Jason Normandie

[Jason Normandie @JasonNormandie]

@Coach_DiStasi My Dawg

[Jason Normandie @JasonNormandie]

CCHS is getting a great one . Best of luck Coach Trotta

[Matt Trotta @CoachTrotta]

Excited to get going with a hungry group of student-athletes & the CC community!

Grateful to be a Patriot. Let’s roll

[Matt Trotta @CoachTrotta]

The speed is off the charts, the grit is off the charts; twitchy “no fly zone” OFer with + arm out there

#DrSuess

[Prep Baseball Scouting @pbtscouting]

‘28 C Gavin Griffith (MA)

Very impressive bat speed on display from Griffith as he burns the left fielder for an easy double.

@PrepBaseballMD | @NoreastersBall

#14uNat24

[David Robertson @DRob1616]

@AustinPrepBase @NoreastersBall @CoachTrotta @kbarnaby @pbrtscouting

[Jason Normandie @JasonNormandie]

Tyler closing the door

[San Joaquin Delta College Baseball @SJDCBaseball]

Black Team WINS game three with a score of 6-1!!! They take the series 2-1 completing the Delta Fall Classic.

[San Joaquin Delta College Baseball @SJDCBaseball]

‼️Here are your rosters for your Delta Mustangs Fall World Series!
Game One is TOMORROW November 9 and set to start at 11:45 at Delta College.
Game Two (9:30am) and Three (1:15pm) are November 10 at Stagg High School.‼️

#dsquad #JuCoBuilt #DeltaMustangs

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[San Joaquin Delta College Baseball @SJDCBaseball]

Luke Giotta 6’3” 195 RHP
Freshman
FB 90-92
KN 81
CH 84
#dsquad #JuCoBuilt #DeltaMustangs

[Tyler Normandie @normandie_tyler]

Excited to announce that i’ll be playing for @SJDCBaseball in the fall. Thank you to all my coaches and especially @CoachRiley8616 #Dsquad☘️ @CCRaider_Basbll

[Jason Normandie @JasonNormandie]

@baseballifer11 What if said player gets hurt playing that position? Does the coach still only care about a trophy? Or does the playes safety matter? Just asking

[CCHS Raiders @CCRaider_sports]

Mercuri leads CC to first round win https://t.co/iIT4f7KLlo

[Danny Graham @Dcrack9]

Looking for something to do over your February Vacation.

Only 1 week left before the start of the LHS Youth Baseball Clinic.

Spots are filling up fast. Don't miss out! Register today. Email [email protected] for a registration form.

[Jason Normandie @JasonNormandie]

Great kid from a great family. Stonehill is getting a good one

[Joshua Florence @joshflo_3]

I am so proud to announce that I will be furthering my academic and athletic career playing Division 1 baseball at Stonehill College. Thank you to everyone that has helped me! @StonehillBASE @zsultar7 @NoreastersBall @CoachTrotta @mattyfeld612 @tdaneau @CCRaider_Basbll

[cam cinelli @iamcamcinelli]

Great day at the yard with @CoachRiley8616 even though he was in the other dugout.

[Jason Normandie @JasonNormandie]

Congrats Thomas, keep grinding bud

[Thomas Rupp @ThomasRupp19]

I’m excited to announce my commitment to Limestone University to play D2 baseball. I would like to thank my family, friends, coaches, and all those that have supported me along this path.

[George Yfantopulos @GeeY4444]

Lowell Boys & Girls Travel tryouts! Please share with others. We are combining forces and are planning to have a 2nd/3rd grade development program as well this year!
Going forward there will be NO cost to play Lowell Travel basketball! 🏀❤️

[Perfect Game Mid-Atlantic @PGMidAtlantic]

Forrest Nelson (2024,Mass.) reads spin out of the hand here & leans on this mammoth 3R 💣 to LF. Physical CIF uses his strong lower 1/2 to create torque & leverages it out in-front. #17US25NC @PG_NewEngland @PG_Scouting

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

3 things you can control every day:

1. Attitude 😎
2. Effort 💪
3. Being a great teammate 🥇

[Lowell Baseball @LowellBaseball_]

Lowell Post 87 beat previously undefeated Andover 4-1 on the complete game effort of SP Luke Descheneaux (LHS ‘21) on Sunday 7/19 to advance to the American Legion District 8 Title game TONIGHT @ 8pm in Beverly. Come out to show support for the boys! ⚾️🏆