Noah Junis - Assistant Director of Pitching at Premier Pitching Performance
Episode 36 Season 4 is out with Noah Junis. Noah is currently the assistant director of pitching at Premier Pitching Performance located in Wentzville, MO. Before working at PPP, he was the Pitching Director at Push Performance in Tempe, AZ. While his overall first coaching position was at Illinois Central College.
Noah talks about his overall start in coaching and how he overall progressed into pitching development. Noah explains what overall role is entailed at Push Performance and how it was such an eye-opening experience within biomechanics, S&C, and movement assessments.
Noah explains what Premier Pitching Performance is in relation to private sector facilities. PPP has become well known for its overall assessment of biomechanical data, strength vs power evaluation, and pitch design. Over the past couple of years, PPP has become a consultant towards collegiate programs helping with the overall assessment process and program design.
Timestamps:
- Intro (1:20)
- Background (2:20)
- Illinois Central College (3:00)
- Initial coaching learning curves (4:35)
- Push Performance Experience (6:40)
- Initial jump working with professional athletes (9:10)
- Programming process at Push Performance (11:30)
- Learning how to utilize biomechanical, anatomical, and human physiology methods (14:05)
- What is Premier Pitching Performance (16:15)
- Working with different colligate programs (20:00)
- Working with college pitching coaches toward developmental programs (22:00)
- Communication between PPP and Collegiate programs (25:00)
- Data interpretation towards PPP (27:15)
- Program style from data interpretation or first movement quality (30:00)
- Progression of pitchers over the next 5 years (31:30)
- Is coding going to be a priority for pitching coaches (35:00)
- How is data changing the culture of college programs (39:00)
- Bridging the gap between biomechanics and pitching (43:00)