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What Parents Need To Know About College Recruiting

Craig Sigl2020-09-29T02:54:48+08:00

The college experience is, in many cases, the most important four years in our children’s lives, as it will shape their personal and professional direction for a lifetime. That being said, securing admission to a college or university that best match a student’s desires, strengths, and aspirations is essential. Student-athletes bring a unique quality to the table when it comes to college admissions. They offer a “special talent” that can improve the institution’s visibility and raise the level of popularity among future attendees. College officials understand this and in many cases, offer strong support to student-athletes both in admissions and financial [...]

What Parents Need To Know About College RecruitingCraig Sigl2020-09-29T02:54:48+08:00

How I coached a player from “bad attitude” to collegiate all conference

Craig Sigl2020-09-29T02:56:53+08:00

"From Rage to Riches or ... ...how to go from the guy who kicks dirt and water coolers, throws helmets, and breaks bats, to a collegiate first string all conference clean up hitter batting over .400" Three years ago a young man was recommended to the program I conduct for college baseball players. Standard practice is that I invite the player in for an "evaluation" before we begin working. It's pretty simple. I need to see the player in order to ascertain "what" and "how" to do the work. First things first . We begin with defensive skills; "catch and throw" [...]

How I coached a player from “bad attitude” to collegiate all conferenceCraig Sigl2020-09-29T02:56:53+08:00

What Does Being Mentally Strong Lead To?

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:27+08:00

Being mentally strong really means you are able to overcome adversity, able to be honest and truthful with yourself during failure, and able to overcome coaches or players who do not have your best intentions at heart or in mind. You’re going to get a lot of coaches who have the mentality of dealing with players in an abusive manner – mentally abusive, emotionally abusive, and psychologically abusive. Neither does this abuse create successful athletes nor does it build confidence. All such techniques just make the player mentally weak. You really have to have a strong core to be [...]

What Does Being Mentally Strong Lead To?Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:27+08:00

Ethical Issues Major Baseball League Face

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:12:38+08:00

For the parents and coaches here is some information on the Ethical Issues Major Baseball League Face from Matt Bruback. Parents and coaches they have to understand major league baseball runs the draft. Major league baseball runs the minor leagues. Major league baseball picks and chooses picks and chooses who they are going to draft, where they are going to draft them, who the prospects are, and pretty much everything to go with it. When you ask the question about how does a player, how can a player stay out of unethical types of situations? The reality is [...]

Ethical Issues Major Baseball League FaceCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:12:38+08:00

Advice For Young Baseball Players

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:15:39+08:00

If you are seeking professional advice for young baseball players here's some tips for you from Matt Bruback. First off you can do your research. My father was really big on Baseball America. It gives you a lot of information. You have this idea that all the clubs are working against each other. They are trying to have the best talent. Once you learn the different teams conclude and they really have control over a player’s fate. To go against that is counterproductive. At the end of the day, you as a player want to be successful. You [...]

Advice For Young Baseball PlayersCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:15:39+08:00

Coaching Confidence In Young Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:25:30+08:00

We have a guest post today from a renowned author and coach – John O’Sullivan. He is the man behind the book, Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids. His two decades of experience as a soccer player and coach for youth, high school, college, and professional level makes his book very valuable and informative. Hence, today we are lucky to hear words of great value from this very credible author. A lot of coaches see their young athletes improve and excel during practice games but all the [...]

Coaching Confidence In Young AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:25:30+08:00

Advice For Parents Involved In Sports By Olympic Gold Medalist

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:41:09+08:00

As a parent, you always want the best youth sports experience for your child. But do you often ask yourself where you should draw the line when it comes to your involvement in your youth athlete's sports training? Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar, who is also a parent of 5 athletes shares with you How Involved Parents Should Be In Youth Sports Training. He has his own kids in school and I'm sure it would be tempting for someone as accomplished as Peter to want to step in and tell your kids what you think they need to do before [...]

Advice For Parents Involved In Sports By Olympic Gold MedalistCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:41:09+08:00

How To Develop Perseverance For Youth Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:30:20+08:00

Hard work in sports? It is tough for most young athletes to understand the benefits of hard work. In the next video, in the series of interviews with Raven Magwood, she shares her secrets to getting herself to put in the hard work to be successful in sports and in life. You definitely have to work on perseverance. I tell parents and student athletes this all the time, "Do not try to make your life easy. Put yourself in situations where you are forced to grow and you are forced to learn something about yourself. " We do [...]

How To Develop Perseverance For Youth AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:30:20+08:00

Are You Mentally Tough?

Craig Sigl2021-09-30T03:11:40+08:00

What is the biggest hurdle for student athletes that holds them back from performing and achieving their best? When an athlete is experiencing a lot of things that are too much for him/her to handle they become overwhelmed, it easily affects their performance, either in school, sports or in other aspects of their life. Sometimes, this overwhelm of life causes him/her to give up or perform less in all areas and their response will depend on how mentally tough they are? Today we are featuring Part 7 of a series of interviews with Raven Magwood, a teenage author, motivational speaker, and [...]

Are You Mentally Tough?Craig Sigl2021-09-30T03:11:40+08:00

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:50+08:00

Raven Magwood is a teenage author, motivational speaker, and TV talk show host. At 19 years old, she has accomplished more than most do in their lifetime. When she was just 11 years old, she was a national gymnastics champion and published her first book, On to Victory! The Winning Edge. By 13, she had published her second book, Double-Sided that is being made into a movie. At 15, she was a state titleholder in track-and-field competing nationally. At 16, she had graduated from high school number one in her class with a 5.1 GPA. Now, she has a new [...]

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:50+08:00

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