Jeff Gillette @JeffGillette3

"What Opened My Eyes" In 2012 I accepted a minor league pitching coach position with the LA Angels. I spent the next 3 years around some great Baseball minds, learned a ton about development but was shocked when over 50% of our new draftees each year came in with a zipper on…

Couple of troublemakers on the loose. 😁🤘🏼#dogs #nature

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Nobody (and I mean NOBODY) watches you harder than the people who don’t like you. Give ‘em something worth watching!

Unfortunately the best way to develop fortitude, resilience, grit and toughness is by falling on your face, getting knocked down, failing and making mistakes. We do our best to avoid them but reality is they are the best moments to grow. Stop running from it and embrace it.

Things I’m still looking for: • The key to the batters box. • A bucket of curveballs. • How to throw a riser. • A way to get through to the masses that Baseball is a game. A hard game. A temporary phase of an athletes life and a tool that can help develop a quality person.

🚨 Wainwright’s Mental Advice 1. Failure/Success on the field doesn’t define you. 2. Don’t obsess over the opinions of Social Media. 3. The best players stay in the middle. Never too high. Never too low. ⭐️ Making your identity solely baseball is unhealthy & unsustainable.

Dan Campbell said, “What makes us what we are? And what we’re going to be? I think it’s that right there. It’s GRIT.” “It means we’re unbreakable.” Grit isn’t not talent or luck, it’s your ability to have stamina and endure. 🎥 via @NFL

I CAN'T control • What happens • The past • Others' opinions • Others' actions I CAN control • My perspective • My current actions / My choices • My self-worth & belief in myself • My response A powerful way to live 💯

The power of visualization is real. Our brain cannot tell the difference between what we vividly imagine and what we physically do. The reality is that there are 3 types of reps we can get: 1. Physical reps 2. Mental reps 3. No reps The best of the best get a ton of both 1 &…

We start most of our throwing sessions with anchored throws and then typically go into athletic throws! ⚓️ Throwing from different angles, momentum going in different ways, and just focusing on being an athlete and throw to targets with little cuing💪 Here’s one of our series:…

A big goal for every pitcher and coach should be finding ways to minimize and eliminate walks allowed. “Ball 4” is a free base which leads to free runs which means more pitches thrown which means less innings thrown per pitcher which means more demand from the other arms on the…

This needs to be said. Parents If your son is undersized as a kid (little league age) and he is a tireless worker, that is competitive by nature. Be patient, he's going to pass the majority of the early bloomers. It can actually be an advantage in the long run.

"We're such an instant gratification era ... We're trying to skip the step of adversity and growth ... but we're gonna have to face it. Sometimes the grass isn't greener on the other side. Sometimes you're just trading one set of problems for another." ~ Eli Drinkwitz 🏈

Discussion Hitting and pitching guys chime in. All players struggle at times. Leo Mazzone said something years ago that has stuck with me. He said when the Braves pitchers got in trouble, he told them to do less. Simplify, and make better pitches. Don't try to throw harder. Don't…

What do Players want in a Coach? Just ask them. Here are the 8 things I heard from our team. 1: A Coach that CARES The #1 thing kids want to know about their coaches or teachers. Do you care about me as a person? They will run through a wall for you if they know you care. Show…

Dynamic initial action: 2 story over parking, 4 units well involved with multiple persons trapped. 5 lines in service. Ladder rescues. Battalion 18 hosting

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Example bullpen plan: Simulate 3-4 batters. Every time you throw 2 straight balls, sprint to home and back. Benefits: - Increase HR - Real AB situations - Add pressure/consequence Checkout the full episode on command here: themoundvisit.beehiiv.com/p/tmvp007

Hard truth… Umpires make mistakes. Players make mistakes. Parents make mistakes. Coaches make mistakes. Umpires mistakes sometimes lead to runs and might cost you the game. At some point those mistakes gave you runs and the game too (pay attention). Adults, parents and…

HS Baseball Players ⚾️ Getting to the next-level WON'T be easy. Only 7% of HS athletes move on. How can YOU separate from the pack? • WT training • Skill training • Nutrition discipline • Sleep habits • Consistency • Ownership • Preparation • Conviction Get COMFORTABLE…

Just so we’re on the same page, this is for players & parents, “development” is not a comfortable process. Development is change. Change is uncomfortable. If you bail when it gets uncomfortable, you regress. Keep fighting thru it & you’ll develop.