Coach Spilker's Baseball Blog

Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens – and when it happens, it lasts. –John Wooden

Saturday, October 23, 2010

IT IS ALL ABOUT PREPARING IN PRACTICE

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De La Salle Football—on practice preparation “It’s a game of technique, repetition and getting it right in practice before you run it in a g...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

USING DEFEAT AS MOTIVATION

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"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power...

CONFIDENCE

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"Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something ... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

YOU CAN'T SIT AROUND AND HOPE THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN

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" I always want to get better ," said Tim Lincecum , who had a league-high 265 strikeouts last season for the Giants. "I come...

PRACTICE

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Prepare for pressure situations by putting pressure on yourself in practice . Have the same high standards in practice that you have for you...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

PREPARATION

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Are you waiting to play or preparing to play? Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. John Wooden

Get better every day

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The fun of the spotlights on game night are created in the dim lights of off season workouts; the hours of dedication behind the scenes is k...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Preparing to be successful

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Boston Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester was always ready for the field, but he got thrown a curve ball that no player can ever anticipate or p...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

DOING LITTLE THINGS

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"One day during practice, a visitor observed legendary Coach (Paul "Bear") Bryant doing something that aroused his curiosity....

PROCESS OVER RESULTS

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In September 1980, Kansas City’s George Brett got the baseball world buzzing with the possibility of his reaching .400 for the first time s...

HELP YOURSELF BY HELPING YOUR TEAM

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"We're OK with guys coming to Purdue expecting to make it to the pros but they have to understand that you get to be a pro by makin...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

IT IS ALL ABOUT CHASING PERSONAL EXCELLENCE

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“We were down in the Rangers’ locker room and their No. 1 goal is not worrying about winning or losing. It’s all about chasing personal exce...
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