Been a great career. The
@whitesox
org has been incredible to work and compete for.
With my retirement from baseball, I’m very excited to return to my alma mater
@GoBearcatsBASE
as the Director of Player Development!
#WeareUC
Good questions to ask while being recruited:
1) How big is incoming class? How many guys currently on the team at my position?
2)How many from the team went into the portal?
3)How do you evaluate guys on the team? Whats important to you at my position?
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🚨New draft guys, a few things I learned🚨
Be where your feet are.
You are not your results.
Meet new people, especially those who don’t speak your language.
Fall in love with the process.
Get yourself a solid air mattress and learn to love a good ol’ fashion PB&J.
Hard fought season for the Norse. Proud of our team and couldn’t have asked for a better group of guys to learn from on a daily basis.
The foundation has been established and I couldn’t be more excited for our future!
#NorseUp
⚾️8 total players of the week
🏆Conference player of the year
✅Most wins in the D1 Era
✅Pitchers set the strikeout record in D1 Era
✅Hitters tied single season HR record in D1 Era
Our players left a legacy and had fun doing it. What a year!
Year 2 of teaching in the books! This chick makes no excuses and flat out grinds to ensure our youth is educated. She's teaching more than she knows... congrats on another successful year
@jbirdgm
!!
Thank you
@DizzyPeyton_NKU
and
@NKUNorseBSB
for letting me speak with the boys today!
It was awesome reconnecting with a program that’s constantly making a positive impact on and off the field!
BASEBALL PLAYERS.
As the season approaches, so does SUCCESS and FAILURE! Below is an exercise I used to help diminish fear of failure, keep me level headed and enhance consistent performance in my own career✅
Good vibes are flowing here in Norseland…
✅
@NKUNorseMBB
W
✅
@NKUNorseBSB
Black and Gold game
✅
@NKUNorseVB
Match Day
✅Beautiful fall weather
✅Bengals vs. Browns Sunday
Any ball players looking to develop on the mound, let’s chat! DM me if your in the greater Cincinnati area and are looking for some help through lessons.
Thrilled and honored to help
@NKUNorseBSB
players chase success and dreams this offseason as I continue to chase my own. Giving back to this game that has given me so much is an opportunity and a privilege
#NorseUp
FYI to prospects while out on the road recruiting:
I love seeing guys who have talent fail. The response to failure will dictate the ceiling.
Who YOU are is a big piece of production at the next level.
BREAKING: Major League Baseball teams will provide housing for minor league baseball players starting in 2022, sources tell ESPN.
Details on the monumental change
@espn
:
Great use of
@LantzWheeler
velo belt to allow player to feel use of post chain in drive leg
Force down into ground, activate glutes for rotational power.
“Feel” for bigger impact on athlete
EPISODE 28 IS OUT! Get motivated with a fresh perspective on youth and high school sports with former collegiate and pro pitcher Connor Walsh. He talks mental toughness not only in sports, but life in general.
@cwalsh_14
21 years ago today, an icon was taken. From a young age, this man taught me to bring as many smiles to peoples' faces as possible. Spread laughter, even if it means acting like "JoJo the idiot circus boy". RIP Chris Farley
FROM THE HORIZON PREVIEW 📂
The
@NKUNorseBSB
lineup is fueled by
@Tmoss3_
, an igniter at the top of the order and one of the team leaders. Moss is a high energy player with good bat-to-ball skills, and he’s working to be more selective at the dish.
🔗
Each year someone was promoted/demoted/released with their name on the lease. With the uncertainty of where you’ll be on a given day, this will make a big impact. Hopefully, the first of many big impacts for minor leaguers.
Huge news.
MLB teams received a memo today detailing how they will be responsible for minor league housing moving forward.
The biggest takeaway?
Minor leaguers are no longer responsible for leases. Teams are.
@DizzyPeyton_NKU
Continues to impact the world around him. There is no surprise the program at NKU is 📈📈📈
No massive stadium or 8 different jerseys to pick from, just pure passion for the game and more importantly for one another.
Love to see this inevitable success!
Pitchers who are stuck throwing indoors into a net to prepare for their high school baseball season..
Here's a simple program I put together to help out those in need. Program starts Dec 9th.
*Important to note that results will be enhanced with a good armcare/mobility routine.
With a fresh perspective, I decided on a mantra to keep me humble: Baseball is what you do, not who you are.
I also decided not to let the 12% of my life dictate the other 88%.
Here's a piece of development not talked about enough in baseball. Under HC
@DizzyPeyton_NKU
, our team is constantly out serving others. Perspective is huge. Developing off the field is AS important as the latter.
Leaders Serve.
#NorseUp
⛳️Norse November Open
📍Elks Run Golf Course
🍂Saturday, November 5th
⏰9am
As we all know, it takes a village. Come support the NKU Baseball team in our 1st annual Norse November Open!
Reminiscing on my Fourth’s at the field. Grateful for our ability to celebrate this awesome holiday and the game that had such an electric environment on this date every year.
Happy 4th!
Ballplayers... how you do something is how you do everything.
No gym? Find a way to workout.
No field? Find a way to throw.
No command on the mound? Find a way to compete.
Keep it simple, especially through adversity.
Cool opening day story: LHP Tanner Banks,30, who spent eight long years in the minors, was just informed that he made the
#WhiteSox
opening day roster.
Reflecting on great ⚾️memories. Top of the list is my relationships with my boys from Latin America. I miss them!
New draftees, don’t miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture!
You won’t regret it.
“What you watch, what you read, what you listen to, who you surround yourself with, how you talk to yourself, what you visualize”
Control the controllables, on and off the field.
A HUGE thank you to
@Cwalsh_14
for coming out and talking recruiting, college baseball and the “process” with the boys tonight. Cannot say enough how impactful you were with your words, and the impression that you left on all of the boys and families in attendance.
@GoBearcatsBASE
@RyanNoda14
Unfortunately Ryan and I just haven't been tested... we do our best to teach the young guns like
@ConnorMcvey18
how to properly and effectively compete through our ping pong teachings. He's a promising young pupil.
Struggling with command:
1)Where are your misses?
2)Do you understand why you miss there?
3)Do you have an adjustment?
Common misconception- “If I don’t throw strikes, I’m wild.”
If your misses are similar, you ARE consistent. You’re simply 1 adjustment away from competing.
On a recent episode of Sunday Night Convos (with the topic being Pitcher Development),
@NKUNorseBSB
pitching coach Connor Walsh (
@Cwalsh_14
) discussed a hidden benefit of pitch-tracking technology like
@rapsodo
.
-Presented by
@NettingPros
FULL SHOW:
⚾️⚾️3/10= Hall of Fame⚾️⚾️
Are you prepared to handle 0/7?
How do YOU measure success?
🧠This may be the question that can not only improve results, but also your ability to thrive in a game of failure🧠
It’s no secret that throwing hard is important, but how are you prioritizing your mind in a confrontation with a hitter?
If execution isn’t at the forefront, it may make your job harder than it needs to be.
As the
#Bearcats
await their bowl fate,
@AaronHimmlerATC
is there to make sure the team is healthy and ready to go.
He’s also going to give the guys a hard time... and we’re here for it. Check it out on this week’s
#WiredWednesday
.
Congrats on a great career and good luck in the new gig!
Was a pleasure to work with you the past two seasons for
@KnightsBaseball
and
@BhamBarons
.
This was definitely one of my favorite stories to write!
In 2019, chasing velo in AAA earned me $2,006 per month.
In 2019, executing pitches in MLB earned you $2,000+ per day (league minimum at the time)
Train velo, but don’t forget about the task at hand if you plan on making a career out of it.
Don’t expect to reach peak performance if you can’t handle adversity.
Failure is a part of peak performance!
Those who have a process to get through it will learn a lot more than just ⚾️