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“What should I do with my life?” I just hung up with a young man that made me smile. He’s a graduating college senior and wants to go into sport psychology with particular focus on baseball. He wanted my advice on how to go about it. I flashed back to when I was in college [...]
Read More...Here’s a section on motivation from my doctoral dissertation entitled “The Mental Aspects of Hitting” featuring my interviews with Hank Aaron, Rod Carew, Stan Musial, Carl Yastrzemski and Tony Oliva. This is from the Discussion section after I’ve presented each player’s individual story… 1. Motivation Motivation is seen as the foundation upon which all other [...]
Read More...How did Stan Musial hit .331 over his 24-year career? How did Carl Yastrzemski win 3 batting titles? How did Tony Oliva win AL batting titles his first two seasons? I asked them back in 1990. A central focus to what I teach baseball players is the importance of their approach. What are you committed [...]
Read More...You may have seen this video before, but even so you likely forgot about it. It isn’t baseball coaching, but it could be. Not that I think a great baseball coach yells like this very often, but there is a time and place for it. More to the point is the coach is cleverly is [...]
Read More...Look outside of baseball. It frees your mind. Enables you to move past the barriers that are holding you back.
This video inspires me, see what it does for you….
Read More...It’s 8:07am and I’m slowly getting steamed. Angelina (3) is crying in the back seat. She doesn’t want to get out of the car and go into her day care. And I can’t find her black socks. “I KNOW I put the dang black socks right in the front seat with me when we left.” [...]
Read More...Bring back, that winning feelin Woah, that winning feelin Bring back that winning feelin Cause it’s gone,gone,gone wooooooh – with apologies to the Righteous Brothers As a baseball guy, I like to watch other sports for tips on baseball coaching, mental toughness, and confidence. I watched Apollo Ono win the 500m short track speed skating [...]
Read More...Here’s a great, fast baseball tip for motivating young (and old) players. Short video.
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