Category: Mental Game Mastery & Mindset (EQ)
A Case for Accountability
It would have been easy to blame the driver. He was early. We were running late. But in that moment, between the panic and the car line, there was a better lesson available, one about what we can control, what we can’t, and why accountability almost always feels better than blame once you actually try it.
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What Were You Thinking?
When he went 3 for 3 at the plate, I asked my son what he was thinking about. His answer stumbled into something athletes spend entire careers and thousands of dollars trying to learn how to access on purpose.
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The Kids Are Not Alright
Along with the rise of enrollment in travel sports leagues, travel baseball included, has come a...
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Control the Controllables: How Breath Saves Pitchers Under Pressure
When back-to-back-to-back home runs threaten to end a pitcher’s outing in the first inning, the one tool still in reach is the breath. From a youth pitcher learning to stay cool with runners on base to Ryan Weathers striking out 10 after a brutal first inning on April 14th, 2026, the evidence is right there on the mound. This post breaks down how breath-work is not a soft skill but a core performance tool for every pitcher, coach, and competitor who wants to control what they actually can.
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