#1 mindset coachin youth baseball
I help youth baseball players play the way they practice.
Six years of pro ball taught me the swing is rarely the problem. The head is. I coach the part of the game nobody else does.
At bat · Triple-A
Drafted by Tampa Bay, 2018. Round 25, pick 750. Six years pro. Three organizations. Triple-A.
Sound familiar.
- He hits .400 in the cage and .180 on Saturday.
- He was fine until people showed up to watch.
- One at bat gets in his head and takes the next three with it.
- The car ride home got quiet this season.
The swing isn't the problem anymore. You already know that.
Tell me when it's worst.
What a day looks like.
- 1Read.
A short chapter written in baseball language. Two minutes.
- 2Reflect.
One honest question about his game. He writes it down.
- 3Mental rep.
Sixty seconds, eyes closed, game speed.
- 4Log the page.
He submits it. Ten minutes, start to finish.
Ten minutes a day. That's the whole ask.
Evening, Cole.
I am the same hitter in the game that I am in the cage.
One small rep today. That's all it takes.
The volume knob
Four small steps. Read, reflect, mental rep, submit. About ten minutes.
The 25th round pick.
In 2018 Tampa Bay took me in the 25th round, pick 750. Nobody protects a pick like that. No bonus money to justify, no benefit of the doubt, no reason to keep me around past the first bad stretch.
I lasted six years. Three organizations. Triple-A.
It wasn't talent. I was never the most talented guy in the room. It was the thing underneath, the part of the game nobody was coaching. That's what I teach now.
From the notebooks.
Athletes I coach, in their own handwriting. Spelling left exactly as they wrote it.
“game me is always afraid that im gona get hit and i feel like im a squishy toy always tense”
“i struck out twice and were mentally killing myself but i thought from a different angle and i got a hit.”
“The shift for me is that I used to be afraid of the bull and I used to be not confident and afraid and now I'm super confident”
Seventy-five nights apart. Ten minutes at a time.
Questions parents ask.
How much time does it take?+
About ten minutes a day. One short read, a reflection, a mental rep, and he logs the page. It fits between practice and homework.
What if my kid won't do it?+
The daily work is small enough that starting is easy. If he skips a day, nothing breaks. He picks it back up the next day. It's written in baseball language, not therapy language, so it doesn't feel like homework.
What's the difference between the two options?+
Same daily system. The Roster adds me: I read your kid's pages inside the app and respond. The Mindset System is the same work, self-guided, with nobody reading over his shoulder.
When does he get access?+
The moment you check out. He can do day one tonight.
Is this therapy?+
No. It's mental game training, the same kind of daily work pro players do. If your kid needs more than that, this doesn't replace it.
Something else on your mind? Email me, I answer.