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Reasons for Not Achieving Desired Results Feb 20, 2023

There are many different goals that people have in their lives and they vary from one person to another. Some goals may be earning money, losing weight, getting a contract or getting back with an ex-boyfriend.

 

In the softball world, some goals might be to play at the D1 Level, increase bat...

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Learn Your Motivations Feb 19, 2023

Experiment and get to know how your mind works. I find that beyond just thinking a thought if I explain it to someone, I get excited. That is my own self-motivation recipe. When I feel unmotivated about writing, for example, I explain an idea I have for some article to my wife. By the time I am...

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Motivational Thoughts Of Your Own Feb 18, 2023

“Making it your own” means experimenting with a good thought until you find a way to use it in your own recipe for motivation. Suppose, for example, you’re in a difficult situation and don’t feel like dealing with it. As you sit there, you play around with the idea of...

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What do Motivational Thoughts do? Feb 17, 2023

Motivational thoughts help you take action. This isn’t about making positive thoughts or motivating quotes. Those have their own role to play in shaping your attitude and thinking, but what motivates individual people is different, so you need to have your own thoughts – those which...

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Curve Ball Spins Using a Spinner Feb 16, 2023
Curve: Focusing on fingers, wrist, and forearm snapping together!
 
Spinner is linked on my website under “Softball Tools and Equipment” 
 
 
#dr3fastpitch #TrainTheBrain #NextLevel #LEVELUP #DeepBreath #NextPitch  #pitchinglessons...
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#FlexYourBrain Feb 15, 2023
Just because your brain isn't a muscle, that doesn't mean you shouldn't train and flex it like one. 
 
If we are not constantly working to better our mental health and mental game, adversity is harder and harder to push through come game time. 
 
At the D1 level, my team did...
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Example of an at Home Set Up for Online Lessons/Winter Training Feb 14, 2023

Thank you Mr. Travis for putting this video together! I've worked with his daughter Emmy (Indiana) via online lessons since fall of 2020! 

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Do Not Label Yourself as a PO Too Early Feb 13, 2023
To all my girls not verbally committed or signed to play in college yet, don’t settle yourself short as being a pitcher only. The more versatile you are, the more opportunities you can get. 
 
You lessen your playing opportunities throughout travel ball/high school if you are...
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Drop Ball Spin & Catch Drill Feb 12, 2023
I did 50-100 of these every single day when I was playing in college. I’d walk around the grocery store doing them…. I’d walk to class doing them…. I always found time in my day to crank out my drop spins. Especially as that was my #1 pitch to throw in games. I had to be...
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"8 Pitch Tunnel" Bullpen for Pitchers Feb 11, 2023
Watch the video hear how my pitchers complete this bullpen. Try this next time you throw a bullpen outside of your lessons! 
 
Shout out to junior instructor Coach Meg for the explanation! She is currently working on Thursdays from 4:00-9:00 at the Prime Athletic Center in Canton,...
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