by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball
Every player wants to stand out on the field but so few really know what it takes to not just stand out, but be great. It’s an art that very few high-school and college players have mastered. Lucky for you we have a former big league baseball player ready...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, T: NLB Hitting, Winning Ballplayer
Today we’re going back to a previous interview we did with the Braves’ Brandon Phillips to get inside his mind while in the batter’s box. While it seems that Brandon can come off as crazy (and hilarious), there is a very important lesson in...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, Pitching
I had the privilege to hang out with Santiago Casilla in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic a few weeks ago. We were speaking at the same baseball conference put on for about 150 Dominican baseball coaches. Santiago has an amazing story that includes going from Low A, to...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball
I often wonder what MLB All-Stars were like when they played HS baseball. Did they always have the “it” factor? Did they just dominate? Today we get to hear about the “it” factor of Barry Bonds when he was in HS. In this situation the...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball
What do you do when you don’t feel like taking extra hacks in the cage or run those few extra sprints after a six hour practice? How are you able to dig deep to find that extra bit of fortitude that will allow you to compete at a higher level when the confidence...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Next Level Ballplayer, Pitching
The best players in the game know how to use emotion to achieve peak performance levels. They don’t let negative emotions dictate how they perform, but they do use positive emotions as an asset to execute in key situations. In this interview Derek Holland...