Posts Tagged ‘baseball’


Mom Saves Son’s Season (could you?)

Hi: Here’s a good story — I got it yesterday from a mom who used the Play Big principles to “save” her son’s season. DISCLAIMER: Coaches and parents should know Gina Parris already was a trained tapper before Play Big (ginaparris.com), so I can’t say these results are “typical,” but I believe it is very [...]

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Great in Practice, But ….

Just a quick shout out today for a young player I’m coaching who is getting a taste of a wonderful lesson. (I’ll of course tell you the lesson, but it won’t mean that much to you. We have to experience things, get them into our bones, not just our cortex to really make a difference.) [...]

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Be Strong Up THIS Middle to Win

Last night on the field coaching my son’s team I got reminded of one of my own lessons. “LET’S GO!” I yelled as players dragged from one station to the next. I then had a blessed moment of self-awareness… In chess the goal of the opening moves is to control the center four squares. If [...]

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Play Big Wins Best In Show

I had so much fun in Anaheim meeting several of you. Thank you to those who stopped by my booth. It was an enormously gratifying and energizing few days because of the feedback on PLAY BIG and my other programs. I’ll share some of the feedback next week — I recorded several people talking about [...]

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Number 1 Coaching Tip Of All Time

The #1 coaching point of all time is FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WANT. I’m getting ready to launch my new coaching program tomorrow and thought I’d share one example of what I want… Here’s an email I got from a player about my FREEDOM program (formerly called 201) See if any of the starred items [...]

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How to Bring Back That Winning Feeling

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 [...]

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DiMaggio’s Baseball Batting Streak…Random Chance?

Very interesting baseball batting article here — and all about the “myth” of the hot hand… Click Here to Read

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THE RAYS WIN THE WORLD SERIES! See it here first…

My friend and fellow Rays fan Nancy Laine created a really, really great video for you to watch. Strike that — for you to feel. As you watch it — feel into it. Imagine you are each guy in the video. Feel what it would be like to be him at that moment the photo [...]

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