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Playoff time brings out the best or worst in players. Each series we watch to see which players buy into " it's a big game" mindset that invariably derails performance. We all have heard that pitching wins championships but let's face it, you still need to score runs and force the other team to play defense also. Reminder to all the hitters: The harder you "look" during ball flight and during the pitchers delivery the less you will "see". Space and speed are better measured w

I would laugh when I would hear people "fast" or "cleanse" their insides by juicing and giving up solid, processed foods for a period of time. What a stupid diet and a ridiculous  thing to do to ones body and mind. Not eat for a few days?  Dumb.  What benefit, other than a quick and temporary loss of weight would that accomplish?  Then it dawned on me as daily fatigue, and an addiction to caffeine and carbs (like most middle age men) started taking its toll. As I end my 5 day

MA  is a Japanese word which translates, for purposes of this article, as "gap", " space", "pause" or " the space between two parts".  It is best described as a consciousness of place, not in the sense of an enclosed three-dimensional entity, but rather the simultaneous awareness of form and and non-form deriving from an intensification of vision. Okay, great. How does this Eastern world concept have anything to do with performance? Think about what the great athletes do as t

One could say that elite performers and convicts are born from the same crib. Criminals. They are imprisoned for their behavior and actions. Once found guilty and incarcerated, they become convicts. Their freedom to wander and be undisciplined is removed. Their days are spent inside and the outside world is but a perceived event that exists beyond their walls of control. Elite athletes. Their conviction and imprisonment to their training schedule is mandatory. The structure a

If you can think it. If you can can write it. If others think you can be it. If you can see it in your minds eye. If you have actually done it once before. If you are willing to put your heart and soul in it. If other people's disbelief motivates you. If you take every punch in the face as a kiss. If your plan to accomplish exists in front of you. If your will to try outweighs your fear of failure. If you dream and imagine with your eyes open. The ladder to real confidence. S

As some of us celebrate Passover and Easter Sunday, a reminder and reaffirmation of the power of Good. Each day we have crossroads and decisions that need to be made quickly. The day gets fast for us and we get caught up with reacting and being influenced by outside events. We make excuses, defer to later or play the blame game. We escape into social media to make us feel better or worse, depending on the last tweet or image we touched.  We succumb to others reactions to our