Drew Saylor

Triple-A Hitting Coach | Houston Astros Player Development | Building systems for players & coaches

[0xDipper @Dipper_pol]

Daniel Kahneman - the psychologist who won a Nobel in economics - spent his life proving one thing: your confidence is lying to you

A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. The answer "10 cents" jumps to mind instantly. It's wrong (it's 5 cents) - and ~50% of students at Harvard, MIT and Princeton say it without checking.

That gap is his whole point: the fast, intuitive mind builds a clean story from almost nothing, and the feeling of certainty has nothing to do with being right.

"Confidence is a feeling, not a judgment."

"Stock pickers can't develop intuition - there isn't enough regularity for it to form."

"You can build a very coherent story out of very little information."

~45 min, free. how your mind fools you - from a man who studied it for 50 years ↓

[WINK @tristan_wink]

The longer that I’ve coached, the more that I’ve strongly become convicted that the prettiest drills don’t mean that learning is happening.

Coaches LOVE blocked practice. It makes us feel good when players are hitting shot after shot from the same spot. Or when they’re dribbling through cones in the same order. We want everything to be crisp and rhythmic and beautiful to watch.

When you repeat the same rep over and over, the numbers can look great. The film can look great. But the thing about is is that when you do that you quietly removed the one thing the game never removes: the need to read, decide, and adjust.

I’ve loved making practice random, varied, and messy. It’s ugly. It hurts your pride as a coach sometimes cause you think that your team isn’t getting any better. Reps look ugly. Players miss more, hesitate more, and look less polished. But the thing is they learn more because they’re being forced to retrieve, problem-solve, and adapt under changing conditions that change. That transfers.

If argue if your practice always looks clean, your players probably aren’t learning. They’re performing. Practice is for learning.

Learning is supposed to look a little chaotic. Embrace the mess. The scoreboard is the only place the reps are supposed to be pretty.

Just a thought.

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

I'm not at my best in heavy traffic.

Actually, I'm not at my best while waiting for anything.

But here's the one that stung.

We were at the Key Royale Club for Bingo. Someone called a premature number. Maddie was watching. And I muttered something under my breath that wasn't exactly Sunday morning material.

Maddie yelled out, "What the hell, lady?" because she had just heard her dad mutter it.

In that moment, Karla didn't yell at me. She didn't lecture.

She grabbed me by the ear, looked at me with those captivating brown eyes, and said five words: "Model the behavior you hope to instill in others."

That line hit me like a fastball at my ears.

All those years as a manager.

All those talks about character, discipline, how to handle adversity. How to represent yourself with respect. How to stay composed when things go wrong. And my daughter was watching me lose it over Bingo.

I wasn't modeling anything except frustration.

I was teaching her that the rules change when nobody important is watching. That your values are situational.

Here's what this taught me: Your kids won't always listen to what you say, but they're always watching what you do.

Model the behavior. Every time. Because someone who loves you is watching.

[Prep Baseball Columbus @PBCbus]

2030 2B/OF Jackson Saylor
@IVLBaseball

Jackson does his job and gets a ball in the outfield for drive in a run with a sacrifice fly.

#GLakesWS #pb24

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

SOME VALUABLE GUIDELINES FOR HIRING A LEADERSHIP TEAM from THE DAILY COACH BLOG

[Drew Saylor @drewsaylor19]

@CoachLync Hideaway

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Shoutout the late @KenRavizza1 The Godfather of the Mental game of Baseball and @LantzWheeler

“Confidence is fragile!”

“Feeling good is overrated!”

The best 20 minutes of your season!

I studied under Dr. Ravizza at @csuf and it changed my life!

[The Weather Channel @weatherchannel]

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[Jason Romano @JasonRomano]

“The man on the middle cross said I could come.”

Easter week. Watch it. And watch it again. And then chase after Jesus.

[Drew Saylor @drewsaylor19]

@CoachLync BAMA

[Drew Saylor @drewsaylor19]

See you all soon!

[Drew Saylor @drewsaylor19]

@KWBaseball See you soon

[Drew Saylor @drewsaylor19]

@justinochoi Congratulations Justin!

[Drew Saylor @drewsaylor19]

@gabriela7diaz Amen to that!

[Drew Saylor @drewsaylor19]

@harrison_faulk Congratulations!!!

[Kansas City Royals @Royals]

Wittnessing something special.

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

"Give me my first love!"

Lee Corso's first-ever headgear pick belonged to Brutus and the Buckeyes and it's only fitting that his last one is the same ❤️

[David Adler @_dadler]

The *average* MLB righty now throws 95 mph on the dot

Still a little crazy to think about even though it's been coming for a while

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

From colleagues, to guest pickers, fans and beyond, those around the college football community share what Lee Corso means to them.

We love you, Coach 🧡

[Dave Holtzman @DHoltzy]

#Wittnesses