Inside Athletics: August 9, 2013
This week Dave’s guest is head baseball coach, Ben Spotts who provides detailed information about the renovation work to be done on the baseball infield. The current infield will be stripped, re-graded and sodded with Bermuda grass. Ben describes the advantages of Bermuda grass, how it plays, and the maintenance. In the second part of....
Inside Athletics: March 15, 2013
This week’s Inside Athletics podcast focuses on the baseball team as Dave’s guest is new head coach, Ben Spotts. After a good start during the non-conference portion, Ben evaluates the progress being made by the team. He highlights the areas of improvement and shares his strategy for improving the baseball program. He also looks ahead to the....
Inside Athletics: July 24, 2012
This week, Dave’s special guest is Ben Spotts, new head baseball coach. Ben describes some of the elements of the success of the Bridgewater College baseball program where he has been involved for the pas 18 years as a player and coach. He also discusses his ideas on what it takes to build a successful....
Inside Athletics: June 29, 2012
This week Dave introduces the new baseball coach Ben Spotts and reviews a newspaper column about the “lawn mower parent.” Inside Athletics is a weekly podcast hosted by Director of Athletics, Dave King. The podcast offers a synopsis of what is happening in EMU athletics, but also delves deeper into how athletics at EMU shapes....
Inside Athletics: June 15, 2012
In today’s podcast, Dave introduces the new baseball coach Ben Spotts, and talks about the topic of funding the athletic program. He introduces a new concept and program to provide funding for the future growth of the athletic department that is needed to help reach the goal of “impacting lives through athletics.” Inside Athletics is....