50 Years of S.C.O.R.E.® Coaching for Professional Athletes & Businesses | Founder of ZoneCoach® 🏆 | Author 📚 | Keynote Speaker🎤 | Podcast 🎧 | " NEXT! " ➡️
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For the 10th consecutive year, we've earned the GCAA's Team Academic Award.
By earning a minimum team GPA of 3.5, we've earned the President's Special Recognition for the fifth time in the last seven years.
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Carlos Delgado has the most home runs among Puerto Rican-born players (473) and is the Blue Jays franchise leader in HR, RBI and total bases!
Do you think he will be a Hall of Famer? #MLBNHotStove
Locked-in look. Next!
Led by senior Ryan Voois' 67 (-4), the No. 12 Fighting Illini shot 9-under in Round 2 of the NCAA Athens Regional, pulling within two strokes of the cutline heading into Wednesday's final round.
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Crazy how fast momentum flips in sports.
One minute you’re in control…
next minute everything feels rushed.
Same players. Same game.
The difference?
Who can slow it down when it speeds up.
When the game speeds up…
decision-making gets worse.
You stop reacting and start thinking.
That’s when mistakes pile up.
The best players have a way to reset—
a breath, a routine, something that brings them back to the present.
Jim Fannin retweeted
Big Ten Golfer of the Week: Freddie Turnell
🟠 Won the Hoosier Collegiate, his first title as an Illini and the second of his career.
🔵 Carded 212 (-1) as the only competitor with multiple rounds under par.
🟠 Shot par or better on 44 of 54 holes with 10 birdies and an eagle.
Watched a guy at Augusta make 3 straight perfect swings…
and still walk off with bogey.
That place doesn’t care how good your swing is.
It exposes your decisions.
Most players lose the Masters trying to force it.
The best ones just manage it.
Everyone says they’re committed…
until it gets inconvenient.
Early mornings.
Bad games.
No recognition.
That’s where commitment actually shows up.
Not when it’s easy—
but when it would be easier to quit.
And the truth is…
most people aren’t lacking talent—
they’re lacking consistency in those moments.
Commitment isn’t what you say.
It’s what you do when no one’s watching.
COACHES👇
Your players are always watching you.
Not just what you say...how you act.
How you react to mistakes.
How you handle pressure.
They pick up on all of it.
All of it.
Whether you realize it or not.
Be aware of your S.C.O.R.E.® Level to be aware of this crucial fact.
Just talked to a high school baseball coach on a losing streak.
His team struck out looking 10 times.
His response? “Tomorrow we’re getting after them—approach, discipline, focus."
I get it. Thats the typical fix.
But maybe we need to look at this from a different lens 👇
The result?
FUN was back. Energy shifted. Tension dropped.
Players looked like themselves again.
Sometimes you think the answer is:
"go harder, be more disciplined, focus more!"
But if they’re already tight, that makes it worse.
Sometimes the missing link is just Enjoyment.
Maybe Enjoyment is the missing link in your sport.
Maybe that's ALL your team needs to reach that next level, or to turn the season around.
Take the FREE S.C.O.R.E.® Assessment to find out if that is the case for your team - bit.ly/4sdiz3Z