Baseball

Corbin Burnes is in the midst of the biggest turn around in baseball history. We have worked together since September 2019 and in this podcast he gives you tremendous insight into this mental preparation process and gives you a blueprint for what elite mental performance training looks like for someone who is one of the best in the world.

Sean “The Mayor” Casey played MLB from 1997-2008 with The Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. Casey, a 3x MLB All-Star has a career batting average of .302, hit 130 HRs and drove in 735 RBI. In this podcast he shares his Mental Game success strategies and secrets so you can be a better hitter.

Walk. Walk. 2-0 count.  Chances are if you have been a pitcher for awhile, then you had an inning start like this. And, you know it can continue one of two ways. Either you settle down, find your rhythm and follow this up with something like: K. Ground out. K. Or … you spiral out… Read More

Zach Brandon is the mental skills coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he helps baseball’s best players reach their maximum potential. Zach’s approach to developing a strong mind, body and spirit is as applicable to life as it is on the diamond.

Dr. Doug Chadwick is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was a standout football player on Army’s nationally ranked team. He is currently the head of mental performance for the Colorado Rockies. In this podcast we talk about MPM strategies from combat and baseball that you can apply directly to your life.

Zach Sorensen is a former Major League Baseball Player with the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels. The 3x All-American at Wichita State has worked as a mental performance coach with the Texas Rangers and is currently serving in that capacity with the Atlanta Braves.

Kris Goodman is a mental performance coach in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. Goodman was a stand out player at The University of Iowa where I had the privilege of working with him as the team’s mental performance consultant. “Goody” would go on to be selected by the Miami Marlins in the 2015 MLB draft. After his professional career, he went on to receive his masters in applied sport psychology at Minnesota State, Mankato. In this podcast, “Goody” shares how he has parlayed his mental performance experiences as a player into his passion and now his profession.

Keith Conlon is a business leader who first honed his mental performance skills on the baseball field, while playing at TCU and professionally. As President of Allie Beth Allman & Associates in Dallas, Texas he’s helped lead the Real Estate firm to record sales that surpassed over $2 billion in 2018 and again in 2020. Conlon, recently named named one of Dallas’ the Top 20 Under 40 professionals is a mental performance mastery (MPM) certified coach, husband, father of two and bring a unique perspective to mental performance having used his training for success both on the ball field and in the board room.

Before you can expect your players to develop command of their pitches, you need to take this first step. I recently started working with a high school baseball player who reminded me of the importance of this critical first step as a coach. Letting your players know WHY. Why is this an important drill? Why… Read More

In episode #3 – The Art of Coaching, Cain & Casey do an in depth breakdown of “The Art of Coaching” an HBO Documentary about Nick Saban and Bill Belichick.

In 2017, Cole Winn’s Jr. year of HS at Silver Creek High School in Longmont, Colorado, he was 9–0 with a 0.73 ERA with 95 strikeouts in ​47 2⁄3 innings, and hit .388 with two home runs and 19 RBIs, earning himself the title of Colorado’s Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year. He moved to California for his Sr. year and attended Lutheran High School of Orange County in Orange, California.  That year he was 8–2 on the mound with a 0.20 ERA and was named California’s Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year and Baseball America’s High School Player of the Year.  Winn was selected 15th overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2018 MLB draft…

The secrets of success are hidden in the routines of our daily lives and in episode #2 Cain and Casey breakdown the routines that helped Casey become a lifetime .300 hitter in Major League Baseball and the routines that they both keep in their personal and professional lives as a mental performance coach and as an analyst with the MLB Network.