The summer is a time that can truly become a separator for those who take it seriously and understand what they are trying to get out of it, and that is crucial and truly invaluable.

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03.05.2024

God’s Delays Are Not Always God’s Denials

We all get frustrated; it is an inevitable part of life. However, how we deal with that frustration will determine who we are as a person.

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26.04.2024

The Lesson from Scottie Scheffler: Understanding the Importance of Individual Identity

These achievements underscore a crucial lesson: while technique holds significance in golf, prioritizing individual identity, mechanical efficiency, and consistency can lead to unprecedented success.

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19.04.2024

Betting On Yourself

While the unknown can be scary, having the courage and bravery to believe in yourself is important.

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12.04.2024

Ranch Summer Events: A Former Player’s Perspective

If you have a son who wants to reach the next level and find an avenue to achieve just that, I promise that attending a Texas Baseball Ranch® event is the path to take.

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05.04.2024

The Ranch Narrative From a Very Unique Perspective

It’s remarkable that a 20-year-old young woman with limited baseball experience was able to grasp and articulate these concepts after just one year with us.

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29.03.2024

If you go into each game knowing exactly what you are getting yourself into from square one, I find you are already putting yourself at an advantage (compared to those around you) and taking away unnecessary stress.

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22.03.2024

Pump the Pump

You must pump the pump when you are tired, when you are pitching poorly, when you are frustrated, and even when things are great

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15.03.2024

Importance of Creating An Environment for Success

At 64, I’ve learned that the quality of any experience hinges on the people in charge. It’s not just about skill or performance; it’s about the integrity and competence of those leading the way.

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08.03.2024

Tips To Help Mentally and Emotionally Throughout the Season

Being present with every game, practice, pitch, rep, etc., can help prevent burnout.

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01.03.2024

Integrating Ranch Training into The Season

Because of this, in my article this week, I will outline a few different ways you and/or your athlete can blend your Ranch program into your season.

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23.02.2024

Knowing is Just the First Step

And it gets worse. Many people continue to learn and thus know more. (i.e. a business person at seminars, a baseball player at camps, a coach at a clinic, etc.) and then rather…

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16.02.2024

The Power of Blending

…Use the mound as another tool in your tool bag. Don’t become afraid of it or look at it as something that is just for bullpens and gamedays.

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09.02.2024

What Is Greatness?

I also believe that achieving greatness is something that is often misconstrued because people don’t understand what being great really is.

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02.02.2024

Your Mindset Must Become Your Best Skillset

For young athletes embarking on their journey toward excellence, physical prowess is just one piece of the puzzle. The often underestimated (yet critical) factor in achieving athletic success is the power of mindset.

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26.01.2024

Arm Health into The High School Season

You will never be able to throw enough to make progress without addressing this FIRST…

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19.01.2024

Being Elite Is a Mindset

There are several ways to work on your mindset, including watching motivational videos, reading books about leadership and perspective, and listening to podcasts about motivational topics. In this blog, I want to highlight some of my favorite mindset teachings

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12.01.2024

I Wish You Enough

…he continued and then turning toward me he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory. “I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to….

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05.01.2024

To Reflection and Growth

We often get caught up in the constant thinking of the future and what needs to be done next when, at times, it can be valuable to step back and look at the past for growth reasons.

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29.12.2023

Introduce A Little Chaos into Your Throwing Program

“We’ve all seen or know a guy that has a really good swing off a tee, but when he faces a pitcher, he has a completely different swing.” This would be a young man who engages in too much block practice, and his brain has decided that swinging on a tee is a different skill than swinging in a game.

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22.12.2023

A Christmas Message from Coach Wolforth

36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”. 37 Jesus replied: “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

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15.12.2023

Embracing Failure

When you train so hard for something, give everything you have to a particular goal, leave no stone unturned, and you still fail… You may feel small.

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08.12.2023

Lessons From the Field

The first is that life is a team sport. What I mean by this is just as you have a team in baseball, you also have a team for the game of life.

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01.12.2023

How To Use Data

In today’s game, pitch tracking is everywhere. It is new, exciting, and filled with numbers that can give great insight but may also be a bit confusing when all laid out for someone just getting the hang of it.

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24.11.2023

George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United State a day of public thanksgiving and prayer

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17.11.2023

Forever Grateful

With Thanksgiving next week, I feel this is the perfect time to thank everyone who has made this possible.

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10.11.2023

Pretense vs. Competence

Common sense is not common and there will always be more pretenders out there than there are true difference makers.

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03.11.2023

Underdogs

If you look deeper into this World Series, there are a lot of underdogs individually on each team. I don’t see why any of those underdog stories can’t be you.

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27.10.2023

From Student to Teacher

Hello everyone! My name is Kolten Smith, and I am the new Events Coordinator at the Texas Baseball Ranch®.

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21.10.2023

It’s Not a Bad Life… It’s Just a Bad Day

It often surprises people to learn that I have a tendency to be a “glass half empty” person. Fortunately for me, I am married to a guy who’s a “glass ¾ full” fella, even when it’s only half. :-)

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13.10.2023

Always Be Humble and Kind

Within the past six months, I ran across an old song, and it reminded me why I liked it so much in 2016…

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13.10.2023

Persistence Is a Superpower

At the end of the day, it took two things for me to achieve my goal of throwing a baseball 90mph… Persistence in the face of adversity and an incredibly accurate view of what I needed to work on.

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13.10.2023

Breaking Barriers Through Goals

This off season is a time to create separation from your peers and become the outlier.

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21.09.2023

Having Patience During a Plateau

With any kind of goal and/or training – whether you are trying to lose weight, gain weight, or gain velocity – you’re bound to run into some type of plateau.

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14.09.2023

100 Day Challenge

Now is the time to take inventory of what you’ve completed this year but more importantly what you really want to accomplish before the year is through.

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07.09.2023

Fast-paced Fall

As we move into the fall season, it can be a rather busy time for most, as school has started again. After-school events and other extracurricular activities outside of sports are more prominent, which can lead to a stressful schedule for some….

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31.08.2023

Make The Time

If my dad said it to me once, he said it to me a hundred times, “Jonathan, if you don’t have the time to do it right the first time, when are you going to find the time to do it again?”.

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25.08.2023

Musings From the North Atlantic

Coach Wolforth shares a little from his current trip abroad.

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18.08.2023

Transitioning from Summer to Fall

The easiest thing to do would be to go back to your old ways and not train like you did in the summer….

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11.08.2023

Keep Planting Grass

“Keep planting the grass; don’t pull weeds”… Interesting. Very interesting.

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What’s The Direction?

God’s Delays Are Not Always God’s Denials

The Lesson from Scottie Scheffler: Understanding the Importance of Individual Identity

Betting On Yourself

Ranch Summer Events: A Former Player’s Perspective

The Ranch Narrative From a Very Unique Perspective

Precision is Key

Pump the Pump

Importance of Creating An Environment for Success

Tips To Help Mentally and Emotionally Throughout the Season

Integrating Ranch Training into The Season

Knowing is Just the First Step

The Power of Blending

What Is Greatness?

Your Mindset Must Become Your Best Skillset

Arm Health into The High School Season

Being Elite Is a Mindset

I Wish You Enough

To Reflection and Growth

Introduce A Little Chaos into Your Throwing Program

A Christmas Message from Coach Wolforth

Embracing Failure

Lessons From the Field

How To Use Data

George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

Forever Grateful

Pretense vs. Competence

Underdogs

From Student to Teacher

It’s Not a Bad Life… It’s Just a Bad Day

Always Be Humble and Kind

Persistence Is a Superpower

Breaking Barriers Through Goals

Having Patience During a Plateau

100 Day Challenge

Fast-paced Fall

Make The Time

Musings From the North Atlantic

Transitioning from Summer to Fall

Keep Planting Grass

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