Most players …
June 29, 2011 by Coach McCreary
Filed under Mental Side, Scouting
It’s the end of June and most players have been working out, practicing, and/or playing since the fall. The “dog days of summer” are approaching. Some thoughts about this time of year:
- Most players are starting to feel the physical drain of a long season.
- Most players are starting to feel the mental drain of a long season.
- Most players start to take it easy.
- Most players have less “life in their feet” and move a bit slower this time of year.
- Most players start thinking about their friends who are at the beach or at the pool.
- Most players don’t run the bases like they did at the start of the season.
- Most players run on and off the field a bit slower.
- Most players don’t attack the game like they did at the start of the season.
Scouts do not like most players.
Most players do not make it to the major leagues.
If you want a shot at making it, stop playing-acting-thinking-practicing like most players. Especially this time of year.
This is when I reach for a favorite tool – the wiffle ball. Just taking a night off from practicing and doing something fun like a backyard HR derby can do wonders, and injects some fun into the "grind." – KM