Mental Game Monday Pitchers, Clinics, & Bill Hillhouse Many moons ago, I had the good fortune to attend a coaching clinic at Washington Softball where Bill Hillhouse was one of the presenters. He was dropping pitching wisdom like a guy counting tic tacs on a trampoline. So, we

Bill Hillhouse Purple ribbons for you! Sending you strength & prayers. 🙏🏼

Dear Athlete — Coaches evaluate your skills, not your value. Your worth isn’t tied to stats, roster spots, or scholarships. You are already enough. Play free. Compete hard. Know who you are first. #360Athlete #DearAthletes #YouAreEnough

Bill Hillhouse is continuing his fight against pancreatic cancer. If able, please spread and the word and continue the support. gofundme.com/f/help-bill-hi…

On September 9, 2017, Tyler Hilinski was on top of the world—leading Washington State to a thrilling triple-overtime win over Boise State in front of a packed stadium. But just four months later, on January 16, 2018, Tyler passed away due to suicide. Tyler was my teammate, and

Mental Game Mondays will return in a few days. In the mean time, here’s more about Bill Hillhouse and his taking things one pitch at a time. fastpitchlane.softballsuccess.com/2026/01/23/pit…

Mental Game Monday: Mindfulness If you ever find yourself with a couple of hours to kill, ask a psychologist to talk about mindfulness. Assuming you don’t have that much time, here’s the softball-side version. Starting with, the human brain is optimized to execute several

Mental Game Monday: Watching Softball Collegiate softball season is underway with games showing up soon across the country and beyond (and some have already started). You might be asking, how does watching softball help me grow my mental game and softball game? We make use of

Mental Game Monday: Practice A quick hit mental game Monday. Three athletic skills that are often under-developed, and can improve with practice: Confidence, Trust, And competing.

Mental Game Monday: Comfort Zones Recently got to witness an interesting mental game moment. In my mental game training program, we had a few professional athletes looking to make the move into mental game work. Going to share a story along those lines. In this story, Pete

Mental Game Monday: Recovery After a long weekend of softball, the seasoned athlete might have developed a well-practiced physical routine - hydration, ice, massage, stretching, light cardio, nutrition, and sleep might make it into the post-softball-weekend self-care/body

Mental Game Monday Practicing Mistakes vs Practicing for Mistakes An oft-heard phrase at batting practice, “end on a good one.” The mental game reason behind that direction - we generally remember what we did most recently better than what did a little bit before that. Brains

Mental Game Monday Making Use of the In-Betweens For those that have been following along, the guidance of: make as many decisions as you can ahead of time is foundational for this week’s Monday. On game day, the brain’s reserve of decision-juice is limited, and it is best to

Mental Game Monday: Be Kind Many organizations, be they a team, corporation, school, or community will adopt a slogan, mantra, or #hashtag. As a form of advertising, repeated messages are believed more than messages heard once. Yet if we see the same slogan again and again, it

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Mental Game Monday: Bill The guy that encouraged me to go do this mental game with a focus on fastpitch softball was Bill Hillhouse Bill Hillhouse. No Bill Hillhouse, no Mental Game Mondays. He was (past tense is a clue as to where this is going) was a friend, mentor, and

Mental Game Monday: Great Expectations & The Stages of Grief For those not on-board with the emphasis on process goals vs outcome goals, please review some of the past posts here for a lengthy summary. Quickly: focusing on doing the tasks of the sport well (process) is a better

Mental Game Monday: Book Report There are several mental game resources available for the student athlete; podcasts, social media, books, mental game professionals, self-directed workbooks, and of course, coaches and teammates. Every now and then, I like to add in a book that

Mental Game Monday: Routines Routines (doing the same thing the same way again and again) are a vital component in elite competition. In this week’s MGM, we’re going to cover some of the whys and hows. But first, some routines one might encounter in softball: - pre-practice

Mental Game Monday: Making Adjustments One challenge inherent in the practice mode/performance mode and open mind/closed mind dichotomy is when the game requires the athlete to make changes during the competition. As a reminder, the general notion is that on game day, the