If your effort needs a reminder, your expectations need a reality check. Earn trust before you expect opportunity.

NLCS MVP Jake Bauers shares how letting go of results helped him find a different level of freedom as a competitor. "I think what changed for me this year was I stopped caring about results. I started caring about competing. I started caring about being in the moment and getting out of my own way." Sometimes, the biggest obstacle to performing at your best isn't a lack of preparation or ability. It's the pressure you place on yourself to produce a particular outcome. You become so concerned with what you want to happen that you lose touch with what the moment actually requires. Any performer can unlock a new level when they learn how to be fully invested in the competition without becoming imprisoned by the outcome. 🎥: Fox Sports

Good life lesson from Pat Murphy about how worrying is a "waste of time." @FoulTerritoryTV | #WorldSeries

Make a mistake? Have a “next pitch” mentality! The next pitch is all that matters. Keep your head in the game… odds are you will have a chance to help the team later. Maybe the very next pitch or towards the end of the game. You just never know when the next opportunity will show itself… Baseball rewards those who can stay locked in.

Earn the confidence you want to play with.

Two swing from ECCC this weekend. @JoePlug619 @goldenspikesbc @BoydLNHBB @NewHopeBaseball @GriffinGrant_EC @EC_NealHolliman

I am blessed and excited to announce that I will be furthering my academic and athletic career at WKU. I would like to thank God, the coaches at WKU, my coaches at EMCC, and my parents for this opportunity!!

When I was in pro baseball, I started making a lot of weak contact. -Weak fly balls. -Weak ground balls. -Jammed contact. Honestly… I felt like if I didn’t figure it out, I was going to get released. Then I remembered what Barry Bonds told me: “If you’re making weak contact, your top hand probably isn’t working TO and THROUGH the baseball correctly.” He explained that the top hand helps create the barrel path through the zone. So every day, I practiced 3 things: 1. Top-hand-only tee swings trying to drive the ball to center field and the opposite-field gap 2. Split-grip soft toss working through the middle of the field (2–3 inch gap between the hands) 3. Regular BP trying to hit line drives gap-to-gap with the thought of “catching” the ball with the top hand That’s when I started squaring baseballs up and driving line drives with authority again. Thank you for reading, Jermaine Curtis P.S. - If you thought this was helpful, please share it. (This tells me you want more content like this)

Something I always ask myself here in the early morning before starting a new day. If the answer is no - then why? Too busy? Not enough time? Hurt? Unavailable. Your best ability is often your availability and your dependability. Show up & manage your success through reps & work.

"Energy is a choice not a feeling. If you are going to be successful in anything in life, you have to be a creator of positive, productive energy. Success requires energy, and high levels of success requires high levels of sustained positive energy."

.@bedmiston34 with good swing for @NEMCCBASEBALL #ExitVelo 109 #Distance 389

Fb 93-94 Sinker 92-93 Ch 86-87 Cb 80-82

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Latest podcast appearance with @CoachCarp9 on the @BCUPod! We dug into How To Teach Base Stealing That Wins Games: leads, returns, RHP vs. LHP, momentum steals, and much more 🎧 Out now on Apple Podcasts & Spotify baseballcoachesunplugged.buz…

“What is tough love? It's either love or there is no love. If you are honest with them,they give you their hearts-because you are trying to help them as people." @coachFMartin Accountability isn't punishment. It's an investment in someone's potential.

Great convo w/ @BCUPod!

Beyond blessed to announce my commitment to East Central Community College! I want to thank my family and coaches for helping me along the way! @ECCCBaseball @GriffinGrant_EC @EC_NealHolliman @rj2fletcher @NinerJrs2026 @BoydLNHBB @NewHopeBaseball

Great turnout at the sophomore showcase! FB 94-95 CH 87-88 CB 82-83 @sides_wesley @EastMissBB

How not to be average is a must watch speech by Curt Cignetti, Indiana University

After a great visit at Pearl River Community College, I am thankful for an offer! @coachavie @brooks_dubose @Coach_Gill99 @NewHopeBaseball @BoydLNHBB @NinerJrs2026