by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, Pitching, T: NLB Pitching
Repetition can be used as a tool to regain focus in many different sports. In basketball, players will dribble the ball and spin it in their hands a unique way before a free-throw attempt to clear their head and focus on the shot. In tennis, before a serve, the player...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, Next Level Ballplayer, T: NLB Mental Skills
Todd Cunningham, a young outfielder in the Atlanta Braves organization took some time today to chat with Next Level Ballplayer. In this interview, we cover what Todd does to make sure that he has a quiet mind when stepping into the batter’s box. You’ll learn all about...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, Pitching, T: NLB Mental Skills
Today Next Level Ballplayer got together with R.A Dickey, one of the best knuckleball throwers in the MLB. He was kind enough to take some time to share his wisdom. In this interview, you’ll hear all about how R.A is able to focus when he is on the mound...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, T: NLB Mental Skills
Some of you guys might know that Franco and his good buddy, Steve Springer, share a hotel room every year for the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) annual convention. It’s a exhausting and awesome four days of non stop baseball talking and catching...
by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, T: NLB Mental Skills
We have great respect for the iconic sports psychologist, Dr. Ken Ravizza. Sadly, he passed in July of 2018. However, we were fortunate enough to interview Dr. Ravizza in 2014 and would like to share that with you today. Today we have a treat as I sit down with one of...
by Dave Franco | Coaches Corner, College Recruiting/Scouting, Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, T: NLB Hitting, Uncategorized
Attention Hitters! The next five minutes will change your baseball career for the better if you let it. We are joined by University of Washington Hitting Coach and friend, Donagal Fergus. Coach Fergus is one of my favorite guys in the baseball world because of...
