Finding the Edge: Exploring Skill Acquisition and Analytics for Player Development. We are a group of guys who are passionate about baseball and player development. Join us as we explore how motor learning, skill acquisition, and data analytic theories can be applied to improving game-day performance.
Hosted by Garrett Boyum and Kyle Dupic. Former frequent hosts Brock Hammit, Robert Frey, and Garrett Baker.
Staying Out of the Middle: Designing Rich Learning Environments feat. Brice Crider
Most baseball training lives too much in the middle to encourage meaningful exploration, while also not being representative enough to prepare athletes for competition.
Brice Crider joins Garrett Boyum and Kyle Dupic to explain how coaches can design richer learning environments that stay out of the middle. They discuss the difference between learning days versus performance days, Brice’s reverse-hourglass practice model, the power of having pitcher-hitter “sparring,” the importance of productive failure, why physical and skill preparation should support the same athlete rather than operate in separate silos and long-term athlete development.
This conversation was recorded while Brice was working at Driveline Baseball. He has since founded Rubicon Performance, where he provides athlete training, consulting, and education grounded in first-principles training design.
ABOUT BRICE CRIDER
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Brice will return to Finding the Edge for a second conversation exploring how these ideas have evolved through his work at Rubicon Performance.
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25 Jun 2026
The Art of Play: Rethinking Player Development with Rafe Kelley
We had Rafe Kelley (Evolve Move Play) on to draw from his wealth of experience from martial arts, gymnastics, and early U.S. parkour coach to adopting ecological dynamics into his practices, where he learned to use environments and constraints to drive skill without over-coaching. We discuss play as a natural self-education process, how flow relates to challenge and competence, and how coaches can design simple, safe games and warm-ups that build adaptable athletes while managing injury risk.
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13 Feb 2026
A Walkthrough of Dynamics of Skill Acquisition - Chapter 1, Part 2
In this episode of the Finding the Edge podcast, we continue exploring the book 'Dynamics of Skill Acquisition.' We delve into the concepts of adaptability, affordances, and the performer-environment relationship. We aim to demystify these complex ideas and explain their importance in coaching and athletic development. This episode sets a theoretical foundation for better practice design and effective skill transfer.
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Who has been a guest on Finding the Edge
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Ryan Jeffers
Dr Robert Frey
Dr Rob Gray
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YouTube views
883
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
13 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100
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YouTube
66
Engagement
51
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