Kaleigh Rafter has been a member of the Canadian National Team since 2007.  She was a member of the 2010 ISF World Championship team that won a bronze medal in Venezuela, and also won two silver medals at the Pan American Games (2007 and 2011). Rafter competed with the 2012 ISF World Championship team that… Read More

In this podcast, former Vanderbilt Baseball pitching coach Derek Johnson shares strategies for helping pitchers compete one pitch at a time and reach their maximum potential through mental conditioning.  Johnson is considered by many as the top pitching coach in the world.  He currently works as the pitching coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers. Engage With… Read More

UAB Softball head coach Marla Townsend has led UAB Softball to the NCAA Tournament in 5 of the last 6 seasons and has guided the Blazers program since it began in 1998.  In addition to being named Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2013 and being known as traditionally playing one of the toughest schedules… Read More

Mike Bianco, Head Baseball Coach at The University of Mississippi was named 2020 NCAA Baseball Coach of The Year and is the longest tenured coach in the Southeastern Conference’s sports of football, men’s basketball and baseball. I have worked closely with Mike (pictured here with TCU Baseball Coach Jim Schlossnagle and I with Team USA… Read More

If you are a competitor, this week we have a GEM for you. One of the greatest competitors and greatest teammates I have ever been around is 2007 NCAA Collegiate Baseball National Player of The Year and 2007 MLB Draft 1st Pick David Price. I had the privilege of getting to know David when working… Read More

Jim Schlossnagle is the Head Baseball Coach at Texas A&M University. Coach Schloss is one of the top minds in all of collegiate coaching and has led TCU to 5 CWS. Schloss was named Big 12 Conference Baseball coach of the year in 2015 and was the on field manager of the Team USA Baseball… Read More

Eric Davis is one of the most well respected high school athletic directors in the nation and a former college basketball player and coach. I have worked with Eric at both Ellensburg High School and Hanford High School in Washington at creating a peak performance, leadership and character coaching curriculum for his coaches and athletes…. Read More

Have you seen the Movie or read the book Unbroken yet? Unbroken is a book by Laura Hillenbrand, and the movie is out in the theaters now. Unbroken is the story of Louie Zamperini and his amazing journey of: • Being a boy who was bullied and always in trouble to… • Running in the… Read More

Matt Carpenter is a 2X Major League All-Star (2013 & 2014) a World Series Champion (2011) and a Master of The Mental Game.  In this podcast, Carp breaks down his mental approach to the game and how ONE DECISION that he had at TCU changed his life and his career for ever. I started to… Read More

Concentration grids have been a staple of mental conditioning for years. This game/exercise is all about concentration and efficiency, which is best accomplished by staying in the present moment.  Concentration grids are a great way to increase your ability to stay in the present moment for an extended period of time. Your training program with… Read More

I often get asked how to define a quality at-bat…   Cliff Godwin, former assistant coach at Ole Miss and current head coach at East Carolina University gave me the best definition I have ever heard. He said, “A Quality At-Bat is an at-bat that makes a positive contribution towards our team goals.” There are numerous ways… Read More

A couple of other activities that are very simple for any coach to run.  The human pretzel.  Everybody gets in a circle.  They reach in, grab right hands with someone else’s right hand, grab left hands of someone else’s left hand, but not the person next to you.  They then, under time have got to… Read More