In ANY situation we come up against in life, there are going to be things that we can control and things we can’t control. It’s important to always take a step back in any situation, and...
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High School Softball Season Survivor Guide –...
Around this time of year, I always receive a lot of different questions and grievances relating to the high school softball season. Playing a sport for high school is a unique situation –...
What Exactly is “Normal”?
What really is “normal”? “Normal” has a different picture or movie next to it for every single person out there – in sports, careers, relationship, etc. We all...
What’s Taking Away From Your Confidence?
I get asked about confidence…A LOT. Mainly because confidence (no matter what your softball mechanics look like) is a HUGE key to an individual’s success on the field and in...
How Many Days A Week Should I Practice?
THE most asked question I get is how many pitches and/or how many days a week should my daughter pitch? Sometimes I think parents just ask me this question so that their daughter can hear...
Playing Big Being Small – Guest Blog by Chez...
Allow me to introduce Chez Sievers to you! I must start out by saying, Chez is a Longhorn, but I absolutely love her anyway. Chez is one year older than I am, and I played against her from...
Why Fastpitch Pitching Leaves So Many In Awe…
I love everything about fastpitch pitching. It’s an art – physically and mentally. A very small percentage of people in this world can say that they have taken a stab at it, and even fewer...
Texas A&M HOF Induction Night
On October 31, 2014, I got inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame with 5 other Texas A&M athletes. Another softball player (Megan Gibson), a track runner, a football...
My Top 10 Favorite Softball Motivational Quotes
Everybody needs someone or something to lift them up on certain days. This game of softball is a game of failure trying to pull us down at every chance. So what I wanted to do was pul some...
The Depth Chart Doesn’t Define You
Someone asked me this, “What was the turning point for you? Was there a stage where you suddenly began passing people? And how much of it had to do with your willingness to out-work...