Miscommunication and Easing All-Star Anxiety
Apr 28, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EP 139 | He’s Working So Hard… So Why Isn’t He Playing?
Apr 21, 2026
REPLAY | 319 Home Runs… and the Lessons That Matter with Jay Bruce
Apr 14, 2026
REPLAY | My Kid is Afraid of the BALL
Apr 07, 2026
REPLAY | What Made Mookie Betts… Mookie Betts
Mar 31, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EP 138 | Nerves, Nepotism, and the WBC: Keeping the Game Honest
Mar 24, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EP 137 | Don’t Chase the Travel Ball Dream (Until You Hear This)
Mar 17, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EP 136 | Calm the Chaos: Nerves, Neurodiversity & Navigating Tough Conversations
Mar 10, 2026
REPLAY | The New Season Needs Our Pillars of Coaching
Mar 03, 2026
REPLAY | Coach Allie "Gator" Lacey
Feb 24, 2026
TALKIN' SHOP | EPISODE 135 | Spring Ball Vibes: Postgame Talks, Loud Bleachers, and Keeping Kids Loose
Feb 17, 2026
TALKIN' SHOP | EPISODE 134 | Protect the Joy, Set the Tone, Be You
Feb 10, 2026
TALKIN' SHOP | EPISODE 133 | Behind the Scenes of a Healthy Little League
Feb 03, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 132 |Loud Grandparents, and Stress-Free Dugouts
Jan 27, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 131 | Holding Gratitude & Respect for Our Umpires ft. Jayden Lorenzo
Jan 20, 2026
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 130 | Your Kid Shouldn't ONLY Be Playing Baseball...?
Jan 13, 2026
TALKIN' SHOP | FULL EP 129 | You're Not Auditioning for a Travel Coach, They're Auditioning for You.
Jan 06, 2026
REPLAY | The Coaches Talk BEST Christmas Movies
Dec 23, 2025
REPLAY | Loud Coaching is NOT Always Good Coaching...
Dec 16, 2025
REPLAY | Communicating with Parents
Dec 09, 2025
REPLAY | Coach Rac is BACK!
Dec 02, 2025
REPLAY | Is it Okay to Light a Kid Up???
Nov 25, 2025
REPLAY | Albert Pujols on the POD!!
Nov 18, 2025
REPLAY | Kevin Youkilis Tells All
Nov 11, 2025
TALKIN' SHOP | FULL EPISODE 128 | When Parents Care Too Much: The Anxiety Episode
Nov 04, 2025
BONUS EP. | World Series Game 3 CLASSIC
Oct 28, 2025
BONUS EP. | MLB Playoffs UPDATE!!
Oct 22, 2025
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 127 | Hard Questions, Soft Toss Answers.
Oct 21, 2025
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 126 |Talkin’ Life, Leaks, and Listener Questions
Oct 18, 2025
Talkin' Playoffs!!!
Oct 14, 2025
Talkin' Shop Clips | MLB Playoffs 2025
Oct 07, 2025
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 125 | The Boys Are Back with Linda Flanagan!!!
Oct 07, 2025
REPLAY | Bad Attitudes, Work Ethic, and Coaching your own CHILD
Sep 30, 2025
REPLAY | Every Parent Asks These Questions... Q&A
Sep 23, 2025
REPLAY | What makes a GREAT Travel Ball Coach?
Sep 17, 2025
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 124 | September Means Baseball Gets Real
Sep 09, 2025
TALKIN SHOP | FULL EPISODE 123 | Mike Hampton: Big League Lessons and Advice for Every Ballplayer
Sep 02, 2025
Episode 122: Scared Swings, Gray Beards, and Travel Ball Dreams
Aug 26, 2025
Episode 121: Season 5 Debut
Aug 12, 2025
Episode 120: I'm NEW to Travel Ball
Jun 10, 2025
Episode 119: Bad Parent Behavior
Jun 03, 2025
Episode 118: Ballgame's 20 Year College Reunion
May 27, 2025
Episode 117: Little League Playoffs: Coaches acting CRAZY
May 20, 2025
Episode 116: The Yips and zero Work Ethic
May 13, 2025
Episode 115: Coaching Kids with ADHD
May 06, 2025
Episode 114: Kevin Youkilis
Apr 29, 2025
Episode 113: Jackie Robinson Day and The Masters
Apr 15, 2025
Episode 112: Bad Attitudes, Work Ethic, and Coaching your own CHILD
Apr 01, 2025
Episode 111: We Answer LOTS of your questions!
Mar 18, 2025
Episode 110: Is it OK to light a kid up?
Mar 06, 2025
Episode 109: Coach Allie "Gator" Lacey
Feb 04, 2025
Episode 108: Big Things Happening!
Jan 27, 2025
Episode 107: The LA Fires
Jan 14, 2025
Episode 106: Does my kid HAVE to play travel ball to make the High School Team?
Jan 07, 2025
Episode 105: Happy New Year!
Dec 31, 2024
Episode 104: Travel Ball Talk
Dec 10, 2024
Episode 103: A Coach's role in a grieving child's life
Dec 03, 2024
Episode 102: Thanksgiving
Nov 26, 2024
Episode 101: Q and A
Nov 12, 2024
Episode 100: How did the Dodgers win the World Series?
Nov 05, 2024
Episode 99: World Series Time!
Oct 23, 2024
Episode 98: Chad Chop's New Job!
Oct 15, 2024
Episode 97: MLB Playoffs
Oct 08, 2024
Episode 96: My Kid's afraid of the Ball
Sep 24, 2024
Episode 95: Coach Ballgame's "Bad Customer Review"
Sep 16, 2024
Episode 94: Communicating with Parents
Sep 10, 2024
Episode 93: We Answer Your Questions
Sep 03, 2024
Episode 92: The Boys are BACK!
Aug 27, 2024
Episode 91: Summer Recap and Season 4 Intro
Aug 26, 2024
Episode 90: The Mental Health Stigma
May 28, 2024
Episode 89: Did we just save Little League?
May 14, 2024
Episode 88: What makes a GREAT Travel Ball Coach?
Apr 30, 2024
Episode 87: My Child is afraid of being hit by the pitch
Apr 28, 2024
Episode 86: Big Things Happening
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 85: We Read Your Emails
Mar 12, 2024
Episode 84: Ryan Vogelsong
Feb 27, 2024
Episode 83: Our Pillars of Coaching
Feb 20, 2024
Episode 82: D.R. Hitting
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 81: Love Through Failure
Feb 06, 2024
Episode 80: Jeff Francoeur
Jan 23, 2024
Episode 79: What breeds WINNING?
Jan 09, 2024
Episode 78: Jay Bruce
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 77: Texas Recap
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 76: Chris Rose
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 75: Coach RAC
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 74: Dan Spring
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 73: Duke Baxter
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 72: Ben Jenkins
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 71: Matt Payton
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 70: Being an "Aware" Coach and Parent
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 69: Coaching YOUR Kid
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 68: WE BACK! Coach Ballgame's Summer Recap
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 67: End of Season 2
May 30, 2023
Episode 66: Kevin Burkhardt
May 23, 2023
Episode 65: Tim Dillard
May 09, 2023
Episode 64: Sean Flikke
May 02, 2023
Episode 63: Dallas Braden
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 62: Jake Savicki
Apr 04, 2023
Episode 61: Barry Zito
Mar 21, 2023
Episode 60: Peter Moylan
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 59: World Baseball Classic
Mar 07, 2023
Episode 58: Jackson Olson
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 57: Coach Sparky
Feb 21, 2023
Episode 56: Valentines Day
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 55: Kelsey Wingert
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 54: Roberto Clemente Jr.
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 53: Steven Souza Jr.
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 52: Jeff Levering
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 51: Joe Davis
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 50: Aaron Bates
Dec 21, 2022
EPISODE 49: JOMBOY
Dec 13, 2022
Episode 48: Nick Punto
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 47: Let's Talk Hitting
Nov 29, 2022
Episode 46: Brown University Head Coach, Grant Achilles
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 45: Dealing With Parents
Nov 15, 2022
Episode 44: Brett Tomko
Nov 01, 2022
Episode 43: Nick Swisher and Jesse Cole
Oct 18, 2022
Episode 42: Brad Johnson
Oct 16, 2022
Episode 41: Yan Gomes
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 40: LOUD coaching isn't always GOOD coaching
Oct 04, 2022
Episode 39: Ethan Bryan
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 38: Xavier Scruggs
Sep 20, 2022
Episode 37: MLB Playoff Picture
Sep 13, 2022
Episode 36: WE ARE BACK
Sep 07, 2022
Episode 35: Happy 4th Of July
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 34: The Core Values of Coaching
May 24, 2022
Episode 33: First Pitch at Wrigley
May 17, 2022
Episode 32: Regression To The Mean
May 10, 2022
Episode 31: Don Harvey
May 03, 2022
Episode 30: Let's Recap Our First 25 Guests
Apr 28, 2022
Episode 29: Rick Honeycutt
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 28: MLB Predictions
Apr 20, 2022
Episode 27: Randall Thompson
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 26: Matt Cain
Apr 05, 2022
Episode 25: Boog Sciambi
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 24: Joc Pederson
Mar 22, 2022
Episode 23: Eli Whiteside
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 22: Albert Pujols
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 21: Daniel Bard
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 20: Nick Hundley Returns
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 19: Ian Kinsler
Feb 22, 2022
Episode 18: Evan Longoria
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 17: Shawon Dunston
Feb 08, 2022
Episode 16: Hunter Pence
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 15: Kiké Hernandez
Jan 25, 2022
Episode 14: Joe Buck
Jan 20, 2022
Episode 13: Alex Avila
Jan 18, 2022
Blake Treinen | Part 2
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 12: Blake Treinen | Part 1
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 11: "The Sandlot" Writer and Director, David Mickey Evans
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 10: Brandon Crawford
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 9: Adam Kennedy
Dec 28, 2021
Episode 8: Christmas Movie Bracket
Dec 25, 2021
Episode 7: Brandon Belt
Dec 21, 2021
Episode 6: Mookie Betts
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 5: Dave Roberts
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 4: Javier Lopez
Nov 30, 2021
Episode 3: Nick Hundley
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 2: Stern But Loving Tone
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 1: Introducing Coach Ballgame and Coach Chop
Nov 08, 2021