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.

Nothing is particularly hard, if you divide it into small jobs – Henry Ford

They Play/Live in the Present• 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.

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=SR1jwwagtaQ

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 RESPONSIBILITYResponsibility 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 • 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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