by Mike Lotief | Mar 15, 2022
HITTING ELITE PITCHING IS ”HARD TO DO” When you face the #1 pitcher or closer in a weekend series who has either a nasty 4 seam fastball or a great riseball, you are in for a tough battle which will probably include some failures (swing & misses, some good takes,...
by Mike Lotief | Mar 10, 2022
If you are trying to attain excellence, then you must be in control of your own thoughts and emotions. Negative thoughts and doubts and worry are common mental obstacles, referred to as MENTAL TRASH, that every competitor must learn how to deal with. (Author’s note:...
by Mike Lotief | Mar 8, 2022
In the 2008 Women’s College World Series some of my hitters used a split grip from one of our drills in the actual game which was nationally televised on ESPN. Afterwards, people starting associating me with the split grip because from 2008 onward we always had 2 or 3...
by Mike Lotief | Mar 3, 2022
There is a great line in the movie, “A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN”: “IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE HARD. IF IT WASN’T EVERYONE WOULD DO IT. THE HARD IS WHAT MAKES IT GREAT”. If competing at the highest level were easy, then everyone would do it. Ask yourself, “do you welcome the...
by Mike Lotief | Mar 1, 2022
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE In law school and then in the legal world, there was a phrase we used: TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. The legal phrase is used to specify the time period which one party must complete its contractual obligations to the other, or else face consequences....
