Henry Aleck is in his 2nd season with the Los Angeles Angels organization, recently serving as the Double-A Affiliate Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Rocket City Trash Pandas and previously in the same role with High-A Tri-City. He spent time in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, has worked at the University of Texas as a graduate Strength & Conditioning Coach, and as an intern at UCLA with Olympic Sports.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Training the cheer team and how it has helped in professional baseball
• His best professional baseball story
• Being named a SCOTY and finding success

Quotes:

• “If the preparation sucks for what we’re giving then the product’s gonna suck” (9:49)
• “I think if we as the coaches don’t care about what we do then obviously the athlete’s not gonna care” (10:05)
• “Getting guys to compete a little bit on a regular basis I think within the weightroom is just as important in-season as it is in the off-season” (13:03)

If you would like to learn more from Henry, you can follow him on social media:

Instagram:
@henry_aleck22

Twitter:
@Henry_Aleck