This week was a rollercoaster of a week personally for me…it went from an unexpected funeral to a long awaited wedding. It was a reminder to me that the MOST important thing any of have is family. End of story. Family doesn’t need to be blood. To me, it’s simply the people you [...]
A quality coach can certainly teach you where to go on a gap shot, point something out in your swing, or teach you a change up grip, however he will not be the person actually DOING any of these things. You will be. That’s why you will be the best coach you will ever have in this game. You [...]
(This one is for the ADULTS) As parents and/or coaches, we have SO much influence on how a player feels about themselves, however, a lot of times, we take this for granted. Guess who players look at when they mess up? YEP! You guessed it…either their parent, coach, or both. So regardless of [...]
The Ugly Truth About Being Elite Regardless of whether it’s the MLB or the College World Series, I think every young player turns on the TV and wishes they were one of those guys (and/or so do their parents…but that’s a topic for a different day). And can we really [...]
The Trap of Immediacy If I had to choose one thing to warn every family of a youth player about…this may be it. It does NOT matter how “good” you are right now. What matters is that you are continuing to get better by doing the RIGHT things day in and day out. [...]
Why Does Coach Care About This? I’m mixing things up this weekend and including a picture! Shocker, I know. This is a tweet from a current Head DI Baseball Coach (who actually recruited one of my brothers-great dude!) from the past weekend. So next time your coach gives you crap about leaving [...]