Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎

Baseball is a mental game ya’ll! Focus on that more than a perfect swing at 12!

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

@KeagenMent2030 just like his old man hitting doubles and triples in the gap at Jim Hughes field! Thanks to @SaberBaseball for hosting us during the @PrepBaseballWI @pbtscouting in Franklin

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

Thanks for the continued training for this kid! @teams_elite @EliteNorth_Bolt @primeathletics1

[Prep Baseball Scouting @pbtscouting]

LHP Keagan Mentkowski (Antioch Community, 2030) finishes his day with seven strikeouts in five innings.

FB: 73-75 T76
CB: 60-61; worked in all counts

#PBRatTheRock | @PrepBaseballIL

[Prep Baseball Scouting @pbtscouting]

C Greg Formica (Grayslake Central, 2030) launches a pullside double to plate two runs.

Lean, long levers. Mobile behind the plate. Threw out a runner attempting to steal second base shortly after.

#PBRatTheRock | @PrepBaseballIL

[Justin Stone @elite_baseball]

👀

Big moves coming for Hitters Baseball this year. Incredible team of baseball minds and the track record of development is unmatched amongst northern programs.

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

@EliteNorth_Bolt - North out of Mundelien has baseball tryouts posted for 15U players for 2026-2027…come join us and continue to get better at a truly wonderful game of baseball. @teams_elite @elite_baseball

https://t.co/JiUWCWrl5Y

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

That’s my boy! Good job to him and his 2030 Poulsen Lightning team @EliteNorth_Bolt @teams_elite @CPoulsen12

[Perfect Game Illinois @PG_Illinois]

‘30 1B/OF Keagen Mentkowski (IL) Lines a ball to center to tie the game for the Lake County Lightning. #WCBattle @LCLightningIL

[Antioch Sequoits Athletic Dept. @ACHS_Sequoits]

🏀 MEET COACH ROCHON!

All ACHS student-athletes interested in playing boys basketball next year are invited to meet new Head Coach Andy Rochon tomorrow:

📅 Wednesday, May 27
⏰ 5:00 PM
📍 ACHS Commons

Families will meet Coach Rochon and receive all updated program information.

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

Coach Bo! https://t.co/Z08105E4ZN

[MLB @MLB]

Jacob Misiorowski threw 10 pitches in the 1st inning:

102.4 MPH
103.0 MPH
102.8 MPH
102.7 MPH
103.2 MPH
103.3 MPH
103.3 MPH
103.5 MPH
103.1 MPH
103.6 MPH

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Tom Brady: “You need coaches that push you outside your comfort zone because that’s how you grow and that’s how you develop self confidence and self esteem. They push you to deal with failure.”

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

@LetItEat21 Email sent; thanks for the help!

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

@LetItEat21 last year you had a good little post recovery routine for pitchers - I never had a chance to ask where you got that program from? I want Keagen to be able to continue that type of program after pitching. Thanks!

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

Good reminder for us all today.

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

Any athlete can reach peak performance for a moment or two. Only the mentally strongest athletes can maintain peak performance for an extended period of time.

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

Four ways to defeat a more talented opponent:
1. Give more effort, physically and mentally.
2. Be more poised under pressure.
3. Play smarter strategically.
4. Work better as a team.

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

@elite_baseball Justin I’m with the Elite North program and Christian Poulsen coaches our team and I was just wondering do you guys have any agreements or contracts with Marc Pro to get a discount on the recovery machines?

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

You know Christian Yelich owes the grounds crew for creating such a perfect flat shelf for that bunt to stay on the line

[Milwaukee Brewers @Brewers]

A perfect bunt is such a beautiful thing 🥲

@ChristianYelich

[Brian Cain @BrianCainPeak]

Baseball moves fast.
Your mind can move even faster.

That’s why great players take a breath.

A single deep breath can:
• Slow the game down
• Reset your focus
• Release tension
• Bring you back to the present pitch

Breathing isn’t relaxation.
It’s performance control.

Great coaches like @TexasBaseball pitching coach Max Weiner will coach their players to breathe to stay present.

Great coaches help players... Breathe → Reset → Compete

Learn more and LEARN HOW with my free masterclass at https://t.co/FOmvSGlStm

#Baseball #MentalPerformance #StayPresent

[Taylor Sinicke @SinickeTaylor]

@NWSChicago Morning Chicago stay safe

[Ryan Mentkowski 🇺🇸⚾️🥎 @mentos_planner]

Love it! Thank you!!!

[Baseball Dudes Inc. 🇺🇸⚾️ @BaseballDudes48]

For the parents and coaches of pitchers…

Young pitchers:

Just because you don’t have a blazing fastball doesn’t mean you can’t be a dominate pitcher. Here are a few things that you can do to make your fastball play better…

• Develop multiple off speed pitches.
• Command those off speed pitches.
• Learn to pitch backwards (get ahead in the count with slow stuff, put them away with hard stuff).
• Become confident throwing all your pitches in any count, most importantly, off speed pitches when behind in the count.
• Create deception in your delivery.
• Work quick.
• Be unpredictable with pitch selection (relatable with bullet points above).
• Develop movement with your FB, sink and cut.
• Learn how and when to change eye levels (work the bottom of the zone and the top or just above the zone).
• Work the inside part of the plate to open up the outer half.

No one said pitching is easy but the higher you get, the better you need to become at this list.