Follower of Jesus/Husband to my beautiful Mavet/Father of Brian, Caleb, Jaden, and my Isabella. Athletic Director, Orange HS & GBG. Psalms 28:7; Psalms 91:14-16
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Bunts kill!
BUNTING MANIPULATES PITCHER APPROACH AND SETS THE TABLE FOR FUTURE MOMENTS
With 2 outs and no body on in the 3rd inning, losing 4-0, @Brewers Manager Pat Murphy told #9 hitter David Hamilton to lay down a bunt in a seemingly unimportant at bat.
Why?
Because Murphy knew Hamilton was known for bunting and they could set the table for a future at bat and big moment later in the game where he’d get a pitch to hit.
And that’s exactly what happened.
Hamilton bunted.
Hamilton got out.
But in the 5th, in Hamilton’s next at bat, he got a pitch in the heart of the plate and singled scoring a run and bringing the Brewers within 1.
And in the 9th, Hamilton did it again, homering on a get me over slider and extending the Brewers lead to 6-4.
You bunt to create future moments, and the Brewers did just that.
#BuntLife
Collect coins!
I never jump straight into coaching when I visit our minor league clubs.
The first thing I do is watch and listen. I call it collecting coins.
Collecting coins means learning who the players actually are.
Two parents in the house growing up? Just mom? Any mentors? Did they love school or struggle with it? What do they do when it's raining and they're stuck inside?
Because here's what I figured out after a long time in the game: before you can ever coach a man, you have to know a man.
You can have the best practice plan in baseball and lose a player completely because he never felt like you saw him as anything more than a roster spot.
Collect the coins. Know who you've got. Everything you teach lands harder once you've done that work.
Sagan also said, “The wind blows harder when you are at the top of the mountain!” That doesn’t just mean that people will slander you. It also means to stay grounded! Love this!
Nick Saban warns against the biggest enemy to continued success.
"Complacency...when you get satisfied - it creates a blatant disregard for doing the right things."
"You start to resent the very things that got you where you were."
You no longer pride yourself in hard work and earning it.
"We pride ourselves in hard work. Then it becomes: 'I resent that. I resent the hard work that you're making us do.'"
"'Why do I have to do this? I just had a great month. I just sold however many cars. We won so many games. Why do I have to do this?'"
That's the trap. You start questioning the process that built you.
Then he dropped the truth:
"Success is momentary. It's not continuous. It's right then - this is what you did - that's over and done with."
"You better be where your feet are and move on to the next one."
"Because when you are successful, you just become the target."
Success doesn't protect you - it exposes you.
It's a continuous process. You have to keep earning it.
This is why people tell you to stay hungry and stay humble because you can't resent the work that got you there.
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Athletes, don’t have regrets! I have heard many times, “If I only had 1 more year!” Embrace and enjoy the journey and the grind!
An hourglass is such a simple visual.
But man, the message behind it is powerful.
Wake Forest basketball opened practice with an hourglass sitting on the floor.
The reminder:
Your sand is moving.
This season will go faster than you think.
So embrace the hard.
Cherish the reps.
Enjoy the bus rides.
Appreciate the people.
Don’t wish it away.
And most importantly:
Be where your feet are.
Scott Pearson retweeted
If you’re a Christian and believe the Bible, then you know God is in control of all the circumstances that surround you. There are no so-called accidents in the life of a believer. Nothing that touches the life of a believer is outside God’s knowledge, care, or control. This is an important truth to remember because worry doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it instead empties today of its strength.
The apostle Paul wrote, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6–7 NLT).
Turn your worries into prayers. The next time you’re gripped by fear and worry, turn it into a prayer like this one: “Lord, I don’t know what to do, but I trust You. You are in control, and I commit this to You right now.” Look to the Lord and let Him give you His peace.
Your future is secure in Him. Don’t let worry convince you otherwise. Jesus asked, “Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” (Matthew 6:27 NLT). Worry can’t change anything. Prayer can move mountains, transform lives, produce soul-deep comfort, and reveal God’s wisdom. Choose prayer.
What worry do you need to turn into prayer?
Very true!
Every player I ever coached was asking me the same 3 questions.
They just never said them out loud.
It didn't matter what the lineup looked like. It didn't matter what the scoreboard said. They just needed to know 3 things.
And every leader, every coach, every parent is being asked the same ones.
Question #1: Can I trust you?
Trust isn't given. It's earned. You earn it through transparency and honesty, not when things are going well, but when things are hard.
Do what you say you're going to do. Tell them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. Show up the same way whether you're winning or losing.
You lose trust fast. You build it slow.
Question #2: Can you make me better?
This one is on you as a leader. They're not just asking about their swing or their stats. They're asking: do you see me clearly enough to help me grow?
Question #3: Do you care about me?
This is the most important one. And you can't fake it. You can't lead anybody if they don't believe you care about them beyond what they produce on the field.
Three questions. No stat tracks them. But they determine everything.
This it’s right up my alert! #buntskill
Out work and out sacrifice your competition!
Trinidad Chambliss was a 0 star coming out of high school.
He had to earn his way into college big time college football at division II Ferris State.
He had and has special makeup and incredible work ethic.
The coaches that knew him the best growing up were probably telling college coaches he was special but the college coaches were reliant on rankings to formulate their opinions.
Players
If you are legitimately willing to outwork and out sacrifice the competition.
Believe in yourself.
Scott Pearson retweeted
Chip Kelly shares one of the simplest and greatest definitions of mental toughness from the famous Cal Rugby Coach Jack Clark.
"To be successful, the word I love is toughness. Mental toughness and physical toughness."
The definition: "Mental toughness is the ability to move on to the next most important thing."
"We all have events that occur in our lives, but what is our ability to move on to the next one and learn from the past experience? That's a great definition of mental toughness."
Simple and powerful. It's not about ignoring what happened - it's about not letting it paralyze you.
Then there's physical toughness: "Physical toughness for us is our desire for mission accomplishment is greater than our desire for personal comfort."
Read that again. Your mission matters more than your comfort. That's the standard.
"If you can be mentally and physically tough, then you can be successful both academically and athletically. That's really the core foundation of what we're hanging our hat on here."
Mental toughness: Move on to the next most important thing.
Physical toughness: Mission over comfort.
Master both - that's the foundation.
(🎥Beyond The X's and O's with @DilfersDimes )
Good stuff!
My goal with 2 strikes is to increase the probability that the ball is put in play.
A simple 2-strike approach that gives you a chance against multiple pitch speeds:
Take the pitcher’s fastest pitch and think about hitting it deeper on a line to the opposite-field gap.
You now have the ability to pull anything slower than the fastball.
Fastball → deep, opposite-field gap.
Off-speed → out front, pull it.
One simple approach covers multiple pitch speeds
With 2 strikes, the goal is simple:
Give yourself the best chance to put the ball in play.
This is exactly one of the best reasons sports are so great!
Sean McVay shares a universal truth about adversity and resilience.
"You're either in it, you're coming out of it, or you're gonna go back into it in a short period of time."
That's the reality. Adversity isn't a one-time event - it's a cycle.
"The separator is people's ability to handle that. How long can you stay in some of those uncomfortable spots and knowing that real growth is occurring?"
The question isn't whether adversity will come. Because it will.
The question is: can you stay in the discomfort long enough to grow from it?
"Adversity's inevitable. That's what's so great about sports. We learn so many things that test you in ways that are reflective of what you go through in a bunch of different arenas."
You don't grow despite adversity - you grow because of it.
The best aren't fearless - they just keep showing up.
(🎥@pureathleteinc)
AND, by putting God first!
I've been divorced twice, fired 3 times, released 3 times, traded once and gotten 2 DUIs.
Not exactly a highlight reel.
But here's what I've learned: You've prepared for your future through your past if you paid attention to it.
Since 1998, I've been sober.
Since 1999, happily married.
The lows make you appreciate the highs. I appreciate happy because I've been sad.
Every setback can lead to a comeback if you're willing to learn from it.
Facts!
Magic Johnson:
5 Championships.
13 years.
1 Team.
LeBron James:
4 Championships.
23 years.
5 Teams.
People been trying to compare "LeBron James" to Michael Jordan when in actual reality he's not better than the likes of Steph Curry/Tim Duncan/Kobe Bryant of his era and he's definitely not better than Magic Johnson/Larry Bird.
He's All-Time overrated and not Top-10.
