Thank you Coach Davis @RR_KnightsHoops for the recognition at the end of year banquet. Thank you to my teammates for choosing me for the Teammate of the Year and for the Sportsmanship Award.
I had a conversation with a Power 4 college coach who’s been doing this for 25+ years.
We were talking about the mentality of high school players during the recruiting process.
Here’s what he told me:
“What these kids don’t realize is…
I don’t care how many followers you have.
I don’t care how many home runs you hit in travel ball.
I don’t care how many offers you have.
I don’t care about your ranking.
I don’t care how hard you can hit a ball.
I don’t care about your metrics.
The only thing I care about is this:
Are you going to produce in between those white lines when we play this season?”
Then he said something else that hit:
“They’ve been so protected that the first time they fail, they quit… or they transfer.”
And here’s the part that matters.
The biggest development mistake I see?
Players don’t plan for failure.
They plan for success.
They visualize success.
They expect success.
But they don’t prepare for 0-4.
They don’t prepare for getting booed.
They don’t prepare for sitting the bench.
They don’t prepare for struggling for 3 weeks.
So when it happens — and it will — they panic.
Instead of executing a pre-made plan, they try to create one while emotional.
That never works.
Failure is coming.
The question is:
Did you already decide how you’re going to handle it?
Late rally last night to give the Knights a big win.
@luke_donny55 5 IP, 2 BB, 6 K’s
@EasonRunion 1 IP, 0 BB, 2 K’s and the win. Also 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 Runs
@Bryce_Miley4 1 for 4, with go ahead RBI
Hayden Lewis 1 for 3, 1 Run, 1 RBI
@Jared_Mathis5 1 for 4, 1 Double, 1 RBI
Great performance from our two pitchers last night and some timely hitting to defeat Riverwood Raiders.
@Luke_Donny55 4 innings 1H, 2BB, 7K’s
@EasonRunion 3 innings 0H, 0BB, 5K’s
@TheMJH1 2 for 3, 1 RBI
Hayden Lewis 1 for 3, 2 RBI
Last night we split with Sprayberry 5-4 and 2-6. There were several great plays during the game including this 9th catch and throw them out at home by Eason Runion.
@DevinWoodward00 4-IP, 1BB, 3K’s
@TheMJH1 2-IP, 2BB, 2K’s, and the win
@JaredMathis55 5 for 7, 1HR, 1 2B, 2RBI
Excited to share that I’ve received an official offer to play basketball at Sewanee: The University of the South. Thanks to Coach @will_merrell and @johncrump21 for this opportunity.