The Trail, A College Baseball Recruiting Podcast
Backside Groundballs MediaA College Baseball Recruiting Podcast Presented by Backside Groundballs Media. Hosted by Sam Sharf, CEO of College Sports Advisors, and Trevor Powers, current Director of Showcase at The Performance Academy and former Recruiting Coordinator at Arcadia University. Sam & Trevor discuss all things college baseball recruiting allowing athletes to learn about the recruiting process. Sam & Trevor offer ... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 18 | Founded | a year ago |
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Sam & Trevor hop back on the podcast to discuss the Diego Pavia hearing, and how that could impact college baseball. If Juco eligibility no longer counts, what does that mean for college baseball? They then dive into offseason pitching development. W... more
Sam & Trevor hop back on the podcast to discuss the impacts of the 34 man roster changes. They talk about how the December 1 date will put athletes and coaches into tough positions. They then discuss offseason hitting plans to make sure players conti... more
Sam & Trevor hop back on the podcast for episode 1 of their 3 part series on player development. In this episode they dive in on the importance of strength and conditioning and how it effects the recruiting process. they talk about how coaches like t... more
Sam & Trevor hop back on the podcast to talk offseason recruiting topics. They discuss what the recruiting shutdown is, and how prospects should navigate the time. They also then talk about handling communication with college coaches over the winter ... more
Sam & Trevor hop back on the podcast to discuss how an uncommitted prospect should handle the winter months. So many times the conversation is about how to impress college coaches, but utilizing this time frame to develop is really important to open ... more
Sam & Trevor hop back on the podcast to discuss the happenings in the college baseball recruiting landscape, as well as answer some listener questions about 2026 graduate.
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Sam & Trevor are joined by University of Richmond Pitching Coach, Josh Epstein to talk about the recruiting process, and what they look for in pitchers. He talks about the attributes he wants to see in a pitcher, and some of the challenges of the rec... more
Sam & Trevor hop back on the podcast to discuss some listener questions with some 2025 focus. They discuss some scenarios for all uncommitted 2025 grads including prospects with no offers, prospects looking for the right offer, and prospects looking ... more
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