Your Biggest Fear
I have to admit I have some pretty big fears: Heights Snakes Spiders Some of you may be afraid of 1 or more of those things and perhaps you have other fears like Clowns or Potato Chips. Guessing you laughed… Read more ›
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Get the Out!
Typically, I am a little more creative with the title of my articles. I like to keep you guessing where “I might be going” with my writing. But for you the loyal reader I wanted to leave no doubt what… Read more ›
What Kind of Bird are you?
When you think of birds you probably lump them all into a single category and probably just think of them all flying because after all that’s kind of what birds do. Well what about the Penguin? They are a bird… Read more ›
What Position Should I Play?
That’s a GREAT question!!! One that players ask me all of the time. “I like playing this” “Dad wants me to play this” “Coach won’t let me play this but I want to.” Probably all of the same things that… Read more ›
The Pursuit of Good
Have you cast aside the word “good” in favor of words with more pizzazz like “awesome.” Have you set it aside in favor of words that portray more enthusiasm like “phenomenal.” If you were to describe your softball play in… Read more ›
WINTALITY 402: Believing you will Succeed
I interrupt the regularly scheduled post on Wintality to bring you some important, tragic news that Crystl Bustos has an irreversible mental disorder. I’ve met with several leading psychologists around the world to discuss her case and the term they… Read more ›
WINTALITY 401: Mentally Attacking Everything
[Wintality] – win-tal-i-ty – noun; The act of mentally attacking everything on the field as though it may be the last time you ever play the game. “That player’s wintality is just infectious.” While he hasn’t played for a great… Read more ›
WINTALITY 302: Forgoing your own desires
[Wintality] – win-tal-i-ty – noun; The act of mentally forgoing your own desire to feel better for the betterment of the team. “She was devastated internally after striking out, but her wintality kept her from showing it.” I’m going to… Read more ›
WINTALITY 301: Controlling the only thing you can
[Wintality] – win-tal-i-ty – noun; The act of controlling the only thing of which you really have control. “Her wintality enabled her to respond to a negative situation in a positive way.” Anyone can look good when everything is going… Read more ›
WINTALITY 202: Having the strength to admit your weakness
[Wintality] – win-tal-i-ty – noun; The act of admitting your weaknesses and working to correct them. “Her wintality inspired others on the team, and our season totally turned around.” When I began this series I shared that each week I… Read more ›
WINTALITY 201: Using Adversity to your Advantage
[Wintality] – win-tal-i-ty – noun; The act of mentally turning an adversity into an advantage. “We all felt sorry for that girl because of X, but her wintality seemed to use it as fuel.” Webster’s defines adversity as “an adverse… Read more ›
WINTALITY 102: ThrowYourselfUnderTheBusItis
[Wintality] – win-tal-i-ty – noun; The act of mentally lifting your teammates up when they are down. “Her wintality just wouldn’t let me give up.” When learning the mental side of this game, one of the easiest ways to explain… Read more ›
WINTALITY 101: The Mental Act of Winning
I first read the word “WINTALITY” in January 2011 on the Auburn Lady Tigers Facebook page, and I’ve got to say I immediately fell in love with it. There are a million catch phrases out there, many cliché’s but seldom… Read more ›
EXCELLENCE
If a picture is worth a thousand words then a gorgeous photo of a ball field being kissed by the sky is certainly worthy of several posts. Fastpitch.TV was generous enough to allow me to do a series of blog… Read more ›
What do you do when you are alone?
No I’m not talking about picking your nose. I’m talking about what you do when you are alone that is going to help you win that championship game that isn’t for 6 months from now. You know the one I’m… Read more ›
Say NO to the dress
In the spirit of Valentines Day I couldn’t help but try and tie in softball to the most romantic day of the year. Not easy to do but fortunately for me reality TV made it easy for me. I don’t… Read more ›
Championship Teams
What is the difference between a good team, a great team and a championship team? Great question, but rather than write it all out for you I’ve created a video for this particular post Update: April, 2024 In the many… Read more ›
Catalyst
cat·a·lyst /ˈkætlɪst/ [kat-l-ist] noun 1. Chemistry . a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. 2. something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected. 3. a person or thing… Read more ›
Happy New Year
2013 is almost upon us and with it comes a new season of softball. For many it involves being one of the new players on existing team, and for others it involves having new players join your team. One of… Read more ›
Are you a Purple Cow?
Are you a Purple Cow? No? Well do you at least have any purple spots? Seems rather silly, but the fact is that the world needs more purple cows. But we are programmed from a young age to just fit… Read more ›