Damien Tippett

Father to two dudes. Husband to an amazing woman. Mental performance coach at a great school @perry_pumas @PerryBaseball07. #PumaMentalWarriors #PumaBall

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

Have to send a HUGE thank you to @jdubwttp for pouring into our #PumaMentalWarriors today! The '19 @PerryPumaMBB grad shared insight into his routines, habits, present-moment mindset, & many other lessons our athletes could learn from. Thank u @CoachDuanePumas for setting it up!

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

Completely agree, Skip!

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

“Never be too big to do the small things that need to he done.”

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Mexico's team stayed to clean the dugout in Houston after their 16-0 win against Brazil in the WBC.

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

I signed to UCLA my junior year of high school and was told I was going to start Day 1.

Opening Day at UCLA?

I was sitting the bench. 😭

I had 2 choices:

1. Complain, pout, and blame the coaches

OR

2. Find the holes on the team and become valuable.

So for 3 weeks, I sat the bench.

I showed up early.
Stayed late.
Cheered for my teammates.
Dragged the field every 3rd inning.

Meanwhile, I studied the team.

The middle infielders were doing well.
Third base wasn’t.

So I told the coaches:

“I can play third.”

Then I noticed something else:

Offensively, we were either hitting home runs or getting out.

I saw the gap.

If I could become a tough out, get on base, and bring energy to the team…
I could create value.

Then we played Miami.

The starting third baseman was hitting .115.

They gave me a shot.

I went 2 for 3 with a walk.
Played solid defense.
Brought energy.

I never sat the bench again.

Eventually, I became team captain…
and we were ranked #1 in the country.

One thing baseball taught me:

Opportunities don’t always go to the most talented player.

Sometimes they go to the player who becomes the most valuable.

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

Cool coach moment last night. Got to watch two #NextLevelPumas get after it in the @MountainWest tournament: @JSTILL40 coaching for for UNM, and @NikolasMiller5 pitching for Nevada. These two great @PerryBaseball07 lefties are leaders on & off the field. #PumaBall

[Micah Beutell @Micah_CBC]

I just imagine a packed house watching @ASU_Baseball. The view pre-skyscrapers would have been immaculate

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

Don't mess with a PUMA! Amazing stuff from @PerryPumas07 grad Case Hatch...I mean, Tate Wildern! #PumaNation @WWE

[WWE @WWE]

TATE WILDER HAS ARRIVED!! 😎

What a CRAZY night!!

[Jaeger Sports @jaegersports]

Attitude + Gratefulness = Gratitude!

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

@DickieV One day at a time. Sending love your way, Coach!

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

The problem is, show pony baseball is what gets all of the attention. Good baseball (and winning in the club world) can be mundane. Winning, discipline, and hard work are not for everyone, but Jay will get this thing on track quickly.

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

@tromblybaseball Context? What happened? That doesn’t happen without something seriously crossing the line.

[Cameron Cox @CamCox12]

From the 12Sports Vault
Throwback stories with @kpeat10 (2/4/2022)

Talking to HS freshman Koa before winning 4-straight state titles with @PerryPumaMBB under @sduane24.

Koa is the youngest of seven children.
His dad "The little one is the going to be the best one."

[1.0 x2FS Pitching Badger @Pitchingbadger]

Bunt practice sucks. (My experience is watching a lot of it). You know what doesn’t suck? Walking off a 15 inning game because you are really good at bunting.

THBMB Talk

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Kobe Bryant: "Failure doesn't exist, it's a figment of your imagination"

An interviewer asks: "Are you someone who loves to win or hates to lose?"

Kobe responds:

"I'm neither. I play to figure things out. I play to learn something. Because if you play with a fear of failure or you play with the will to win that supersedes fear, I think it's a weakness either way. If you play with fear of failing, you'll capitulate to that fear. If you play with the sense of 'I want to win, I want to win,' then you have the fear of what happens if you don't. But if you find common ground in the center, you're unfazed by either. That enables you to stay in the moment and not feel anything other than what's in front of you."

The interviewer asks: "How did you become someone who doesn't seem afraid of failing?"

Kobe responds:

"What does failure mean? It doesn't exist. It's a figment of your imagination."

He explains with an analogy:

"Let's use happy endings. Everybody wants a happy ending, right? Snow White finds her prince and lives happily ever after. Well, I call BS on that because two months later, they had an argument and he's sleeping on the couch. The point is: the story continues. So if you fail on Monday, the only way it's a failure is if you decide to not progress from that. If I fail today, I'm going to learn something from that failure and try again on Tuesday. That's why failure doesn't exist."

The interviewer asks: "If you finished your career without a championship, would you have looked at that as a failure?"

Kobe:

"No. I would look at it as being extremely disappointed, because I had a dream and goals I wanted to accomplish. If I didn't accomplish those goals, I'd have to ask myself why. Poor leadership? Failure to communicate with my teammates? Lack of preparation? Those would be reasons why I didn't win. So I'd have to analyze that. And as I evolved post-basketball into business, those same weaknesses would reveal themselves there too. If I don't learn from that, I'm going to struggle again."

He concludes:

"I can take those situations and learn from them and have them make me a better person later in life. But if I don't take that stuff and apply it someplace else, that's failing. The worst possible thing you can ever do is to stop. It's to not learn."

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

@SpragueO @BradenSprague @JoshMerrill_7 @EOSC_Baseball @coachdeuce7 @cole_hill_27 @UncommittedUsa @BUncommitted @JUCOuncommitted Looking good! Love the blocks & recoveries! Keep it up, stud! One pitch at a time. Process > Outcome.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Tom Izzo shares an uncomfortable truth about earning your spot.

"You play real good, you start. You don't play as good, you work your way back in."

"That's the American way - except America has gotten soft."

You don't get what you want in life - you get what you earn.

It starts with showing up and earning it every single day.

No shortcuts...Just hard work.
(🎥@CBBonFOX )

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Kentucky Baseball : Team Philosophy

• How quickly can you turn the page?
• Live in the present
• Good or Bad… “So what? What’s next?”

⭐️ You get depressed living in the past & you get anxious living in the future. Be where your feet are.

[Damien Tippett @CoachTip21]

💣

[MLB Home Runs @MLBHRs_]

TEX - Trevor Hauver 2-run HR (1)
🌴 Spring Training 🌴

📏 419 ft | 💨 104.6 mph | 📐 36°
⚾️ 93.1 mph four-seam fastball (SDP - RHP Josh Mallitz)
🏟️ Out in 30/30 MLB parks

SDP (2) @ TEX (22)
🔻 6th

#AllForTX

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

I guarantee you that Will Smith and Cal Raleigh have prepared. Some, if not all of the pitchers have done so as well.

Also, Andy isn't calling pitches. It's more important that the players are prepared. These guys are pro's. They aren't winging it out there.

How do I know this?

Because, I did it in 2017. I called every pitch when I caught, and pitching coach let me do my thing. Here is an example.

Both these catchers are smart and talented. World Series champ and amongst the best catchers in the game.

Don't believe any media piece that says they aren't prepared. You would be greatly mistaken to believe that these two guys aren't ready in every way.

[Bruce Straughan @bruce_straughan]

Heroes get remembered but Legends never die! May you rest in eternal peace with God forever Coach Lou! RIP Lou Holtz ☘️🙏�