Making history, reps + confidence, and building confidence in athletes
Life lessons through sports.
4.17.23 | by Coach Mike Deegan
In this week’s edition of the Play Ball Newsletter, we’re going to put the spotlight on three episodes of The Coaches Clinic podcast:
EP.33 | Making History
EP.32 | Reps & Confidence
EP.31 | Building Confidence in Athletes
LET’S DIVE IN!
Denison baseball making history
EP.33 | Making History | The Coaches Clinic
The Denison baseball team played a marathon of a game vs. Arcadia University on March 13 in Port Charlotte, Florida, which didn’t end until the next day due to the weather.
Pitchers, look away. To give you an idea of how crazy this game was, the score was 16-7 at the end of the third inning. When it was all said and done, the Big Red came out on top with a jaw-dropping score of 25-23.
In a game that featured 129 plate appearances, 47 hits, 11 home runs, and even a cycle, one can imagine there was some external factor affecting the game. That factor was the 25 MPH winds blowing out to center field.
Reps + confidence
In this episode:
- What makes a “good” practice?
- Who’s the gauge of whether or not that practice was successful?
- Focusing on what you can control — as a coach, and as a player
- Preparation: over preparation vs. under preparation
Building confidence in athletes
In this episode:
- How do you build and instill confidence in your athletes?
- How do you instill confidence at different levels – youth, high school, college, pro and beyond?
- Helping your athletes get out of their head and out of their own way
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