MPM Podcast

PODCAST: Erik Bakich – The Role of Mental Performance in Accelerated Player Development Program

Erik Bakich, Head Baseball Coach at The University of Michigan. Coach Bakich led the Wolverines to the Big 10 Conference Championship in 2015 and participated in the NCAA Tournament for the first time as a head coach. I first started working with Bakich when he was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt in 2007 and have… Read More

PODCAST: 2x Olympic Medalist Mindset – Cat Osterman

Cat Osterman is a 4-time NCAA All-American softball pitcher originally from The University of Texas. The Houston native is also a 2 time Olympic medalist having pitched the USA Women’s Softball Team to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also graced the… Read More

PODCAST: David Price, Omaha & The Mental Game

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 Advice For Your Journey To The Top

PODCAST: Advice for Your Journey to the Top – Jim Schlossnagle – Head Baseball Coach Texas A&M University

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

PODCAST: Leading a High School Athletic Department Through Mental Performance Coaching

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

PODCAST: The Mindset of Courtney Ceo, All-American Softball player who hit .493

Courtney Ceo  not only led the Oregon Ducks to a PAC-12 championship and the Women’s College World Series, she led the nation with a .493 batting average. She was a 2014 USA Softball Player of the Year finalist, 2014 NFCA First Team All-Pacific Region, 2014 NFCA First Team All-American, First Team Pac-12 All-Conference and was… Read More

PODCAST: How One Decision Can Change Your Destiny Forever

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

Quality At-Bats Defined

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