TJ Wharton: Recruiting and Performance Coordinator at Maryville College
Season 4 Episode 24 is out with TJ Wharton. TJ is currently the Director of performance and recruiting coordinator at Maryville College located in Maryville, TN. TJ has a long list of previous experiences including working for the New York Yankees ats a Bullpen Catcher/Performance Science Assistant during spring training. TJ also has experience working for Eckerd College, IMG, St. Petersburg College, and Catawba College.TJ goes indepth talking about his current positions at Maryville and talks about how much having a CSCS has helped him at the Division 3 level.
TJ has a ton of experience working worth difference organizations and colleges while having a knowledge in Exercise Science and Kinesiology. TJ is the definition of a Holistic approach towards the game of baseball. Please join me in listening to TJ.
Timestamps:
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
MS: Recreation and Sports Sciences, Coaching
Lots of experience/Jobs before Maryville. Want to go over a lot of these experiences 2:00
Catawba College
Eckerd College
IMG
New York Yankees 4:00
Recent Coach in Palm Beaches Colligate League 8:30
Experience
Why did you coach in this league
Being a D3 performance Coach 10:00
Explain your role 10:30
How important is it having a CSCS at the collegiate level 13:30
D3 restrictions and how you deal with them 17:30
How do you try to individualize athletes 22:30
Recent 2022 recruiting
What has changed in the last two years of recruiting 27:00
How do you recruit guys to go D3
Player Development 2023
what to expect? 33:00
What is one new aspect you have been researching? 35:15
Closing 45:00