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I've been teaching kids to focus on the "controllables" for more than 2 decades. Players can control their attitude, effort, energy, sportsmanship, teamwork, and hustle every single time they step foot on a field.They can't control the weather, the official's calls, bad hops, what the other team does, or the sun being in their eyes. …
We're approaching the half-way point of Spring Training's Fall Baseball program and in addition to all the great skill reps and coaching the kids get at our weekly practices, one other thing I absolutely love is the vibe at our weekend games. All the game logistics are designed to reduce stress in the players and …
It was hot last week. Really hot! As someone who is responsible for the safety of hundreds of kids over the Summer at camp, I take safety - especially about heat, shade, and water breaks - really seriously. Extra water breaks, extra shade breaks, and hose downs are a regular part of the Summer Camp …
Mookie Betts and high stakes poker. Keep reading…I promise it will all make sense :-) One of my favorite things to do in what little free time I have from coaching baseball and being a Dad is play poker, and with the WSOP Main Event happening in Vegas right now, I've been thinking a lot …
Baseball Camp is about so much more than baseball. Yes, there's lots of baseball skill work, baseball games, baseball stories, and baseball trivia, but so many of the lessons we're teaching the campers on the field are beneficial in other sports, and, more importantly, in life. One of the most crucial "bigger than baseball" messages …
We weren't more than 5 minutes into the first skill rotation on Monday morning this week (Day 1 of Year 20 of Spring Training Summer Camp) and a spontaneous cheer of "We Love Baseball!" broke out on the Minor Field. It made my heart swell with pride! Spring Training's primary mission since 2004 has been …
As the 2024 season winds down, I've been seeing a lot of social media posts from families who have kids graduating from Little League; parents have been sharing feelings of gratitude towards their Little League community, optimism about the future, and sadness that "it's over." These posts got me thinking about something friends of ours …
When the Cubs made their run to the World Series in 2016, manager Joe Maddon famously did everything he could, in some very creative ways, to keep the pressure of the whole experience from getting to his team. Not only did the players obviously want to win the World Series because that's every kid's dream, …
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