The Best Players Share These Key Traits
How We Can Build Them in Our Players
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or
reservation. – William H. Sheldon.
They Play/Live in the Present
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Where ever they are, that’s where they are.
Cell phones – a plus or minus. Policies?
3 minute daily breathing exercise
Guided meditation
Awareness of our thoughts.
Nothing is particularly hard, if you divide it into small jobs – Henry Ford
They are Process Focused
• Coaches set goals and reward controllables
• Quality at bats, Three pitches or less, etc.
• Mechanical hitting, hitting hitting.
• Mechanical pitching, pitching pitching
• Saban, Belichick, Wooden
The World Cares Very Little About What A Man Knows: It Is What The Man Is Able To Do
That Counts. - Booker T. Washington
They Think in the Positive
• They Are Aware of and Control Their
Self Talk.
• They State What they Want To Do As
Opposed To What They Don’t Want
To Do.
• Don’t lose this guy, don’t swing at the
high pitch, don’t strike out.
Show me a man who cannot bother to do the little things and I’ll show
you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things. – Lawrence D. Bell
They Live To Compete
• Coaches create skill work, strength
programs, and team concepts with
competition in mind.
• Wrist band example.
I am not judged on the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I
succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep on trying. - Tom Hopkins
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. - Mike Singletary
They Love What They Do
• Baseball is their HIGHEST passion.
• Alex Honnold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwa
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Do What You Love To Do And Give It Your Best. Whether It’s Business Or Baseball, Or The Theater or Any Field. If You Don’t
Love It and Can’t Give It Your Best, Get Out Of It. Life Is To Short. You’ll Be An Old Man Before You Know It. - Al Lopez
They Lead The Team By Being Humble
• They know, or you must teach them, there are
two types of players…
• The Humble Player.
• Or The Player About To Be Humbled.
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people who want to be important – T.S. Elliot
Be nice to people on the way up, because you will meet them again on the way down – Jimmy Durante
They Take RESPONSIBILITY
Responsibility for their development
• They know what it take to get THEMSELVES to an elite level.
They don’t blame others for what they don’t get.
Responsibility for their performance
• It is not the ump, teammates, coaches, mound, dirt, hitters eye, movements
of Mars that effects their performance. They don’t allow themselves excuses
or others to help with excuses (mom/dad).
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. - Abigail Van Buruen
They Always Seek Better Ways To Do Things
• They have a willingness to learn. They are OPEN to
new knowledge. They listen.
• They love videos, articles, new drills, etc.
• Regardless of how good they get, they are open to
getting better. Chris Colabello.
It’s better to wear out then rust out. - Richard Cumberland
Become a possibilitarian. - Norman Vincent Peale
They Are As Tough on Themselves in Practice As In Games
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Sometimes even tougher.
Their cage work, bp, base running, bullpens, bunting are
done with intensity and perfection.
Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. - Nadia Comaenci
I like to work half a day. I don’t care if it the first 12 hours or the second. - Kemmons Wilson.
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