Why do we go through injuries? Why do pitchers go down from all over the world each season? Why do we have 12 year old kids getting Tommy John Surgery? Why is a 17 year old senior in high school dealing with surgery in a time of his life he is supposed to be flourishing? Why are some of the young pitchers I work with in the professional levels getting hurt when we monitor them so closely? Is there anything we can do? Is there anything I can do? Nobody gets bothered more by all of these questions then yours truly but I have to take a step back each time a hear such a story. I have to take a step back because I am not creating for another persons life. My first reaction is to ask myself what I did wrong or what did those coaches of that young player do wrong. But the fact of the matter is nobody did anything "wrong" Nobody is ever going to directly seek out to hurt or injure a young pitcher but it still happens.
There is nobody in this world who truly knows the exact cause of another pitchers injury. Not even the best pitching coach in the world or the best biomechanist in the world. Film does not read vibration. Film does not read energy. Film does not read an emotional state of any of these pitchers we see in this world. A great mentor of mine often states that if you want to truly know why a person contracts a disease or cures a disease into and then out of their life, you must look at their emotional state. This is not something of the norm. This is not something you hear about everyday unless you are seeking this information. But I am here to tell you that this is what is at the root of everything going on in this world. Vibration!! The way you feel on the inside, the way you vibrate, the frequency you are emanating is what is of importance in your every day life. I blogged about this in the post "Developing Young Pitchers" we must start from the inside. Each individual in their own special way. They must want to realize how they feel, they must want to be aware of how they feel. If you don't start with the feeling place of something then you are lost. If you are running around like a chicken with your head cut off you are going to have a lot of craziness in your life. But if you can take a step back, take a deep breathe and ask yourself a simple question, "How Do I Feel?" then you will begin to figure this whole thing called life out.
The reason I am writing this blog to you all is for several reasons but I will touch on two directly. First, it is true, some of the pitchers I worked with this year are dealing with injury issues right now. In ways I feel responsible and wish I could turn back the clock and see where this all started. But I also know that I have only been with these pitchers for 6 months and some even a smaller amount of time. There really is no way that I was responsible for the injuries but that doesn't take away the human emotions I have involved with the players I work with. I love them and want them to flourish and not deal with this type of contrast. But this takes me into the second reason for this blog. People need to start understanding how this world works and I need to be the one who takes ownership in my own life and I need to rep my life the way I want to live it. This is a Vibrational world and until we want to take ownership and acceptance of that then we will continue to run around like chickens with our heads cut off and blame everyone else for our current conditions in our life. But that sucks and I no longer want to be caught up in that game.
With all that being said, this does not mean I can just waive my magic wand and all of the beliefs about my life and how I got here are going to just fade away so I can create new ones that feel better and assist me in life. But that sure is the process I am taking and will continue until the day I transition. So now the tricky part is how do I share this information with the players I work with without being too harsh or without them thinking they are bad people because they are creating their life and created an injury they truly do not want. That is one long, mixed up and confusing story to unwind. But if we start to realize all that goes into something like this. Things like Contrast, Belief, Desire, Expectation, Perspective. When we get down to the nitty gritty and we start to understand the words I just listed the picture actual becomes very clear and then the injury is actually not what it seems. It is not a "bad" thing, it starts to feel differently. It starts to mold itself into something amazing. It starts to assist you in clarity and focus and desire and all these amazing things that pull life energy through your body.
So where do we go from here??? Well, I don't know for all of you because I can't answer that and I may have offended a lot of you out there today. (don't think I did but you never know these days...lol) But for me, it starts with me no longer hiding who I am and how I perceive my life. So from here on out I will start to decipher the information I have come across in my world. I will start to clarify and explain things I have learned that have brought me along in this world to a very good feeling place for right now. (I say for right now because it is just for right now, it only gets better from here!!) But what I am going to do is work from inspiration. And when I feel it, I will get on this computer and start to introduce the information I know as the science of deliberate creation. The Universal Laws. The art of allowing. The very information that has brought us all together in this amazing place we call physical life.
All for now....bet you are all very scared where this is all leading to...LOL...calm down, not as weird as it seems...more to come from inspiration soon!!!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Championships
Just this afternoon I was sitting in the middle of my daily meditation and an inspiring thought jumped into my head. I have been wanting to create more ideas to write more blogs and be inspired to do so. I don't want to just write because I feel like I have to. I want to write because it feels good and the words jump into my head and into my fingertips and then on to this little box you're reading right now. Feels much better to do things that way then to struggle to sit down and make yourself do it.
Anyways, that is not the point of this blog so let me get back on track. When I was sitting in my meditation I got the inspiration to write about championships. What a cool word that is, CHAMPIONSHIP. Feels so strong and powerful when you say it. Like you are the best and you know it. Like nobody else could ever take that away from you. Like a whole bunch of things lined up along the way for you to create this accomplishment. Like you are on top of the world and plan on being there a while. You get my drift, right!!
Well, the thought that popped into my head while I was meditating was, "you know how you win championships? You don't talk about championships" There are many things that go into a team winning a championship and for the level I am at in Advanced Rookie Ball that is the last thing on our mind. Now, I am not going to lie to you and say it doesn't pop in there from time to time because it is a great thing to daydream about, but what I mean is that the true focus is the process, not the championship (end result). This can be a bit contradicting because in professional sports at the highest level the media are all over the players. They ask questions all the time about winning and if they feel they are ready to win a championship or become back-to-back champs. And for those "big boys" that may be so. They are at a level where championships are expected and wanted by the fans, the media, the ownership and of course the players. They don't have control of what goes on outside of their facilities. But if you are at the level where I am and just starting along your journey to the big leagues, then championships are really the least of your worries.
Ok, so now you ask me....So how do you win championships then? And I say, by getting lost in the process and building momentum. There is a really cool story I am about to tell later in this blog so just hang with me for a bit. Let me start with the process and building momentum first.
During this last season we had just come off of winning a championship in the Appalachian League. Something that had not been accomplished by the Cardinals affiliate at that level since the 70's I believe. So when the season started there were thoughts of "what if we could do it again" but that was always talks the coaching staff had together, not from the coaching staff to the players. The players need to learn that in the this tough mental game of baseball there is a way to survive the Contrast that shows up on a nightly basis. The way to survive that 0 for 4 night or that 5 run first inning is to understand that it is a long season, a long process and you are fine tuning along the way. ALWAYS fine tuning along the way. So when you get into slumps or have a few tough outings in a row, you always can go back to the process and putting your focus where it needs to be. This last year it just so happened that we had the same coaching staff as the year before and therefore were able to keep the same approach to the players as the year before. The intricacies inside the process may change because of the personalities and such, but not the blanket process. The process stays consistent and encompasses the entire season.
So not only were we able to win a championship the season prior, but now we had the same staff and were able to create an ever building momentum on what we felt were ways to become successful. As you are in the middle of creating a championship season there is an underlying feeling that starts to poke around and you can't help but notice. It is like a quiet confidence where everyone knows what is going on and nothing needs to be said. We need to stay on track and stay focused and not get caught up in anything else. But this is the best part of this story. When it got down to the last few days of the playoffs I KNEW we were winning the championship. I didn't know how or in how many games, but I knew it. The day of the clinching game it was rainy all day and we didn't even know if we were going to play. I brought the pitchers together in the outfield prior to us doing our work because I just wanted to make sure everyone stay settled and kept a solid focus on what we were about to do. It can be a bit nerve racking for pitchers, having all that time at hand and nothing to fill it with. But what I said to the players was simple. I told them we had already won the championship (yup, I swear I said it) Now, to most people that sounds crazy. They would say that I did the one thing you should never do before an important game. Kind of like telling a pitcher in the 8th inning that he is throwing a no hitter and good luck in the 9th...LOL!! That is the cardinal rule of baseball and you are not supposed to jinx anyone. But for me, there was no jinxing in this process. To me it felt like a done deal, it felt like we were the champs and it was just a matter of time. And I truly felt like the players felt the same way. What I continued to tell them is that it is now time to just show up and play. If your number is called on at any part of the game there is no reason for panic or worry or concern. Just play out your part and the rest will take care of itself.
Needless to say we won the game 4 to 1 to become back-to-back champs in the Appalachian League. Not sure how long it had been since that happened but it was a long time.....trust me....LOL!!
Thanks for reading....see you all soon....and happy pitching!!!
Anyways, that is not the point of this blog so let me get back on track. When I was sitting in my meditation I got the inspiration to write about championships. What a cool word that is, CHAMPIONSHIP. Feels so strong and powerful when you say it. Like you are the best and you know it. Like nobody else could ever take that away from you. Like a whole bunch of things lined up along the way for you to create this accomplishment. Like you are on top of the world and plan on being there a while. You get my drift, right!!
Well, the thought that popped into my head while I was meditating was, "you know how you win championships? You don't talk about championships" There are many things that go into a team winning a championship and for the level I am at in Advanced Rookie Ball that is the last thing on our mind. Now, I am not going to lie to you and say it doesn't pop in there from time to time because it is a great thing to daydream about, but what I mean is that the true focus is the process, not the championship (end result). This can be a bit contradicting because in professional sports at the highest level the media are all over the players. They ask questions all the time about winning and if they feel they are ready to win a championship or become back-to-back champs. And for those "big boys" that may be so. They are at a level where championships are expected and wanted by the fans, the media, the ownership and of course the players. They don't have control of what goes on outside of their facilities. But if you are at the level where I am and just starting along your journey to the big leagues, then championships are really the least of your worries.
Ok, so now you ask me....So how do you win championships then? And I say, by getting lost in the process and building momentum. There is a really cool story I am about to tell later in this blog so just hang with me for a bit. Let me start with the process and building momentum first.
During this last season we had just come off of winning a championship in the Appalachian League. Something that had not been accomplished by the Cardinals affiliate at that level since the 70's I believe. So when the season started there were thoughts of "what if we could do it again" but that was always talks the coaching staff had together, not from the coaching staff to the players. The players need to learn that in the this tough mental game of baseball there is a way to survive the Contrast that shows up on a nightly basis. The way to survive that 0 for 4 night or that 5 run first inning is to understand that it is a long season, a long process and you are fine tuning along the way. ALWAYS fine tuning along the way. So when you get into slumps or have a few tough outings in a row, you always can go back to the process and putting your focus where it needs to be. This last year it just so happened that we had the same coaching staff as the year before and therefore were able to keep the same approach to the players as the year before. The intricacies inside the process may change because of the personalities and such, but not the blanket process. The process stays consistent and encompasses the entire season.
So not only were we able to win a championship the season prior, but now we had the same staff and were able to create an ever building momentum on what we felt were ways to become successful. As you are in the middle of creating a championship season there is an underlying feeling that starts to poke around and you can't help but notice. It is like a quiet confidence where everyone knows what is going on and nothing needs to be said. We need to stay on track and stay focused and not get caught up in anything else. But this is the best part of this story. When it got down to the last few days of the playoffs I KNEW we were winning the championship. I didn't know how or in how many games, but I knew it. The day of the clinching game it was rainy all day and we didn't even know if we were going to play. I brought the pitchers together in the outfield prior to us doing our work because I just wanted to make sure everyone stay settled and kept a solid focus on what we were about to do. It can be a bit nerve racking for pitchers, having all that time at hand and nothing to fill it with. But what I said to the players was simple. I told them we had already won the championship (yup, I swear I said it) Now, to most people that sounds crazy. They would say that I did the one thing you should never do before an important game. Kind of like telling a pitcher in the 8th inning that he is throwing a no hitter and good luck in the 9th...LOL!! That is the cardinal rule of baseball and you are not supposed to jinx anyone. But for me, there was no jinxing in this process. To me it felt like a done deal, it felt like we were the champs and it was just a matter of time. And I truly felt like the players felt the same way. What I continued to tell them is that it is now time to just show up and play. If your number is called on at any part of the game there is no reason for panic or worry or concern. Just play out your part and the rest will take care of itself.
Needless to say we won the game 4 to 1 to become back-to-back champs in the Appalachian League. Not sure how long it had been since that happened but it was a long time.....trust me....LOL!!
Thanks for reading....see you all soon....and happy pitching!!!
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