Brandi Dowell Co-Founded The Bennett School, an elite baseball academy in Texas, because she was tired of the archaic school system. Using The Alpha School's 2 Hour Learning Model TBS utilizes AI-powered curriculum so student athletes don't have to spend six hours a day in the classroom. Instead they develop their baseball skills most of the day and get dinners with family back. We talk to Dowell about the AI curriculum that has student-athletes learning 6x faster than peers, student's day-to-day, the baseball facilities, self-funding the school, and tech they’re using to track verifiable data for the next level. Stick around after the interview as we react to the cutting edge ideas the mom and Texas commodities trader discussed.

0:00 - Welcome to Buying Sandlot

1:10 - How Students Only Need to Learn 2 Hours a Day

6:25 - What is The Bennett School's Objective

9:59 - Student's Day-to-Day

11:28 - Students are Learning 6x Faster Than Peers

14:10 - How Sports Fills the Gaps

16:34 - How the AI Curriculum Challenges Students

18:28 - The Baseball Facilities

21:11 - How They Track Player Data for Scouts/Coaches

22:59 - What's the Future of The Bennett School?

25:15 -An Elite SELF-FUNDED Baseball Academy + Tuition Costs

28:33 - Reactions to Interview + IMG Academy

35:18 - IMG Academy's Focus on School

37:50 - How The Bennett School is Capitalizing on Youth Sports Trends

41:16 - Reacting to the Learning Development Approach

44:17 - The Consolidation of Sports Academies Will be WILD!

46:40 - Examining a Company Vertically Integrating from Youth to Pro

50:20 - Parents Continue to Take Youth Sports Back

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