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Baseball has provided me with a lifetime of stories to tell, but one of my fondest` memories of my playing days didn’t happen on the field. It was 1999 and I was Freshman at Brown. The Red Sox and Yankees were facing off in the playoffs and as if the oldest rivalry in baseball clashing […]

Hopefully, you’ve had a great Little League season with positive coaches and parents who have a healthy perspective on youth sports. Trying to win (and dealing with losing) in youth sports is definitely part of the learning process, but we all know how unnecessarily intense many coaches and parents can be…to the detriment of the

As the amateur baseball world becomes more and more obsessed with velocity and almost all off-season youth baseball programs focuses on playing as many games as possible, we are seeing an epidemic of arm injuries at all levels of the game. The data is staggering. 36% of all MLB pitchers have had at least one

I’m reading a book right now with that title and it describes a fascinating phenomenon among extremely high-achieving entrepreneurs where they are never happy and never feel fulfilled, despite being massively successful, because of how they choose to measure their “success.” Naturally, this made me think of youth sports and some of the pitfalls that

Here’s an important question “What’s the strike zone in Little League?” What was your answer? Sorry, you’re wrong, try again. What was your next answer? Sorry, wrong again. At every Little League field in the world, here is the correct answer: “The strike zone is whatever the umpire says it is.” If the ball bounces before

It’s only Saturday so we don’t know how the Masters will end yet. Will Rory complete his career grand slam? Will Justin Rose become the oldest 1st-time winner? Will Scottie Scheffler join an exclusive club of back-to-back winners (Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods being the only 3 players to accomplish that)? Regardless of

I did a lesson yesterday with a long-time student who is now 11 and playing Majors for the first time. I first started coaching him when he was 5. Boy, does time fly! In his first game of the season, his team faced a really tough pitcher who threw incredibly hard and for those of

“Approach” is the baseball word for “strategy” at the plate and while I put the finishing touches on a “Masterclass” I’ve been preparing for all Little League parents and coaches to help their player be more confident and aggressive at the plate, I thought I would share a sneak preview one of the key lessons

Happy Valentine’s Day! A quick baseball love story: While Marissa and I met the literal first day of college as Freshman athletes who arrived on campus before all the other students did, we didn’t start dating until the Summer before our Senior year. We had been best friends for 3 years so when we decided

Parents all have different experiences and preferences when it comes to non-school activities for their kids, and I’m sure it’s not surprise to you that my wife and I have always encouraged our son and daughter explore athletic programs for the numerous physical and mental health benefits and life lessons that team sports are uniquely