Hosted by Plate Crate founder, Josh Band, each episode dives into different baseball personalities from all industries. Spotlight highlights some of the most brilliant baseball minds- whether that be elite coaches, social media and content professionals, or wood bat designers- you’ll hear from the best of the best. Listen to how they got started, why they continue to do it, and how baseball has remained a centerpiece in their lives

This episode of Spotlight is packed with both personality and wisdom. Coach Jason Ferber gives insight into how he fell in love with the game, why he started coaching, and how his ‘art’ has allowed him to gain over 138,000 Instagram followers.

Coach Ferber emphasizes the importance of highlighting each player’s strengths, along with their weaknesses, when working with each player. He believes that it is important to tell his players what they do well, just as often as he critiques. His coaching style allows his players to remain confident on the field, while making the necessary adjustments that they need in order to succeed.

Coach Ferber attributes a lot of his success to his rich understanding of each player’s language. Over the years, he has learned he needs to develop a deeper relationship with his players so he can understand how to best communicate and coach them. He uses the example of, “staying back,” and explains that if he asked four players what that meant, they would all respond differently.

Staying in love with the game of baseball is very important to player success- whether that be in the form of a game of stickball in New York, playing in games, or coaching his players, Coach Ferber has loved the game from the start.

Coach Jason Ferber grew up in Coney Island, NY, currently resides in Brooklyn NY, but his reach goes far beyond the New York border. He has coached elite level players from all over the country, and has connected with even more through his incredible social media following. His passion for baseball, coaching, and helping ballplayers grow created the perfect recipe for the community he has fostered on both the field and on social media.