The Sandlot is full of great quotes, moments, and lessons in sports and life. You’re killing me smalls, L-7 Weenie, hero’s get remember, but legends never die. Taking a risk on a girl out of your league and eventually marrying her. Pickling the beast, Smalls going out to try baseball, the team not really wantingContinueContinue reading “The Sandlot”
Tag Archives: baseball
If You Don’t Know Now Ya Know.
Before I moved to Maryland all I knew was baseball. If you ask anyone in my family, it was by far my best sport. When I moved to downtown port deposit we didn’t have any where to play baseball and didn’t know anyone who played little league. So basketball became life. We would play whiffleballContinueContinue reading “If You Don’t Know Now Ya Know.”
Quick Thought.
Hey parents, this sucks. 5pm Sunday night call from Public Schools that Face to face teaching is done for at least the next 3 weeks starting…… tomorrow. WTF instant anxiety attack, stress level raises…. let me get a drink, get to social media, blame ands complain. This is another great moment to teach our kidsContinueContinue reading “Quick Thought.”
Don’t Be That Parent
Forever Grateful for the oppunity to be aParent and role model. So many parents today have good intentions but are ruining sports for their kids. Which is hurting their personal relationship with their kids. I work with my son daily on improving athletically. It always starts with me wanting him to be great and sometimesContinueContinue reading “Don’t Be That Parent”
Cultivate Greatness
Now more than ever before in human history kids today are inactive, weak, entitled and…..LAZY. We have been progressing in this direction for many generations now. If you don’t believe me ask your parents what their parents thought and said to them. Humans are progressively getting worse, because life is becoming easier. The smarter weContinueContinue reading “Cultivate Greatness”
Show em
Taking it easy isn’t something I understand. All in or nothing. I get asked this 15 times a week as a how do you teach passion or to get kids to give a shit. This is the realest answer I can come up with… You have to show them your passion. If you want themContinueContinue reading “Show em”
Fear, Work, Teamwork.
You might see me struggle but you’ll never see me quit. Starting something new is scary, even for coaches. Are kids going to show up? Are parents going to buy into our style? Can we get the kids to buy in? Why are we even doing this, when we could just join another team alreadyContinueContinue reading “Fear, Work, Teamwork.”
Pop’s Culture (Kobe)
We only get 1 biological father, but we are blessed to have so many father figures to look up to.
Emotional & Physiological States
Emotional & Physiological States: The state you’re in will influence how you judge your self-efficacy. Depression, for example, can dampen confidence in our capabilities. Stress reactions or tension are interpreted as signs of vulnerability to poor performance whereas positive emotions can boost our confidence in our skills. Where we are mentally plays a huge partContinueContinue reading “Emotional & Physiological States”
Vicarious Experiences
Vicarious Experiences: The second source of self-efficacy comes from our observation of people around us, especially people we consider as role models. Seeing people similar to ourselves succeed raises our beliefs that we too possess the capabilities to master the activities needed for success in that area.
Pop’s Culture 