Contentment is defined as the state of being contented. Yet Leo Babauta [ZEN blogger/journalist from Guam] described contentment as, “…contentment isn’t a matter with being content with your situation in life and never trying to improve it. It’s a matter of being content with what you have — but realizing that as humans, we will […]
#MVP | Ignore The Lawn Chair Convention, Help Your Son Improve
Walter Hagen [famous golfer] said, “…stop and smell the flowers along the way.” Imagine taking 10 to 15 minutes each day and let your five senses take over. Observe and absorb versus using our busy lives as excuses to miss the little things.
#MVP | Baseball, It’s More Than A Slogan…Or Is It?
Slogans are those creative sayings, tag lines to help you understand the importance and/or benefits of their product. Not sure this was the case when Chicago White Sox Coach Paul Richards described the play of his second baseman as, “I’ve seen better hands on a clock.” Yet, however funny the sarcastic insults might be, […]
#MVP | A Pitcher’s Secret Sauce – Knowledge of Attentional Blinking
What is “Attentional Blinking?” “Attentional blinking,” is a phenomenon that the second of two targets cannot be detected or identified when it appears close in time to the first What happens – Our eyes focus on and deal with the lines of motion our brain interprets. Our brain interprets and reacts to the second pitch based […]
#MVP | Cubs and Their Fans FINALLY Embraced the Near Win
The curse began during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series, when Billy Sianis and his pet goat, named Murphy, were ejected from Wrigley Field. Irate of how he and his pet were being treated he proclaimed, “The Cubs ain’t going to win no more. The Cubs will never win a World Series so long […]
#MVP |Three Words You Don’t Want To Hear – Ulnar Collateral Ligament!
There are approximately 900 ligaments in the human body, but when it comes to baseball the Ulnar Collateral Ligament is probably the most famous. Although most would be hard pressed to define what a ligament actually does, the perceptive success of repairing ligament damage has created such a positive aura, I sadly have heard players […]
#MVP | “Nice Swing,” Versus Wondering if it’s Linear or Rotational!
I am guessing some of the best all-time hitters Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial, Honus Wagner worried more about the Results than a Mechanical Dissection of what it took for each of them to get those results. Bruce Lee said, “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” […]
#MVP | Did You Say, “Wait Longer?” I Have a Question For You!
Early in my coaching career I too fell trap to teaching those same words when teaching kids to hit the ball on the outer half of the plate. It wasn’t until my 10-year-old son asked a question, a trait that seems lost with the older players, in much the same way we believe younger players do not […]
#MVP | No-Step, One-Step; Not A Dance Move, It’s The Backhand
Call me old school if you like, but for the majority of routine grounders I believe an infielder should surround it and come through the baseball. So, when I discuss the backhand, I mean fielding the ball that is hit deep in the hole. To me the backhand, whether you use the No-Step or One-Step approach, is anything but routine. Done […]
#MVP | Yelling At The Umpires – Example of Bullying
The umpire is defined as the person in charge with officiating the game. In many cases they are just an individual who has volunteered because they love the game of baseball. Fans who are willing to take a ton of grief and work for pittance [e.g., 3 hours work plus the drive back and forth]. […]