Archive for the ‘Baseball Coaching’ Category


Baseball Training: The Really Big Leagues

Well, here’s one that might seem out of left field, but I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. Fiona Apple is an amazing artist and here she reveals a great deal about where she’s coming from. One thing I know about elite performers is that they relate to their craft differently [...]

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Ode to U.S. Women’s Soccer

I want to take this moment to acknowledge the US Women’s Soccer team. They made such a great run at it. But sometimes you’re on the wrong end of magic. I saw it as being the “other team” in a sports movie. You know how there’s one team the story revolves around and then they [...]

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Best Game Ever? Here’s the case for it…

I’d rank the U.S. victory on Saturday over Brazil in Women’s World Cup Soccer amongst the top 5 most exciting events I’ve watched on TV. For sure Top 5 loudest yells I’ve made watching TV. When we scored the lastest goal in the history of the World Cup it was one of those moments where [...]

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Baseball Coaching: How to Play Loose and Confident

I get great feedback on PLAY BIG daily. Here’s a good one: ———– Dr. Tom: Thanks for taking the time to make sure the book got to me. I had it for a week before we went to the state tournament and was able to use the visualization and really stress the A.B.C ( in [...]

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Baseball Training: LaRussa’s 3 Keys To Success Are __________

Great stuff in today’s Tampa paper on Tampa boy-made-good Tony LaRussa’s visit with the Cardinals. So here’re a few gems from the Big League’s third winningest manager of all-time: * RELENTLESS: “You ask any coach, especially in baseball where your challenge is to be ready to compete every day. You’ve got to have a relentless [...]

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College World Series: Winner’s Secret Sauce Revealed

I at least wanted a Game 3, but it was stille exciting to watch the end of the CWS. All hail the Gamecocks, wow they were good. My big takeaway was in the interviews afterwards: 2 straight seperate players dropped the L word on the nation… “Love.” As in “We all love each other on [...]

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College Baseball World Series: Wow — Lots to Love Here…

Hi: So I was right in my bold predictions:  Intensely emotional battle decided by pitching and defense and emotion management. OK, I didn’t say defense, but that goes without saying… South Carolina came up soooo huge on defense — really amazing. I would love to have had a focused, free, clutch at-bat decide the game [...]

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Baseball Coaching: BOLD College World Series Predictions…

Hi: OK, here we go… Championship Series. Florida vs. South Carolina Best 2 of 3 (just like in my new book, PLAY BIG!) No surprise who I’m rooting for… Go Gators. I actually was Gator head coach Kevin O’Sullivan’s hitting coach when he was in college at UVA. Great player. Even a better guy. He’s [...]

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