Again I did not make any posts during our 2015 season, but that doesn't mean it was a bad seat. A record was almost identical to 2014 but we are a much better team. We won some games via blowout, which had not been done and Hillsdale in a previous five years. We had come back victories which also has not been done the previous five years. We're lost be a blowout much less often than have been happening at Hillsdale previous. Our team batting average was up, RT me RA was down our walks or down on the mouth. Our team had much better unity, so we still weren't perfect. Our coaching staff was able to be a little more patient than the previous year because of two things, one of those things was the choice of being more patient, the other was it our players we're obviously starting to buy into playing harder, rowing the boat in the same direction, and having higher expectations of winning. This past fall we had 36 players, which is 8 more than we had the previous year. For the 2016 season our talent level is much deeper and much better than it had been. Our offense and defense will be significantly improved at least on paper and with that lettuce ISM, and our pitching staff should be improved though not as much so as the offense and defense. We also have better speed, and we should be better condition now though we have it Hillsdale for the first time a new full time strength and conditioning coach. That's not to say that we weren't working on our strength and conditioning previously, but now we have a pro handling it rather than Eric designing the program. Eric did a good job with it but now he can focus on coaching and coach Gifford can focus on the strength and conditioning. We have one more week before the guys get ready for final exams so we are
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
New year, new me!!
Okay, this is a new year. I didn't write anything during or after the 2014 baseball season. Suffice it to say that I think I did a bad job of coaching. It wasn't so much the preparation, which was pretty good, or the pitch calling or even the decisions about personnel on the mound, etc. My poor coaching was the result of my impatience and the way I handled adversity.
As coaches, we often talk to players about handling negative situations and adversity on the field, and it is our job to be an example of doing that the right way. Last season, I was all over our guys for little things, for their negative thinking and bad body language, and for many other things. I therefore, was a bad example of handling adversity in the way we would like the players to handle it.
Did my attitude and impatience have an effect on our record and on-field performance? Sure it did.
Since last May, I have thought extensively about how I need to be a better coach and mentor for our players and for the rest of the coaching staff. That is ten months of self-evaluation and creating a new vision for myself. It would be impossible for me to expect our players to respond positively to me if my dugout demeanor isn't 100% better than it was in 2014.
Therefore, we open the 2015 season next Saturday, again in Louisville. My role during games remains as it was last year, but my vision of myself is a much calmer, gentler (but competitive), compassionate coach is a whole new thing. I guarantee it will make for a much more successful and enjoyable season for me, the players, and the other coaches!!
As coaches, we often talk to players about handling negative situations and adversity on the field, and it is our job to be an example of doing that the right way. Last season, I was all over our guys for little things, for their negative thinking and bad body language, and for many other things. I therefore, was a bad example of handling adversity in the way we would like the players to handle it.
Did my attitude and impatience have an effect on our record and on-field performance? Sure it did.
Since last May, I have thought extensively about how I need to be a better coach and mentor for our players and for the rest of the coaching staff. That is ten months of self-evaluation and creating a new vision for myself. It would be impossible for me to expect our players to respond positively to me if my dugout demeanor isn't 100% better than it was in 2014.
Therefore, we open the 2015 season next Saturday, again in Louisville. My role during games remains as it was last year, but my vision of myself is a much calmer, gentler (but competitive), compassionate coach is a whole new thing. I guarantee it will make for a much more successful and enjoyable season for me, the players, and the other coaches!!
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Baby Steps
On Sunday we returned from our Spring Break Southern
Baseball trip. For the most part, it was
a struggle trying to win games. Our
opponents were other northern DII teams who were doing the same thing we were
doing—beginning the season in warmer weather without having to miss any time in
the classroom.
We began the trip in Louisville for the second straight
weekend. Though we didn’t win any of our
four games there, on Sunday our starting pitchers, both in their first college
starts, did a great job of pitching late enough in the games and giving us a
chance to win the games. When we went
from Louisville to Clearwater, Florida, the struggles continued as our starting
pitchers kept us in the games roughly half of the time.
As the hitters were having their own issues trying to be
more consistent in reaching base, moving and driving home runners, and
extending rallies, our starting pitchers often set the tone early in each game,
good or bad. By the end of the trip, the
hitters started to find a groove, and scoring runs seemed to come a little
easier. Not only were we swinging the
bats better, but we had so many more good at bats later in the trip than we did
earlier in the week.
We ended up winning only the last game of the trip, just
prior to showering and boarding the bus for the 21 hour ride home. That last game victory, in combination with
scoring significantly more runs in the last few games than we had done in our
previous games, made the bus ride home a little more enjoyable. The twelve game trip also gave us
opportunities to see some guys get valuable experience, and provided on the job
learning for players and coaches alike.
I am in my 26th year as a college baseball
coach. I have experience early season
struggles several times in the past. One
of the many important aspects of trying to improve as a team is dealing with
the mental part of being competitive athletes and being great teammates while
dealing with disappointment. We have had
a series of what we call ‘chalk talks’, beginning in the first semester, to
discuss ideas and definitions of things like what a team is and what teammates
are, of expectations, confidence, belief, trust, communication, and team goals,
etc. Sometimes it is easy for athletes
to understand mental/emotional concepts and theories, but more difficult to put
them into practice when they get in competitive situations.
When athletes and teams are in the process of doing new
things, like we are doing, the learning curve can sometimes take backwards
steps before taking leaps forward.
Understanding that belief in one’s self is one thing, but putting that belief
into action and successfully executing in perceived pressure situations can be
a difficult challenge.
Our players are getting better, and thus the team is
improving. Our goals for the season, to
compete in the post-season for a championship, are still there for us to
achieve as we begin our GLIAC conference schedule this week. The ability of our guys to check their
thoughts, use Thought Replacement Therapy when necessary, visualize success,
and compete like dirtbags is getting better each day.
I’m looking forward to seeing where their efforts take us
in the next couple months!!
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Back to Louisville
We played our first two games last weekend in Louisville against Davis & Elkins College out of West Virginia. Our Sunday doubleheader against Alderson Broaddus University was canceled due to rain, sleet and snow. Though we hoped to play all four scheduled games, getting the two games in gave us a starting point and a good idea of some things to focus on during this week's practices.
We came out of the doubleheader with a split. We won game one 3-2 and lost the second game by a 6-1 score. From a pitching perspective, our starting pitchers did a good enough job to give us a chance to win in both games, and in that respect, they did what we always want starting pitchers to do.
In game one, Shane Armstrong did a very good job of damage control, considering that his first pitch strike percentage was well below our goal and his overall strike percentage hovered at 50%. Taking care of damage control is evidenced by the two double plays that we turned with him on the mound and allowing only three hits in 5 1/3 innings. The double plays, in combination with allowing only three hits, made the low strike percentage and a handful of freebies tolerable and allowed us to give up only two runs and win the game. The bullpen did a great job, as Colin Gerish induced another double play ball after he entered with one out in the sixth and Dan Pochmara struck out three batters in the seventh for the save.
In the second game, Matt Reck pitched very much like Shane had previously done. Matt did a better job at getting first pitch strikes (14 of 21), but like Shane, his overall strike percentage wasn't what it should be. Matt did give us a chance to win, as he did a good job with damage control by also allowing only three hits. He left the game as we trailed 2-1 in the sixth inning after allowing the first two runners to reach base, but when we went to the bullpen, we did not take care of damage control; thus D & E put a rally together in the bottom of the sixth.
We do have to tip our cap to the Davis & Elkins game two pitcher, as he did a nice job of pitching at the bottom of the strike zone, not letting our hitters string together many hits and push runners across the plate.
We were happy to give our head coach Eric Theisen his first college head coaching victory, but he knows as well as the rest of us do that we can play and execute much better than we did in earning the doubleheader split. We have plenty of chances to do that this weekend with four nine-inning games in Louisville and then eight more next week in Florida.
We've only just begun, and the attitudes of our players and their willingness to keep working hard will result in daily and weekly improvements. A week of baseball in the warm weather, with nothing else to think about.....beginning with tomorrow's bus ride.....well, it doesn't get much better than that!
We came out of the doubleheader with a split. We won game one 3-2 and lost the second game by a 6-1 score. From a pitching perspective, our starting pitchers did a good enough job to give us a chance to win in both games, and in that respect, they did what we always want starting pitchers to do.
In game one, Shane Armstrong did a very good job of damage control, considering that his first pitch strike percentage was well below our goal and his overall strike percentage hovered at 50%. Taking care of damage control is evidenced by the two double plays that we turned with him on the mound and allowing only three hits in 5 1/3 innings. The double plays, in combination with allowing only three hits, made the low strike percentage and a handful of freebies tolerable and allowed us to give up only two runs and win the game. The bullpen did a great job, as Colin Gerish induced another double play ball after he entered with one out in the sixth and Dan Pochmara struck out three batters in the seventh for the save.
In the second game, Matt Reck pitched very much like Shane had previously done. Matt did a better job at getting first pitch strikes (14 of 21), but like Shane, his overall strike percentage wasn't what it should be. Matt did give us a chance to win, as he did a good job with damage control by also allowing only three hits. He left the game as we trailed 2-1 in the sixth inning after allowing the first two runners to reach base, but when we went to the bullpen, we did not take care of damage control; thus D & E put a rally together in the bottom of the sixth.
We do have to tip our cap to the Davis & Elkins game two pitcher, as he did a nice job of pitching at the bottom of the strike zone, not letting our hitters string together many hits and push runners across the plate.
We were happy to give our head coach Eric Theisen his first college head coaching victory, but he knows as well as the rest of us do that we can play and execute much better than we did in earning the doubleheader split. We have plenty of chances to do that this weekend with four nine-inning games in Louisville and then eight more next week in Florida.
We've only just begun, and the attitudes of our players and their willingness to keep working hard will result in daily and weekly improvements. A week of baseball in the warm weather, with nothing else to think about.....beginning with tomorrow's bus ride.....well, it doesn't get much better than that!
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Opening Weekend is Upon Us! Charge On!!
A week from now, the Hillsdale College Baseball Team will be on a bus, riding back from a weekend of four games in Louisville, Kentucky in our season's opening weekend. We have had five good weeks of practice, with another five practices left, to prepare not just for next weekend, but for the entire season.
One of the major goals for next weekend is to return with four wins. Among some of the other goals, or sub-goals, will be to do what it takes to win those games. An easy explanation for stating the goals of the pitching staff is simply to execute pitches. We need to execute pitches during every at bat, in every inning, in each of the four games, in order to give the team a good chance to win games. Ultimately, each game's starting pitcher has the job of giving his teammates a chance to win each game.
How do we do that? Well, as with pretty much every pitching staff in the country, we will need to be able to throw quality fastballs inside.......and outside. We also need to throw quality fastballs at the bottom and top of the strike zone. The goal on each pitch is to get the hitter to swing and make an out. Though each pitcher is unique, in addition to throwing quality fastballs at many edges of the strike zone, each guy will need to be able to execute their off-speed pitches. Curve balls, sliders, cutters, changeups, and other varieties of off-speed pitches also need to be thrown for the purpose of getting hitters to swing and make outs.
When pitchers can get batters to swing, especially early in the count, it becomes a game of nine versus one, in the sense that the pitcher is letting the hitters get themselves out by hitting the baseball to the defensive players, who will execute the plays they have practiced and envisioned for weeks. It is a simple formula that is sometimes easier to complete than at other times, but a formula that requires confidence, intelligence, and emotional control as well as physical execution.
This will be my first season with all of these guys, but since September they have all made great efforts to be on the same page, to get stronger and more athletic, to buy in to what the coaching staff is trying to do, and to be the best teammates they can possibly be. They have built their pitch counts up to 80-100 pitches and have improved the overall health of their arms in the process.
On the pitching staff, we have one guy returning from injury and will throw his first inning off the mound this week, and we have another who had an unfortunate injury when he was kicked in the hand by a horse while volunteering to help a local elderly woman with some chores. He had surgery on a broken finger and will have pins removed from his hand after our spring break trip. The rest of the pitchers who had some arm tenderness in the fall or in January are now feeling great, so we are ready for next weekend's 28 innings and feel confident in the quality and depth of the staff.
As happens every year at this time, I can't wait to get on the field and watch these guys give 100%, 100% of the time. It will be a privilege for me to witness them compete and win games, and it's going to happen a lot!!
One of the major goals for next weekend is to return with four wins. Among some of the other goals, or sub-goals, will be to do what it takes to win those games. An easy explanation for stating the goals of the pitching staff is simply to execute pitches. We need to execute pitches during every at bat, in every inning, in each of the four games, in order to give the team a good chance to win games. Ultimately, each game's starting pitcher has the job of giving his teammates a chance to win each game.
How do we do that? Well, as with pretty much every pitching staff in the country, we will need to be able to throw quality fastballs inside.......and outside. We also need to throw quality fastballs at the bottom and top of the strike zone. The goal on each pitch is to get the hitter to swing and make an out. Though each pitcher is unique, in addition to throwing quality fastballs at many edges of the strike zone, each guy will need to be able to execute their off-speed pitches. Curve balls, sliders, cutters, changeups, and other varieties of off-speed pitches also need to be thrown for the purpose of getting hitters to swing and make outs.
When pitchers can get batters to swing, especially early in the count, it becomes a game of nine versus one, in the sense that the pitcher is letting the hitters get themselves out by hitting the baseball to the defensive players, who will execute the plays they have practiced and envisioned for weeks. It is a simple formula that is sometimes easier to complete than at other times, but a formula that requires confidence, intelligence, and emotional control as well as physical execution.
This will be my first season with all of these guys, but since September they have all made great efforts to be on the same page, to get stronger and more athletic, to buy in to what the coaching staff is trying to do, and to be the best teammates they can possibly be. They have built their pitch counts up to 80-100 pitches and have improved the overall health of their arms in the process.
On the pitching staff, we have one guy returning from injury and will throw his first inning off the mound this week, and we have another who had an unfortunate injury when he was kicked in the hand by a horse while volunteering to help a local elderly woman with some chores. He had surgery on a broken finger and will have pins removed from his hand after our spring break trip. The rest of the pitchers who had some arm tenderness in the fall or in January are now feeling great, so we are ready for next weekend's 28 innings and feel confident in the quality and depth of the staff.
As happens every year at this time, I can't wait to get on the field and watch these guys give 100%, 100% of the time. It will be a privilege for me to witness them compete and win games, and it's going to happen a lot!!
Sunday, January 26, 2014
The same, only different--2014
We have completed the first of our six weeks of indoor, pre-season practices. For those of you who have been reading my blog posts in previous seasons while I was Adrian College, now that I am at Hillsdale College, our pre-season practices are the same, only different! I didn't look back to see what I wrote the last couple of years in January, but I'm sure there are paragraphs I could copy and paste here in 2014.
So, I can at least write about what things are the same, and what things are different. Let's go with the differences, first.
During my nine seasons at Adrian College I was working part-time there, and my full-time job was in the local public schools. At Hillsdale now, I am on campus full-time, as I had previously been in my sixteen years at Siena Heights. There are several differences when we compare a full-time job to a part-time position, most notably the fact that being on campus all day, every day, allows me to be in contact more often with our players, my fellow coaches, and the rest of the college community.
Another difference is that I work with different coaches now, and though I enjoyed all of the coaches I have been privileged to work with before, I now get to work with my son Eric, who as the head coach is my boss. Eric and I share an office, and that means that now I am with him usually for eight hours or more every day, at least during the winter months. Unless you have had this sort of opportunity to work with your own son, you can only imagine how awesome every day is for me!
I also have the opportunity to work with our hitting coach Brad Kocher for the first time, and though we don't share the same office, he is right down the hall. Working with Brad has proven to be an easy and comfortable thing to do, both personally and professionally. We also have a new volunteer coach who is working with our catchers. Joe Dubina is a former Adrian College catcher with whom I was able to coach for four years. He is a public school teacher, and he brings a special kind of passion to coaching catchers. He is already helping our team get better every day.
There are several other differences as well, and perhaps we'll get into those in the future. Some things included in a list of differences include my additional roles as part of being full-time, the different indoor practice facilities, the number of players in the program, being in a different division of the NCAA and a different conference, and the beauty of my 35 mile drive to work on the country roads of southern Michigan.
What is the same? That's easy, and awesome. In January and February we continue a plan of action to prepare for the spring season. As pitching coach, I get to prepare the pitching staff in an aggressive yet patient manner to pitch against opponents by the first of March. We are following the same plan of preparation that I had been following during the pre-season in my previous seasons at Adrian.
Physically, the pitchers will gradually work their way up to throwing at least 80 pitches live before we play a game. Mentally, they are learning our philosophies of pitching by working toward achieving a set of goals that are designed to give the team the best possible chance to win games and championships. Everything we do at practice is determined by our team and pitching staff goals. Statistical goals, strategic goals, fitness goals, goals of attitude, emotional control, and the progression from pre-season to the regular season and into the post-season are part of the entire plan.
In practicing with repetition and progression, including the practice of visualization and self-talk, the understanding of sacrificing for teammates and for a common cause, our players (and thus the team) are improving every day, like many others across the country. Improvement doesn't just happen, it is done intentionally as individuals and as a team. That does not change.
And of course, our main objectives as a pitching staff are still the same......throw first pitch strikes, get leadoff batters out.
So, I can at least write about what things are the same, and what things are different. Let's go with the differences, first.
During my nine seasons at Adrian College I was working part-time there, and my full-time job was in the local public schools. At Hillsdale now, I am on campus full-time, as I had previously been in my sixteen years at Siena Heights. There are several differences when we compare a full-time job to a part-time position, most notably the fact that being on campus all day, every day, allows me to be in contact more often with our players, my fellow coaches, and the rest of the college community.
Another difference is that I work with different coaches now, and though I enjoyed all of the coaches I have been privileged to work with before, I now get to work with my son Eric, who as the head coach is my boss. Eric and I share an office, and that means that now I am with him usually for eight hours or more every day, at least during the winter months. Unless you have had this sort of opportunity to work with your own son, you can only imagine how awesome every day is for me!
I also have the opportunity to work with our hitting coach Brad Kocher for the first time, and though we don't share the same office, he is right down the hall. Working with Brad has proven to be an easy and comfortable thing to do, both personally and professionally. We also have a new volunteer coach who is working with our catchers. Joe Dubina is a former Adrian College catcher with whom I was able to coach for four years. He is a public school teacher, and he brings a special kind of passion to coaching catchers. He is already helping our team get better every day.
There are several other differences as well, and perhaps we'll get into those in the future. Some things included in a list of differences include my additional roles as part of being full-time, the different indoor practice facilities, the number of players in the program, being in a different division of the NCAA and a different conference, and the beauty of my 35 mile drive to work on the country roads of southern Michigan.
What is the same? That's easy, and awesome. In January and February we continue a plan of action to prepare for the spring season. As pitching coach, I get to prepare the pitching staff in an aggressive yet patient manner to pitch against opponents by the first of March. We are following the same plan of preparation that I had been following during the pre-season in my previous seasons at Adrian.
Physically, the pitchers will gradually work their way up to throwing at least 80 pitches live before we play a game. Mentally, they are learning our philosophies of pitching by working toward achieving a set of goals that are designed to give the team the best possible chance to win games and championships. Everything we do at practice is determined by our team and pitching staff goals. Statistical goals, strategic goals, fitness goals, goals of attitude, emotional control, and the progression from pre-season to the regular season and into the post-season are part of the entire plan.
In practicing with repetition and progression, including the practice of visualization and self-talk, the understanding of sacrificing for teammates and for a common cause, our players (and thus the team) are improving every day, like many others across the country. Improvement doesn't just happen, it is done intentionally as individuals and as a team. That does not change.
And of course, our main objectives as a pitching staff are still the same......throw first pitch strikes, get leadoff batters out.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Improving performance with TRT
We finished our fall practice season last Wednesday with game three of the Black vs. Blue Fall Classic at Hillsdale College. The three game series was won by the Black team, which won two of the three games. All three games were decided by just a run.
After using our full allotment of 24 practices, we move into the next part of the college baseball cycle, which allows us eight hours per week to spend with the players, no more than two of those hours being devoted to baseball skill work and development. Fall practice has given us a pretty decent view of the talent we have on the field, along with an idea of our strengths and potential weaknesses. This allows us to plan the rest of this semester to prepare for Christmas Break and the start of pre-season practices in January.
For me, as the new member on the coaching staff, I was also able to get to know our players much better on a personal level and to gain some grasp of their work habits, their expectations, the way they think about themselves and the team, etc. This has also been a time for me to learn how to work with the rest of the coaching staff, both on the field and off the field. I can say with complete honesty that the coaches I'm privileged to work with are hard working, knowledgeable baseball guys with great expectations regarding the direction of the Hillsdale Charger baseball program.
There is no doubt that there is enough talent on this team to achieve some goals that have not been reached in recent seasons. Part of achieving goals is setting those goals and making plans on how to achieve them. There are many things necessary in achieving the goals of getting into the GLIAC Tournament, winning it, and advancing to the NCAA DII Regionals, and then some, in 2014. Some of the plans concerning 'how' to achieve those goals are obvious: get repetitions in the cages and defensively, increase arm strength and improve strike throwing, get everyone completely healthy and stay healthy, increase overall strength and conditioning. Those are things that our guys do a great job of working on.
Sometimes there are not so obvious things that need to change or be improved. For some of our guys and for so many college athletes around the world, the way they think, their self-talk, their expectations, their ability to control their emotions during practice and competition.......these are important pieces to the puzzle that influence on-field success just as much, and often more than their athletic abilities and skills do.
Through group dialogue with the pitchers, and group and individual interaction with all of the team members, the thought processes, self-talk, belief, and expectations are important things that we all need to work on and improve between now and the spring in order to give the team a better chance of achieving its goals. Each player needs to practice his mental skills and ability to control his thoughts in order to maintain the optimal emotional levels to compete at the highest levels possible.
Understanding that our thoughts have a huge influence on our emotions can provide motivation to improve our practice of controlling our thoughts. By recognizing any negative thoughts before they adversely effect our emotions and performance, we can eliminate some of the potential for hurting ourselves during a game. As for how to eliminate the negative thinking, we have come up with some terminology to achieve that objective. We need to replace any negative thought with positive ones. This is what we have now named 'Thought Replacement Therapy' (TRT), and it will hopefully be an efficient way for us to improve the way we think during practices and games.
This Thought Replacement Therapy is something that we can use when trying to sweat the small stuff as well as when looking at the big picture of moving the program in the positive direction of becoming a championship program. The guys we have will be able to look back and say that by changing their thoughts, they changed the program. They became champions in their minds, and thus executed on the field and became champions there, too!!
After using our full allotment of 24 practices, we move into the next part of the college baseball cycle, which allows us eight hours per week to spend with the players, no more than two of those hours being devoted to baseball skill work and development. Fall practice has given us a pretty decent view of the talent we have on the field, along with an idea of our strengths and potential weaknesses. This allows us to plan the rest of this semester to prepare for Christmas Break and the start of pre-season practices in January.
For me, as the new member on the coaching staff, I was also able to get to know our players much better on a personal level and to gain some grasp of their work habits, their expectations, the way they think about themselves and the team, etc. This has also been a time for me to learn how to work with the rest of the coaching staff, both on the field and off the field. I can say with complete honesty that the coaches I'm privileged to work with are hard working, knowledgeable baseball guys with great expectations regarding the direction of the Hillsdale Charger baseball program.
There is no doubt that there is enough talent on this team to achieve some goals that have not been reached in recent seasons. Part of achieving goals is setting those goals and making plans on how to achieve them. There are many things necessary in achieving the goals of getting into the GLIAC Tournament, winning it, and advancing to the NCAA DII Regionals, and then some, in 2014. Some of the plans concerning 'how' to achieve those goals are obvious: get repetitions in the cages and defensively, increase arm strength and improve strike throwing, get everyone completely healthy and stay healthy, increase overall strength and conditioning. Those are things that our guys do a great job of working on.
Sometimes there are not so obvious things that need to change or be improved. For some of our guys and for so many college athletes around the world, the way they think, their self-talk, their expectations, their ability to control their emotions during practice and competition.......these are important pieces to the puzzle that influence on-field success just as much, and often more than their athletic abilities and skills do.
Through group dialogue with the pitchers, and group and individual interaction with all of the team members, the thought processes, self-talk, belief, and expectations are important things that we all need to work on and improve between now and the spring in order to give the team a better chance of achieving its goals. Each player needs to practice his mental skills and ability to control his thoughts in order to maintain the optimal emotional levels to compete at the highest levels possible.
Understanding that our thoughts have a huge influence on our emotions can provide motivation to improve our practice of controlling our thoughts. By recognizing any negative thoughts before they adversely effect our emotions and performance, we can eliminate some of the potential for hurting ourselves during a game. As for how to eliminate the negative thinking, we have come up with some terminology to achieve that objective. We need to replace any negative thought with positive ones. This is what we have now named 'Thought Replacement Therapy' (TRT), and it will hopefully be an efficient way for us to improve the way we think during practices and games.
This Thought Replacement Therapy is something that we can use when trying to sweat the small stuff as well as when looking at the big picture of moving the program in the positive direction of becoming a championship program. The guys we have will be able to look back and say that by changing their thoughts, they changed the program. They became champions in their minds, and thus executed on the field and became champions there, too!!
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