Pillar #5 Process Over Outcome

PODCAST: Culture Beats Strategy, Randy Jackson

Randy Jackson is the head football coach at Grapevine High School in Grapevine, TX, and was named the 2015 Tom Landry High School Football Coach of the Year and is one of the most respected high school football coaches in the nation. He is one of the most sought-after speakers on Championship Culture, Team Building and Mental Toughness.  In this podcast he breaks down some of the best strategies you will ever hear for building mental toughness and a championship culture in your program.

PODCAST: Augie Garrido – 5x NCAA National Champion – All-Time NCAA Wins Leader – Life Is Yours to Win

Coach Auggie Garrido is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader in any sport, with 1975 games won! Augie won 5 NCAA National Championships over 4 decades (1979, 1984, 1995, 2002, 2005) and is the #1 best-selling author of Life Is Yours to Win. In this podcast, recorded on April 28, 2013, in the middle of a… Read More

PODCAST: Jon Gordon – The Energy Bus, Hard Hat and Becoming a #1 Best-Selling Author

Today’s guest is international best-selling author Jon Gordon.  His books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world.  His principles have been put to the test by numerous  coaches and teams in the NFL, NBA and MLB and by Fortune 500 companies, school districts, hospitals and non-profits. He is the author of numerous… Read More

PODCAST: Heath Autrey – How Mental Performance Helped Fuel The #1 Ranked Team in The Country

Former TCU Baseball assistant coach Heath Autrey is the head coach of the Dallas Banditos #1 Ranked 13U baseball team and is also the head baseball coach at Corsicana High School in Corsicana, TX.  Autrey is an Inner Circle member and has coached numerous Major League players including Clayton Kershaw and Chris Davis, among other… Read More

PODCAST: Kirk Saarloos – The Mental Performance Skills Training Behind one of College Baseball’s Best Pitchers & Pitching Coaches

Kirk Saarloos is the pitching coach at TCU and is widely regarded as the top pitching coach in all of college baseball. A former All-American pitcher at Cal State Fullerton, Kirk went on to have a 5-year Major League Baseball career in which he threw a no-hitter in Yankee Stadium. In this podcast Kirk discusses… Read More

PODCAST: Marla Townsend – Winning the Mental Game

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

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

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: 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