Posts Tagged ‘baseball’


Baseball Coaching Lesson from Joe Maddon: 9=8?

Go Rays. What a great thing. Worst to first. From laugh at to laugh with in one year. How do you do that? If you’ve been around with me for a while you might be able to guess. If not, you’re apt to recognize what they’ve done, but not put words to it that satisfy [...]

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Baseball Coaching Mini-Course: How to Play Raysball

Hail the Mighty Rays! I had to pass this on to you today — one on line article is virtually a baseball coaching/mental training program onto itself. Here’s just a sampling of the quotes: “We were just trying to put some good at-bats together [in the eighth] and I think the best example of that [...]

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Baseball Training: Lesson from the Olympics

“Focus on me,” said the gold medallist in the 100m women’s hurdles Dawn Harper. That’s what she said was the key to her victory. She got some help when the women with a comfortable lead tripped over the second to last hurdle. But the winner can’t control that. She can’t control what anyone else does. [...]

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“Who Said THIS?”

“Hello again, it’s time to play one of my favorite baseball coaching games… Who Said This?” The rules are simple… guess who said THIS!? ————– “My confidence really isn’t there right now. It’s kind of in the back of your head right before you throw it, you feel like you don’t want to throw a [...]

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