It's not just a game...

We love baseball. We love the fact that it's a team sport, but, it also comes down to a one on one battle. A battle against skills and mental preparation. We can teach the mechanics of the game but how do we teach someone how to prepare themselves mentally?

Of course, we look for ways to encourage hitters by showing them that no matter how fast we pitch to them...they can hit the ball if they are mentally in the game. We look for ways to show pitchers that no matter how fast they pitch or even how slow they pitch...they can win the battle by learning the strategy of how they view their opponent. Finding their weaknesses and delivering pitches that keeps them off their game.

Our job is to teach mechanics and to encourage our players to prepare themselves mentally. But most of all, it's to teach them that baseball is a lot like life. It's not just a game...sometimes you succeed and sometimes you fail...BUT, each time you play you learn more about yourself and the world around you. You learn that sometimes you get bad calls. Sometimes you get hurt. Sometimes you make errors. Sometimes others make the errors. Sometimes...you get the winning hit or strikeout the last batter to win. Sometimes you get the game ball and sometimes you don't. But whatever happens...you can learn and grow from the experience.

It's such a great game! You never know who is going to show up prepared to win the game. That's what makes it so desirable to play. That's what makes it so desirable for us to teach others how to play. Because we all know, It's not just a game...