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What It Takes to Really Learn Something (or Unlearn Something)

When I was but a lad heading into high school, my heart’s greatest desire was to learn how to play the guitar. Partially because I loved music, but also because I thought doing so would help me meet girls. (Don’t judge, Eddie van Halen started on guitar for the same reason, although he did a […]


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The Odds Are Stacked Against You in Fastpitch Hitting

A few days ago I was doing a hitting lesson with one of my students, a young lady named Avery. We got to talking about why the success rate for hitting in fastpitch softball is generally so low. That’s when she said something profound that her mom Abbey had told her that I hadn’t really […]


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Why Fastpitch Softball Pitching Is So Danged Difficult

You hear it all the time from coaches, parents, and others sitting safely on the sidelines at fastpitch softball games: Just throw strikes! As if that idea hadn’t occurred to the poor pitcher while she’s sweating out a delightful inning of walks and hit by pitches. Ah, if only it were that easy. I mean, […]


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Pitching Coach Bill Hillhouse Extraordinaire Could Use Your Help

Yesterday Jay Bolden and I had the privilege of talking with pitching coach Bill Hillhouse for an upcoming From the Coach’s Mouth podcast. If you’re not familiar with him, Bill was the youngest pitcher ever to play for the Team USA Men’s National Team when he joined it in 1993, and was an outstanding player […]


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The Hero’s Journey Always Includes Trials and Tribulations

The so-called hero’s journey is one of the most fundamental tropes in storytelling. In fact, if you line them up in a chart the stories are all pretty similar. One of the key points, whether you’re talking about Ulysses or Hercules from ancient mythology or more contemporary heroes such as Frodo Baggins, Dorothy Gale (from […]


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