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09/24/2023

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Hey Gang, Part 4 with Coaches Perry and Joey. This episode will answer a lot of questions you SHOULD have...From dissecting hitting techniques to understanding swing flaws and diving into pitching analytics, they cover a comprehensive range of topics.

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09/17/2023

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐏𝐈𝐏? (Perpetually Improving Player)

𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐰! 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟:

*I have a Groot Mindset
*I know my Big Why
*I don’t chase shiny objects. I adjust my process.
*I know my routine and how it will help me reach my goal.
*I have blueprints and blocks.
*I don’t have to train; I GET to train.
*I invest in my skill development like a 401(k).
*I go all in on momentum.
*I know my Kryptonite.
*I seek out Lakitus, not banana peels.

𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐧.

If you checked 6 or fewer boxes, pick ONE of the PIP habits and work on it for the next month. Internalize it. Make it part of your new identity. And then move onto the next one.

𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦!

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒎.

Agree with the list? Disagree?

Did I leave one off?

Leave that in the comments too!

BTW, if you read the series - all 10 parts - you achieved reading 42 pages a little at a time. That's how improvement works. Great Job!

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09/17/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡.

Are those people Lakitus in your life?

Or are they banana peels?

𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:drive over one in Mario Kart and they’ll ruin a perfectly good race by crushing all of your momentum.

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬:
*“What do you mean you don’t want to eat my lasagna anymore? You love my cooking.”

*“Everybody is coming over to play COD and eat pizza, you can’t miss this.”

*“You don’t need to workout. You have a game coming up in three days and you looked fine last weekend. Live a little. Come on.”

Questions and comments like these subtly influence our behavior every day.

So think about the people in your life: the things they say, the activities they choose to spend their time on, the foods they eat, etc. These are the reasons why they act the way they do.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵! 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐬. If you’re not familiar, Lakitu from Mario and Mario Kart is the little guy on the cloud that picks you up out of the water and puts you back on course.

Like Lakitu, look for the people in your life who pick you up and put you back on track, hold you accountable, and use healthy, positive peer pressure to keep your momentum.

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐥: You want to train, but your friends are mad at you for skipping a Destiny 2 or World of Warcraft raid… you’re going to skip the workout.

𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐮: You want to train, and your friends are at the field counting on you for a team workout… you’re gonna get your butt to the field!

𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝: 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐥:You are out to dinner with friends and they order lasagna, chicken fingers and fries, a large pizza, and enchiladas. You’ll likely order junk food to fit in, rather than order a salad and endure their scorn.

𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐮:You are at a healthy restaurant and all 4 people order salads before you order – I’d bet $1000 you’re going to order something healthy too.

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡: 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐥:You have 5 friends who never talk about anything serious: how are you supposed to tell them about your struggles with depression or that you’re thinking about going to see a therapist?

𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐮:You have 5 friends who are not only accepting of your flaws, but share theirs too and have advice for you.

𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬:do you want to be part of a group with 5 newbies that suck at Warcraft and get everybody killed on a raid? Or do you want to be part of a group of 5 rockstars that are 4 levels ahead of you – that can show you new zones, keep you alive, and make you a better player?

You want the second group! And you want that second group equivalent in life!!

So you need to be surrounded by people that pick you up, not slow you down.

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

They often fire their unimproving friends and family – even if only temporarily – because they can’t be around negative influence as they’re trying to build momentum.

I’ve heard tons of stories where unhealthy relationships have ended because a PIP was dating an unimproving person who didn’t want them to obtain their goals!

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘗𝘐𝘗, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦.

Along with minimizing time around banana peels, they MAXIMIZE their time with Lakitus. Instead of spending time around people who say “you don’t need to train, you’re good enough as it is” they surround themselves with people who say, “That’s awesome, how can I help you reach your goals?”

PIPs use 20 seconds of courage to strike up a conversation with someone at the building on how to do a certain drill or exercise, and make plans to train together the next day.

PIPs join a network, or start one if one doesn’t exist yet of like minded, goal oriented mates.

If PIPs don’t have people in real life cheering them on, they find an online group that pushes them to be better.

I recently asked our community from the page what the group meant to them.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞:

“𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲.”

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭.

You alone get to choose where your time is spent and who you prioritize.

For the time being, at least until you become a PIP, you might need to sacrifice or fire your friends and family members that are pulling you down.

You might need to have a serious conversation with your significant other that “likes you more full-figured” if your goal is to be healthier and happier.

Or diving deep into deflection strategies if you have to constantly deal with family members you can’t fire.

If they are worth your time, they will change their tune to be more supportive and helpful and less of an anchor.

And then start spending time around people who are stronger, healthier, happier, and more successful than you. And do what they do.

09/16/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐊𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞.

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭.”

Unimproving players might be aware of their Kryptonite, but they just hope and pray they have enough willpower to overcome it every day.

They eat a single Oreo, and then spend an hour thinking about cookies until they go eat a whole sleeve of Oreo cookies and then berate themselves for not having more willpower. They hop on the computer for a quick look at the latest viral and then three hours later it’s too late for their workout.

PIPs know that we ALL have Kryptonite.

We are all flawed superheroes.

Unimproving players try to fix their flaws through sheer willpower and then shame or guilt themselves when they can’t stop their behavior.

PIPs recognize their Kryptonite, and have a plan that doesn’t require willpower to overcome it.

If a PIP knows they have a sweet tooth, they don’t keep cookies and candy at home – they add more steps between them and the bad habits they are trying to break.

If they know sprinting makes them unhappy, they infuse their baserunning or defense work with built in sprints and remove the temptation to blow them off.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐊𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

*Maybe they lose focus when they’re bored.
*Maybe they are fatigued when they’re upset.
*Maybe they slow down when they’re nervous.
*Maybe they eat when they’re watching TV.

They KNOW these things about themselves, and they know unimproving activities can be addictive.

So they plan for it!

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞:

*They check in with someone every day to make sure they are eating their vegetables.
*Their friend has been instructed to donate $50 to a terrible cause they hate if they miss a goal check-in.
*They reward themselves with new running shoes (a reward that rewards them back with more momentum) if they complete 20 workouts in a single month.
*They don’t go to certain stores or make sure they eat before going out to a movie, because they KNOW they’ll make a bad decision once they get there.
*They build their environment to not have tempting habits at home – it’s tough to train poorly when your access to the internet and television is limited.

Unimproving people do motivation wrong, and they let their Kryptonite defeat them. PIPs know their Kryptonite and build systems to deal with it.

Know thyself, my dear friend, and know what your triggers are.

We’re all flawed; PIPs just plan for their flaws better. These triggers can be environmental or situational or emotional. Know it will happen, and build a Kryptonite-proof plan so you don’t have to worry about avoiding it.

Stop relying on motivation and willpower to tackle your Kryptonite.

Don’t put yourself in bad situations. Build your batcave (your environment) so it’s tougher to make unhealthy decisions and easier to make healthy ones. Don’t go out to dinner at unhealthy restaurants, and schedule early workouts on Saturdays so you won’t party yourself silly on Friday.

Yes, I realize Kryptonite is Superman and Batcave is Batman, but they’re from the same universe. Deal with it.

09/12/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦.

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧:
𝘈𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦.

Nothing could be more accurate when it comes to your skill development.

Unimproving Players just starting out have a LOT of inertia to overcome.

Their body is used to sitting on a couch and eating junk food, which means building the habit of training is agonizing. They have to convince themselves to get off the couch and go out into the wilderness. Eating vegetables and healthy food sucks compared to their normal comfort food. Pushing themselves in a lesson sucks compared to “hanging out” on the phone or surfing the net.

But, they use max effort to do these things a few times, and momentum starts to shift away from unimproving and towards improving.

And that’s when things fall apart.

They get sick or they have homework or an out of season game and they miss a workout. Not the end of the world, right? But then it snows the next day, and one missed workout day becomes two, which becomes 30 in the blink of an eye.

And bam, they’re back to square one.

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦.

They invest their time and money in momentum-building or momentum-protecting products or services.

PIPs know that life happens. Travel. Vacation. School. Work. So they focus on doing whatever they can to build momentum quickly and maintain it.

Perpetual improvement doesn’t happen in days, or with a few decisions. It takes months (or more likely, years) of consistent effort, so they go all in on momentum until their default behavior is healthy eating and training:

*They train 4 days per week without fail. Yes, even on vacation.

*They do their conditioning every single day, even when it’s snowing.

*They schedule training workouts for early Saturday morning with an instructor so they know they can’t drink like a fish on Friday night with their “friends.”

Because momentum is tough to gain, so you don’t want to lose it.

PIPs are all in on these habits, because they know it’s more than just “missing a workout.” It’s killing their momentum, and momentum is crucial to long term Perpetual Improving Players!

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐰” 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞.

We know life happens, and sometimes getting to a workout or eating healthy food lined up with your goals isn’t an option. But it’s always the exception, never the rule.

Which is why if they miss a workout, they get to THE NEXT LESSON, without fail. In fact, they will perform their training at home asap or in advance.

The next lesson (meal) after a missed lesson or (unhealthy meal) is the MOST important lesson (meal) they have ever taken. They never make two mistakes in a row because they know momentum can be ruined in a heartbeat.

Momentum is crucial to being perpetually healthy, so protect it with your life.

Never miss two workouts in a row, because it quickly becomes 30 in the blink of an eye. Never eat two bad meals in a row, because two quickly becomes a week of pizza and Chinese food.

Live by the “never two in a row,” and build momentum with daily goals.

09/07/2023

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09/07/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝟒𝟎𝟏(𝐤).

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬:

*Our Time
*Our Effort
*Our Money

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲:
they know investing in their skill development is the best decision they can make. So they decide what’s the correct balance of time, effort, and money to use for that investment.

Let’s do an investment analogy: some people LOVE spending 50 hours a week pouring through tik tok videos to find value and going all-in on their swing development.

For others, they might instead choose passively to seek info on particular traits of a hitter and incorporate them into their swing.

Or they hire an mentor (a fiduciary! Not your dad’s friend who has a hunch!) with a time-tested track record to advise and guide them.

Either way, the best investors advise time-tested, long term thinking rather than chasing the fad of today schemes.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

If you want to devote your effort and time to building your own training workouts, crafting your own meal plans, and keeping yourself accountable, that’s awesome. I did this for myself for years.

You might decide to outsource your programming to a coach, recruit an accountability partner, or buy into a program that creates your training workouts and nutrition for you.

Either way, this is a multi-year process that requires discipline!
We have hundreds of people who read all the free content on the website and page for years not really taking their development seriously, but the second they finally invested in lessons or joined a Missile Launchers Class or Explosive Hitters Class or an Effective Velo Class or a Body Movement Class or a Long Toss program, they took action and improved.

𝐖𝐡𝐲?

𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘝𝘈𝘓𝘜𝘌 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 – they complain about spending 99 cents on an iPhone app that could save them 30 minutes a day, and then gladly spend $6 on a sugary Sheetz beverage each morning without a second thought.

More to the point, they’ll spend thousands on travel teams without understanding that environment and then skimp or skip the most important aspect - building skills.

Your money, your time, and your effort are all limited resources: how you choose to spend each of them tells me a lot about your priorities.

I am a Proud PIP (a PPIP, if you will), and it’s why I gladly pay hundreds of dollars every month for 𝐦𝐲 own improvement coaches. When I present the coaches to you on the Summit, I have invested dollars in them and have found their knowledge and mentorship invaluable and have passed that along to you.

Many probably think I’m crazy and that my education is a waste of money (“just do your own thing!”), but I feel that it’s the best money I spend every month, and it’s why I’ve prioritized it over other expenses.

I know I’m doing all I can to help myself and to help you.

I’m not just paying for a workout plan in an excel document like I see abound in our sport. “Cut and paste” is what I call it. We have a lot of “cut and paste” organizations and Youtube coaches gladly taking your money. Worse, we have coaches who are teaching what they were taught. Really? You’re teaching the same thing from 40 years ago. Funny how sport has evolved, but somehow not ball playing to these individuals.

When I invest, I am there body and soul. I’m asking questions. I’m paying the price to gain their knowledge and insight.

I am paying for accountability from somebody who is checking in on me, expertise from a trained professional who can spot my weaknesses, and the knowledge that I’ll actually understand the moves or thoughts or ideas because I’m spending my hard-earned money on it.

I’m also saving myself hundreds of hours and years of expertise because I’m buying those things from a pro.

It just happens to ALSO come with a training workout or nutrition plan to follow.

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

*They might have free weights at home in the basement, but they pay money to join a facility, because they hate working out alone and if they know people are counting on them to show up, they’ll actually GO.

*They might pre-pay for 20 pitching instructor sessions because they know if they’ve already paid for it and scheduled the workouts, they’ll actually GO.

*They might pay $20-30 to just go to a gym for one hour on vacation. Expensive? Not when you compare it to the weeks spent after the vacation trying to get back on track.

They’ll skip movies out or cancel their Taco Tuesdays to instead prioritize a college training camp and prepare for it.

𝐈𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡: they’re not just paying for access to a facility or an overpriced travel team. They’re not “wasting their time” when they invest their time and energy into the right things. They have their priorities in order and spend their limited resources on the most important, most efficient things.

It’s not what you say is a priority, it’s what you spend your time or money on that’s a priority. So PIPs prioritize their money and time on the best stuff, even at the expense of other creature comforts.

How much money do you spend on your skill development?

How much time and effort do you devote to creating your training workouts or fine-tuning your nutrition?

Have you ever hired a coach or paid for an online course?

Do you buy programs that make your life easier, or do you try to get by with free stuff that you know you won’t actually use?

Whether it’s time, effort, or money, if you want to be a PIP you need to invest in yourself with your priorities in order. This might mean spending more for an instructor and canceling your netflix subscription, or preparing your own healthy meals instead of simply ordering out every night.

You’re not buying a course or a lesson or an overpriced salad. You’re buying expertise, accountability and momentum.

And NEVER underestimate momentum.

09/05/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐭𝐨.

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝: “I’ll train until I reach my goal and then I can stop this training stuff and go back to what I was doing before.”

Temporary changes, miserable strategy, temporary results… sound familiar?

They hit once or twice a week because they’re told they should, but they hate it, and the swings lack focus and quality. Or they get dragged to a hitting lesson and the lesson ruins hitting for them because of the mental and physical demands and for the rest of the week the bat sits in the trunk of the car in the bat bag.

They do their best to build the habit, but they’re so unhappy and unexcited about the training that the habit never sticks.

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡: “𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠” 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐬.

So PIPs don’t do “training.”

𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬: “𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧?”

What’s going on here?

Because training is 90% of the battle, having the habit of exercise and movement is more important than what specific type of exercise you choose.

This means PIPs pick things like gymnastics, parkour, playgrounds, swing dancing, ultimate frisbee, martial arts, hiking just as much as sprinting or strength training. Whatever gets them off their asses and moving!

If there’s a type of exercise they HATE… they don’t do it. They figure out what vehicle will get them to their destination and use it.

Training goes from something they “have to do” (ughhhh), to something they “get to do” (yes!).

Now, if a PIP has a very specific goal (TES,40 yard dash, a stronger deadlift, higher throw velocity, etc.), they train for their specific goals and build the body they want and get hooked on improvement: “I can’t wait to go to the field or the building or the barn or the gym and find out how much better I got.”

You don’t have to train in a way that you hate. Pick the kind of training that makes you come alive. Don’t have that form of exercise yet?

Try new things! Especially stuff that doesn’t feel like exercise.

All of our drills are designed as templates. You can mix and match and add or subtract to your own preference. Only your imagination will restrict you. Our use of the 𝐌𝐲-𝐨-𝐦𝐲 or the 𝐇𝐢𝐩, 𝐇𝐢𝐩 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐲, or the 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐩 turn drills are derived from just one drill. Yet, we’ve adapted them for throwing and hitting. We use a broomstick crafted into a rip trainer for body movement, simple uses of boxes, etc.

Have a specific goal or physique in mind? Train for that goal and get hooked on constant improvement to get addicted to training. You are a video game character increasing your strength attribute with each training session – there’s that Groot Mindset again!

09/03/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 with Joey Myers 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝟐 - 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥'𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤

Check out Part 2 by clicking on the link.
https://youtu.be/ZD_lGcceVCQ?si=EZSwTOkaCWHaoQH2

09/03/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:

Speaking of goals….

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬.

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 U𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 “𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫!”

Goals like this are cloudy with no real markers of success. With no beacon guiding them, perpetually unimproving players don’t know if they’re on track, and there’s no accountability if they don’t succeed. These goals get tossed in the abandoned pile next to goals like “I’m gonna start flossing!”

That is very different from PIPs.

𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥-𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

*They pick a blueprint: an outcome-based goal.
*They place the blocks to build that blueprint: a habit-based goal.

𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: “𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝟓 𝐦𝐩𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐗 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐗 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧.”

This is the goal that a former player set: to reach a specific mph before his junior year of high school, or he’d lose his phone for 3 months to his parents. With a very specific goal and a specific timeline, we can work backwards to calculate how much velocity we need to gain each week to build that blueprint: our goal velocity.

Once a blueprint is selected, a PIP will focus on just placing the next brick or block according to the plans. They know that if they pick the right blueprint, placing one block after another in the right place will eventually result in a completed building.

In Minecraft terms, once you have the blueprints for a replica of Rivendell, all you have to focus on is placing the next block in the right place. Repeat. Eventually, you’ll have Rivendell:

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲:

“𝘔𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 150 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 1𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 30 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬.”

In this instance, a PIP is focused only on the habits themselves, trusting the outcome will take care of itself.

Using block-habits like this results in no wiggle room: You can very easily answer the question “Yes I placed the block” or “no I did not place the block.” You either ate a vegetable today or you didn’t. You either exercised for 30 minutes today or you didn’t.

Pick habits and challenges and goals that are designed for YOUR level. Start with habits SOOOOO easy that you can’t help but achieve them. And focus on the habit.

If you’ve never built a thatched hut, don’t pick a blueprint of a cathedral for your first building. Pick a blueprint that works for you at your level, and complete it! Only then should you pick a bigger, more complex project to follow.

09/02/2023

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬

and listen to why we train exit velo and the movement science behind what we do.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲? 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 & 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 (Click on the link below)

1st part of 3 part discussion with our besties! Coach Perry & Coach Joey. You may want a pencil and paper for notes:

https://youtu.be/e8NklUfsjnU?si=p7x3LRDeSQvQTMtb

09/02/2023

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲.

Do you know how many reachable contact points are in each pitch? Or how big a speed difference you can handle from pitch to pitch? Or how to recognize nuances of a breaking balls”

If you do, you’re well on your way to being a PIP!

Whether it’s knowing AND understanding EV control, location, shape, or even keeping a performance journal, PIPs have a rough idea of the quality routine breakdown they train regularly.

After all, GI Joe tells us that “Knowing is half the battle!”

The other half is lasers:

PIPs know their use of “Right Now” accounts for 90%+ of the battle when it comes to hitting, and thus that’s where their focus is!

Seriously. 90+ PERCENT.

So they do their homework:

If they train the same thing regularly, they spend a few minutes educating themselves about how much they are actually evolving every day.

Understanding Rule #3 - Do only 1 thing.

If they lift, they do some rough calculations to track how muscle gain and speed gain is intertwined and how this workout will affect their performance.

If they’re worried about snacking at school or a tournament, they do bulk cooking for the week, they know how many calories and grams of protein are in each meal and how to recover from a long day and the best way to prepare for a second or third game in a day.

With each movement tracked, this behavior adds up to a quick mental model of roughly how a PIP approaches their routine each day.

This knowledge allows for shame-free and guilt-free accountability and motivation.

For example, a PIP will know that they’re going to be eating pizza for a meal after the late afternoon game, so they opt for eggs and bacon for breakfast and a salad for lunch with a chocolate milk to even out their daily nutrition.

Because PIPs also know sugar is a big culprit in spiking insulin and yo- yoing energy levels , they seek to limit sugar intake and make their calories count, especially if those calories are in beverage form.

PIPs are inherently skeptical of marketers and slick instructors, and therefore take the time to look at training routines:

Understanding Movement is King and “How to” instruction is a fatal flaw.

Understanding the brain interprets a pitch actually being thrown completely different than using a tee and therefore tees are a tool for “Feel” and should be limited in training.

PIPs want the most bang for their buck, so they educate themselves on routines that get results. They measure everything.

Learn about the movements you’re training. You’re a smart, tech savvy individual, you can take 3 minutes and Google it.

Once you know the composition of your routine, you can start to make subtle adjustments or change quantities over time as you start to approach your goals.

Be okay with “good enough” to start, and get more accurate as time goes on.

For each goal, learn the following:
Measure Everything. Find a way to measure movements, reps, time, mph, distance, etc. and note.

Work backwards from the goal to help create your yearly, monthly, and weekly goals.

Do the work. Not every day is going to be the best. But focused effort will hammer in the plateaus and give you the platform to launch the next ascent towards your goal.

Celebrate all wins and advancements. You deserve it.
Don’t be a perfectionist. Get after it!

Keep a journal and just write down what you do every day.