28 - James Mullins Glenville State College ”Attacking Irrational Belief”

Bio

• Entering 8th season at Glenville State College WV
• 2015 MEC coach of the year
• 10 All conference players during his tenure
• Served as an assistant coach at West Virginia State (Under Cal) for two years and was a player at WV State
• Also serves Salem Community College and Davis & Elkins College

 

Episode Notes

• Cal Bailey really knew how to connect with players
• As a baseball coach was a continuous learner, books on the bus, asking questions
• Negatives in the office, praise in front of the team
• Promised a good college baseball experience, serve the community, care!
• Competition is our number one priority (cages, weight room, everything!)\
  • Barrels in the cage
• Attacking our irrational beliefs
  • When an action happens (ump bad call) you react negatively with bad self talk
  • “Are you that bad of a player that everything needs to go right for you to win?”
• Marketing your brain (whiteboard on a mirror, seeing your intentions)
  • A - Activating Event (bad circumstance)
  • B - Belief system (my perception of the event)
  • C - Consequence 
  • D - Disputing those beliefs (do I have to have everything go right for me?
  • E - Executing the new belief (positive self talk)
• Have players create their own processes and release (ownership)
• If I talked to you the way you are talking to yourself you wouldn’t like me very much! ~ Cal Bailey mound visit
• Classroom sessions are as needed, and sometimes may be just for a player
• “Social stretching” - time to just stretch and relax and get the talking out of our system
• Use Google Drive to drop in resources for each player, and their specific needs
• Given a goal during a practice or consequence after practice (pants in the weightroom)
• Daily task during BP
• Goal jersey for web gem of the day
• Individual skills with start foundational and then work to give players choice to what they need
• “Balloon breathing” with trainer that incorporates better movements.
• james.mullins@glenville.edu
• Twitter @jmullins85
• 304-549-2952