coachcolorado

Adversity, how do you overcome this? DEFINITION: Adversity - To experience serious hardships, misfortune, or difficult, unfavorable circumstances. As I sat down to write this week’s blog, one word kept coming to mind: adversity. At first, I questioned whether that word really belonged in a conversation about 10U baseball. After all, these are kids playing a game they love. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized adversity doesn’t always have to mean tragedy or hardship....

What can you control? Double-header Saturday is at it again. This Saturday, April 25th, the skies were blue and a cool breeze to keep the day beautiful and perfect for baseball. When we talk about controlling what we can control, it’s hard sometimes to actually focus on what that truly means. When it comes to everyday life, controlling the controllables is harder than we think. This weekend our players controlled every bit of both games they could. With both games coming down to the last...

By Ty Denham Apr 11, 2026 Why pressure is a privilege. On Saturday, April 11th, we were entering game two of our spring season. With a game opening win on Tuesday, I had an important question for the team. After stretches, dynamic warm ups, and throwing warm ups, I gathered the team together to have a pregame talk before it was our turn to hit the diamond. As we gathered, the first question I asked was “who’s feeling the pressure today?” Shortly then, everyone raised their hand. Then I...