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Former Jays baseball player Servais helping train former Huskers

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Former Jays baseball player Servais helping train former Huskers
Former Jays baseball player Servais helping train former Huskers
Former CU baseball player Joe Servais now helps train former Huskers.

SERVAIS SPORTSPERFORMANCE INOMAHA WHEREFORMER CREIGHTONBASEBALL PLAYERJOE SERVAIS, SONOF CU HEAD COACHED SERVAIS, IS NOWA CERTIFIEDSTRENGTH ANDCONDITIONINGCOACH WORKINGWITH MIDDLESCHOOLERS ALL THEWAY UP TOPROFESSIONAL BALLPLAYERS.JOE: "I WANTED TOTAKE A LITTLE BIT OFMY OWN PATHWITH THATCOACHING AND SOTHIS ALLOWS ME TOSTILL BE COACHINGAND WORKINGWITH ATHLETES OFALL AGES BUT WITHA LITTLE BITDIFFERENT AVENUETHAN MY DAD ANDMY COUSIN SCOTT."IN HIS FINALSEASON OFCOLLEGE BASEBALL,JOE PLAYED FOR HISFATHER ATCREIGHTON.HE ALSO SPENT TIMEAT A JUNIORCOLLEGE & A YEARAT KU.JOE: "I CAN REALLYCONNECT WITHTHEM PRETTY WELLBECAUSE I KNOWWHERE THEY'RE ATIN THE THEIRJOURNEY CAUSE I'VESEEN A LITTLE BIT OFEVERYTHING." AFTERBEGINNING HISBUSINESS AT AFRIEND'S CROSSFITGYM, SERVAIS NOWHAS HIS OWNPLACE.THE FORMER JAYWORKS WITHSEVERAL PROPLAYERS INCLUDINGFORMER HUSKERSAARON BUMMER,JAKE MEYERS & KYLEKUBAT.KYLE: "KIND OFWEIRD BEING ANEBRASKA GUY ANDHIM BEING ACREIGHTON GUYBUT WE DON'THARP ON HIM TOOHARD CAUSETHERE'S MULTIPLENEBRASKA GUYSTHAT GO THERE.BUT HE'S DONE AVERY GOOD JOB OFHELPING MEINDIVIDUALIZE APROGRAM FORWHAT I NEED THISOFFSEASON." MANYSTRENGTHCOACHES AREKNOWN BEINGBOISTEROUS QUITETHE OPPOSITE OFJOE'S DAD ON THEBASEBALL FIELD.SO IT BEGS THEQUESTIONS WHICHCATEGORY JOEFALLS UNDER?

JOE:"WHEN HE'SWORKING WITH HISPLAYERS, HE NEEDSTO PUSH THE RIGHTBUTTONS TO GETTHE MOST OUT OFTHEM.I HAVE TO DO THESAME THING BUTAGAIN, THEY HAVETO ENJOY THETRAINING PROCESSOR THEY'LL GOSOMEWHERE ELSETO TRAIN.SO THERE'S A LITTLEDIFFERENTRELATIONSHIP IWOULD SAY THAT IHAVE TO HAVEWITH THE ATHLETESTHAT I GET TOWORK WITH VERSUSWHAT HE DOESWITH HIS GUYS."KYLE: "HE'S NOT RAHRAH YELLING AT USLIKE YOU SEE SOMEON SOCIAL MEDIABUT HE'S VERYINTELLIGENT.HE KNOWS HISSTUFF.HE INDIVIDUALIZESPROGRAMS PERPITCHER, PERPOSITION PLAYERAND HE'S GOOD ATWHAT HE DOES.I'VE HAD FUN WITHHIM THIS YEAR."ALTHOUGHBASEBALL MAY BESERVAIS'BACKGROUND, THENEW FATHER ALSOTRAINS ATHLETES INOTHER SPORTS.JOE: "IT'S KIND OFEASY TO GETPIGEONHOLED.BUT WE'RE HEREFOR BASEBALLPLAYERS,BASKETBALLPLAYERS, FOOTBALLPLAYERS, ANYATHLETE THATNEEDS TO TAKETHEIR GAME TO THENEXT LEVEL

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