Doc Gooden And The Unconscious Mind.
If you got anything out of this post, I'd love to hear your feedback.
Until you make your unconscious conscious, it will direct you and you will call it fate.
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Coaching Advice
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Train like a pro. Play like a kid.
From Willy Mays, we learned an important lesson...
When we practice like a professional and play like a kid, good things happen.
This, in essence, is the way to never stop getting
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Baseball Optimism is Courage
Blaise Pascal said it best when he said, “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”To trust ourselves, we need to learn to quiet the
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Crush Your Enemy
Here's one lesson I learned during my baseball career.
"You don’t miss the water till the well runs dry…"
Get my drift?
One day, it'll be your last day playing baseball. It could
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Mental Errors on Defense.
G'mornin.
To play with the big boys, we gotta play the hand were dealt. While facing a pitcher, this means swinging at the strikes we're given.
Sometimes, when we strike out, we don't strike
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Swing Mechanics are Overrated.
G'mornin.
I've seen hitters with swings sloppier than a soup sandwich but still thrived in the batter's box because they had superior pitch recognition skills and the belief that they could beat
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Finding Good Baseball Coaches
I played for some good coaches.I played for some great coaches.I played for some coaches who had no business stepping on the field. I mean seriously.
Reflecting on my journey with
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The Roberto Clemente Principle.
Over the course of a season, playing baseball is an emotional rollercoaster.
There's ups. There are downs. There's everything in between.
One moment you think you have it all figured out, and
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Baseball doesn’t have to be scary.
Understand. You can't walk up to the plate with your hitting coach in your back pocket. The moment you step into the batter's box, it's time to compete. You can't be
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What great players do…
Your ability to recognize spin, speed, and location of the pitch out of the pitcher's hand is Mission-Critical to peak performance in the batter's box.
You know it. I know it. Your coach knows
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