Nate Thompson on player evaluation and training competitiveness

Bio

Nate Thompson, Hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for Arkansas

Following the completion of his own collegiate playing career at Dallas Baptist in 2006, Thompson aided a Dallas Baptist coaching staff working with the DBU outfielders while assisting with hitting instruction and the implementation of the club’s strength and conditioning program.

Nate then spent three seasons at Nebraska as the Cornhuskers’ volunteer assistant, then served as Hutchinson CC’s primary hitting coach from 2011- 2014 season. Nate next took a job as the hitting coach at Missouri State and they went on to hit .270 or better in each of his three seasons and averaged just under seven runs per game.

And since 2017 Nate has been in his current role as the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for the Arkansas Razorbacks

From 2018-20, Arkansas leads the conference in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, weighted on-base average, OPS, runs, homeruns, extra-base hits, runs batted in, total bases and sacrifice flies.

 

So on the show we talk…..

 

Time Stamps

• 3:00- Recruit Evaluation
• 9:00- Player Evaluation
• 19:00- Using upperclassmen as leaders.
• 20:20- Training adjustability
• 29:30- Balancing tech with player development
• 35:30- Training Competitiveness
• 48:00- In Dugout talks
• 50:00- Last things

Resources

• Bible
• 7 habits of highly successful people
• Andy Andrews (author)

Contact

• https://twitter.com/CoachT_RZRBacks
• natethompson@uark.edu