MLB, NCAA Mental Performance Founder, Frozen Ropes
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Tony is the Founder and Director of Mental Performance at Frozen Ropes, a US-based company that has been providing curriculum and programming to players, teams and coaches through its locations across the country for the past 25 years.
His work has been featured in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek, ESPN and other national media outlets.
Tony has worked as a Mental & Visual Performance coach with several Major League Baseball teams, numerous NCAA college programs, and Olympic teams.
He has taught and lectured on Sports Psychology at several colleges, providing a real-world perspective on mental performance training and its application both on and off the field. He is a certified Open Focus Coach that helps players improve their visual awareness and processing skills. Tony is also a columnist for Baseball America where he writes on player development trends in the industry.
He is a regular on the speaking circuit in the US and internationally, with recent presentations made in Dubai, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Kuwait and Japan. He has been a multiple presenter at both the ABCA and NFCA National Conventions.
His recent book, Beyond the Ball, has been recognized as a "must read "for today's players and coaches.
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Ken Eriksen
Head Coach, USA Women's National Softball Team
Head Softball Coach, USF
"I have tried to listen to a lot of people when it comes to trying to make the bat and ball game as simple as possible and as athletic as possible. When I first met Tony, it was the most revealing and refreshing approach to visual acuity and performance based teaching throughout baseball and softball that I was introduced to in 50 plus years of the game."
Jessica Mendoza
2-Time Olympian
All-American & ESPN Analyst
"Tony has a deep understanding of how to take those next steps to see and then be the best athlete you possibly can, and his methods are unique to anyone I have ever been around."
Jay Johnson
Head Baseball Coach, LSU Tigers
"I have never heard anyone articulate a system for vision mechanics with the level of detail and completion as Tony."
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