Man this time of year is always one to reminisce. Back in 2014, I was graduating from Concord university, a small Division II school located in Southern West Virginia. I was just coming off of a senior year filled with a lot of success. I batted .393 with 13 homers, a school record 21 doubles, and finished 1st in the nation with 71 RBIs in the regular season. At the end of the season, I was recognized to be on the top 50 of the nation's best player award (Tino Martinez Award).

The first thing I thought of this morning when I woke up was how I am beyond grateful for the life that I am living. Just like yours, it has been filled with ups, downs, sideways, crazy-ways and have been thrown more curveballs than I can count! But through it all, I am beyond blessed!

With most spring sports right around the corner, I have been receiving lots of questions on in-season training and whether it is a good idea or not.

 Short answer: IT IS IMPERITIVE to train during your season!

 If you wanting to be successful long term, you MUST train during season. With that being said, I see a lot of people drop all training once season begins.  I think this is for a couple of reasons.

 The first reason is time.

The second reason is parents trying to do the right thing, but with a lack of information.

Whenever I see high achievers in anything, whether it is business, sports, relationships, or life… I try and study it and learn what they are doing. I do this because I was to excel and thrive in all those same areas of my life as well! I realized I had to make a mindset change and begin to learn everything I could from them if I wanted to get to where they are.

So now when I see Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, Geno Auriemma win another National Championship or Super Bowl, I smile. I smile because I know there are lessons that I can learn from them! 

Here are my Top 5 Lessons I learned from our most recent Super Bowl with the Patriots, yet again winning!

 I am a sucker for a good movie. I don’t know why, but I love sitting down and watching a story unfold, whether it be an action, comedy, thriller or even a great musical…

At higher levels, the things that separate the good athletes from the great ones are the little things.  Most athletes will show up for their game, play, head home and that is it.  In reality, we need to be taking care of ourselves during the season!  During season is when the injuries occur, many of which are preventable.  Below are our Top 5 tips for staying on top of your In-Season Recovery!

With graduation fever in the air, we have millions of high school and college graduates getting ready to take the next step in either their scholastic career, or professional career.  I remember being so excited to graduate because it would suddenly be all up to me on how I defined my life.  No longer would I have to abide by the rules of school, or go to classes, but rather I would decide what would happen!  What I soon realized was the structure that I so desired to get away from way a security blanket, and I was met with an instant fear because suddenly it WAS all up to me!

With that in mind, I have put together a small list of 5 thoughts for recent grads, so that they can avoid many of the pitfalls, fears or mistakes that many will make!

What’s going on guys! I am here today to bring you the next three “don’ts” that will help you better your life in every possible way. You see everyone gets too focused on what they need to “do”; they make their “to do” list, they tell themselves “I need to do this, and do that, and do this, and do that”. They forget about all those things they need to “not” do to get their life on track to get them to where they want to be. Take these next three “don’ts” to heart and see if they apply to you:  Read More...