Baseball is a sport that requires a significant amount of mental preparation and practice. It is a sport that is not for the faint of heart. Only in baseball is someone considered to be good at their craft when succeeding thirty percent of the time. Baseball players must embrace failure and learn from it, or they will not last long. Playing college baseball will teach players many things that they can take with them throughout their working careers. Through baseball, players learn to lean on and support teammates, and they learn to become independent. Baseball can be an emotional roller coaster, like other areas of life, but it can equip people with the skills to overcome adversity, manage emotions, and achieve goals. The next several blog posts explain how a baseball program can help a student-athlete grow and mature into a highly productive member of society that can impact thousands of people throughout a lifetime. The following character traits and skills are developed through the participation of a baseball program: responsibility, work ethic, process-driven, teamwork, and trust. Tomorrow's blog post will emphasize growth through responsibility. 

Coach Mike VanderBunt