The portal is littered with guys throwing low to mid 90s and big strong guys with high EV. It’s also absolute proof that we are chasing metrics while not understanding this is still a skill game. Great metrics gets you to the door but if we had more hitting and pitching coaches instead of swinging and throwing coaches, I think we’d be ahead of the game. Throw in the biggest game changer- mental skills training. @nextlevelbb@Danielle138252@CoachBeede
Every player on the planet needs to hear this — over and over again:
Remove all the “stuff” — results, expectations, distractions — and just compete.
Compete. Compete. Compete.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to becoming the ultimate competitor. Breathe. Center your thoughts. Lay it on the line and compete.
A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT.
He knows his time is running out.
So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour.
He died 5 months later.
This is that lecture.
The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇
Bookmark it for later
Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:
Two kids. One rich. One poor.
Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.
The rich kid has two choices.
Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.
Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.
The poor kid has two choices too.
Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.
Or outwork everyone in the room.
Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.
Same choice for all of them.
Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.
The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.
The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.
Greatness doesn't come from where you start.
It comes from which kid you choose to feed.
Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy
Fall baseball is over for most.
November-December-January can change the trajectory of your baseball career.
Commit yourself to heavy lifting-conditioning-caloric intake and outworking everyone in the country.
Lift like a linebacker.
Eat like a lineman.
Get strong.
Get really strong.
Get faster.
Get more athletic.
Turn yourself into an impact player.
It's up to you.
How relentless are you willing to be?
How much sweat and effort are you willing to invest?
College Freshman
1. Pick the right kids on the team to hang around.
2. Don't get involved with the party crowd.
3. Get to sleep at a reasonable time every night.
4. Don't go home until Thanksgiving if school isn't in your hometown or area (plant roots and make new friends).
5. Do more than expected, be engaged and earn respect with work ethic and maturity.
Remember, nobody cares what you did in high school-travel ball, if you were drafted or who scouted you.
You're starting over.
You have to earn respect.