12. Casey Dykes: Coaching the Yankees, Fatherhood, & Aaron Judge's Record Breaking Season

Unfinished Podcast with Anderson Miller

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Casey Dykes, New York Yankees Assistant Hitting Coach joins Unfinished! We discuss his time at WKU as a player & a coach. His time spent coaching at VMI, Indiana, and the minor leagues on his way to the show. The challenges and responsibilities of fatherhood. Casey also provides a 1st hand perspective of what makes big leaguers so good and watching Aaron Judge's historic season up close and personal.

TIMESTAMPS

• 5:00min-7:45 - Reflecting on our WKU Experience
• 8:00 - 11 -Transition from Player to Coach at WKU
• 11:30 - 14:30 - Coaching at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) recruiting & coaching with a small budget at a Military School.
• 14:30-18 - Coaching at Indiana & the decision to move into Pro Ball.
• 18:30 - 21:45 - The difference in lower-level minor league players vs upper-level minor league players. Difference between superstition & routine.
• 23:00 -28 - The difference between the best players vs the up & down players.
• 30 - 37min - The importance of staying the course & “walking the walk”. Living with intent
• 38-42min - Difficulties of parenting. Resisting “easy”43min - Importance of connection with players as people before trying to coach them.
• 44-48min - Importance of building confidence instead of over coaching.
• 50:00 min-56 mins - 1st hand perspective of watching Aaron Judge.
• 56-59min - Being a father of 3, awareness of how kids watch everything we do. what he would back to change so far.
• 1:00:00-1:11 - Managing ego & expectations of your son as a dad.

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