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Nobody knows everything - listen to everybody. Take in what makes sense, keep the rest in reserve for a re-visit once in a while. At some point, things may sink in and be of use. If you get conflicting advice, keep talking until you make PERSONAL sense of it. Until you internalize, nothing will be of use, no matter how great the authority giving you advice. If your advisor isn’t willing to keep talking, you’ve hit a limit. What we do here is NOT baseball. Training for execution is just that, training for execution. The game is another matter altogether. Good field coaches are a special breed, who have special skills. Find a coach who you understand and who needs and wants your particular skill set, and play for him. There are lots of roads, and if you’re lucky, talented and persevere, all roads will lead the same place. For those of you lucky enough to live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Jethro MacIntyre from the Major League Scouting Bureau runs workshops in the fall months, 10 Sundays running. For those of you who can learn with your ears and mind, and don’t need drills keeping your body busy every minute, it’s the best place I know to get the game strategy from guys who’ve been there. And the price is right. Email me if you want to be on a list to be notified. Don’t buy the notion of “exposure” to maximize the geographical reach of your game-appearances. Game-time pressure is good, talented opposition is good, quality teammates are good, solid coaching is good. The shot-gun approach to recruitment (from the player side) is worthless. You want one good match at the next level, a school and team and coach that is a match for you and your particular strengths, skills and needs. The “best offer” has nothing to do with this. Know yourself, and narrow the scope of examination from this self-knowledge. If a situation works for you, the odds are MUCH higher you will work for them. Cross-training is good, and serves your baseball game if you are attentive and analytical. Everything is training for everything else, it turns out. Keep your mind clear, relaxed and attentive, and everything you learn about yourself will feed the rest. Consider opposites and balance. These are high virtues. Have a game of catch every day, with a parent if possible. It will help everything, and I mean everything. I’m not talking baseball, here, right? But guess what, it will help your game, too. See Arms. |
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