Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined once again by the amazing Alan Jaeger..

This episode was created with you in mind.

As many of you know, Alan is the founder of Jaeger Sports. One of the most well known baseball arm health, arm conditioning, and mental training organizations there is. If you play baseball and you have not heard of J Bands, well you probably need to surround yourself with people who know baseball a little bit better. Alan is taking his time today to share a spark of inspiration that came from a recent positive reception of a social media post regarding mindfulness training. So with this conversation Alan is going to take us through an introduction to mindfulness training for those that want to bring it to their program. In this conversation we will share a guide to beginning this training, some explanation behind the guide, and then we will let Alan take us through a guided mindfulness session to feel it in action

Guided Meditation starts at: 34:52

Mindfulness Guide:

Intro: 

A) Getting Into the right Frame Of Mind (Getting Present)

B) Letting Go (Letting anything physical support you/Laying on a Raft/Floating like a leaf)

(Variation: Body Scan)

C) Observing The Breath (Curious, Inquiry, Investigate, Appreciate)

(Variation: Counting The Breath ie 1-20)

D) Relaxation (Aimless, Freedom, Floating)

* Option: Integrate Imagery/Visualization 

Outro:

E) Culmination/Transition/Affirmation (Using The Breath/Affirmations to transition into the rest of the day)

2 Tools for the Practice

1) Neutrality

2) Redirecting Attention to something that’s not a thought 

Mental Talk, Guided Breathing Exercise, Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h4er5U38SU

Mental Practice Plans: https://www.jaegersports.com/mental-practice-plans/

Mental Training/Mental Practice - w/ Jeremy Sheetinger & Alan Jaeger

https://www.jaegersports.com/mental-training-mental-practice/

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Coach Kurt Hines.

A powerful conversation regarding living your WHY.

Coach Kurt Hines is a difference maker. He is the Head Coach of Coronado High School football, and For the past 20+ years he has been an impactful coach in High School football, but he has also an extensive reach through the power of social media. His videos, stories, perspectives, passions and insights touch the heart of those that take in his messages. He is a husband, father, and fearless believer. He has been featured on some great podcasts, and we are lucky to have the opportunity today to dive deeper into conversation that can make a positive impact on those that listen.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Matt Pagni.

This is a great chat about the little things!

Matt brings an honest perspective and passion for doing things the right way on and off the field. He pitched collegiately at Feather River College under Reed Peters. Received his bachelor’s degree in political science and master’s degree in secondary education from the University of Nevada as well as a special education endorsement from Grand Canyon University. Matt is currently a special education teacher at Reed HS in Sparks, NV where he teaches kids with high functioning autism. On the baseball field, Matt has served as a HS Varsity pitching coach for 7 years, 5 at Galena HS and 2 years at Reed HS. He has served as the head coach of numerous travel baseball teams, including a stint as a 13u head softball coach in Alaska! Currently he is on a sabbatical from coaching to make up for some lost time with his wife Lindsay, his son tony, and his daughter Cece. But don’t let the sabbatical fool you, he still brings major value to the game with his contributions through social media where he brings awareness to many aspects of the game that seem to be getting lost as homeruns take center stage, this is why I wanted to talk with him about why the little things mean so much, and how they add up to big things!

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Charles Schultz. 

We have a great conversation about pursuing greatness.

Charles is someone that you need to keep your eye on. He is a leader. Most importantly a leader by example, and his own commitment to greatness. With his constant drive to improve himself through the process, which was discovered at a young age, he used that commitment to achieve the opportunity to play college baseball at division 1 Youngstown State University, where he was a 1^st team Freshman All American, as well as a member of the very first team in school history to reach the NCAA tournament. He also continues to be atop the ranks of several offensive categories for the history of the school. After his playing career Charles has not slowed down his pursuit of greatness. He helps others pursue and achieve their goals of playing collegiately, has become the co-founder of Super Fit Ohio, he is an author, and the host of an amazing podcast called Edge of Greatness.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Jared Perkins.

Jared does a great job of bringing the human element to the game. As a baseball and mental health contributor for Major League University, he helps highlight the need for attention to the mind as we compete in sports and life. He also is an analyst and writer for Prospects Live and also for Royals Farm Report. His experience has also seen him work in both the MLB and NCAA. As simply put in his twitter, he helps share human side stories of athletes. 

We have a great conversation about the importance of the mental game and taking care of the whole person.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by David Klein.

David is an exciting coach who is taking his experiences and helping make the game better for the youth. He has done that by creating SpeedBall, which allows the kids playing to fully be engaged and present in the game and has made it more fun for them to enjoy the experiences of learning about and developing in baseball. He is also the founder of a collegiate summer league team, the Menlo Park Legends, he is a former D1 player and coach. I also really love his personal statement of changing lives through innovative baseball experiences. 

Enjoy our chat!

For more content on how to create innovative baseball experiences follow David on twitter at @CoachDavidKlein

To learn more about SpeedBall you can checkout it out here: https://legendsbaseballcamps.com/speedball/

To learn more about starting your own SpeedBall franchise: https://legendsbaseballcamps.com/franchising/

To contact David email David@LegendsBaseballCamps.com

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Zach Casto.

Zach is currently the Director of Player Development For NCAA DII University of Charleston West Virginia. This is a program that I have really enjoyed following and all the people I have been fortunate meet involved in it are all top-notch people. Zach is also an author, and an alum of West Virginity University. 

We talk about development in a lot of different areas, and how we can use those towards helping ourselves on and off the field.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined once again by Austin Byler.

Austin is the CEO and Founder of Major League University! You have to check them out, they provide some great mental game training, and are making a huge positive impact on the youth side of sports. He is also a former MLB Draft pick, he's a podcast host, one of the owners of the Gem City Bison and he has the awesome project sandlot.

We discuss self-talk and a lot of the different ways you can enact it through other mental training exercises. Austin has a great perspective, and you will take something away from this conversation to help you!

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Ian MacDonald.

Ian is the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for Indiana Wesleyan University. He is the former assistant pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for University of Charleston West Virginia, as well as the former pitching coach of Grove City College. Ian has also earned his MBA from the University of Charleston. It really needs to be said that Ian is a student. The man studies what he believes in, and I know there is a great future ahead for him and the things he continues to pour his attention towards.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by multiple coaches and players this week who share what has worked for them!

One of the guests, Zach Casto of DII UCWV baseball, shares with us some great things that have worked for him and their program. Well worth the listen to hear about how the people inside of that program are bringing the vision to life through their continued positive actions.

Another guest, Scott Pickens, Head Coach of Mid Michigan College shares some incredible insights into the philosophy of their program and how they help their players understand the physiological absolutes of the body. A ton of knowledge here!

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Jeff Moyer

Jeff is the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Reinhardt University. He has previous coaching experience at Georgia Gwinnett College, and was a Graduate Assistant at Southeastern University. He is also an alum of University of Florida, where his team appeared in the College World Series in back to back years.

He has a lot of experience at high level programs, and he shares with us what he has learned from them, and he how he is using that experience in his life now.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Dr. Jesse Michel, CEO of Mindset For Excellence.

Jesse is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant via the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and listed on the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry. Jesse was the Mental Skills Coordinator for the 2017 MLB World Series and 2019 & 2021 AL Champion Houston Astros.

Prior to working in professional baseball, Jesse spent four years working for the United States Army as the Lead Master Resilience Trainer – Performance Expert at the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) Training Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. In his role with CSF2, Jesse provided hands-on training and self-development tools so that members of the Army family were better able to cope with adversity, perform better in stressful situations, and thrive on and off the battlefield. 

Jesse has a Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology and Masters degree in Counseling from West Virginia University, a Masters degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences from Ithaca College, and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.

Enjoy our conversation on having a Mindset For Excellence.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Max Schrantz.

Max is the Deputy Director of Prep Baseball Report New York and Pennsylvania. He has played at the JUCO level and is an alum of Division 2 Mercyhurt university. In addition to that he has coaching experience in the Northwoods League as well as coaching experience at Division 1 from Canisius College.

His experience at almost all levels of college baseball gives him great perspective on the ability to help guide prospective student athletes to a place where they can make the biggest impact in all areas of their life. 

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Joe Ferraro, host of One Percent Better podcast.

Joe Ferraro is currently in his 23rd year as an educator, teaching English 12, Public Speaking, and Creative Writing.  In addition to his work in the classroom, he is the founder of DamnGoodConversations.com, a company whose mission is to teach you repeatable ways to have the best conversations in your life and work. His flagship service is the weekly personal growth podcast One Percent Better. Every Sunday, Joe releases conversations with fascinating people like Seth Godin, Daniel Pink, James Clear and Debbie Millman designed to help people leverage small changes in mindset, language, and behavior in order to get life-changing results. 

Joe is also a former College and HS baseball Head Coach. He brings a ton of knowledge to the table as a coach, leader, and educator.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Robbie Britt, University of Charleston West Virginia Baseball Head Coach.

University of Charleston West Virginia is an amazing Division 2 University that is quickly becoming a desired destination for young men to grow as people on and off the field, while using baseball as the vehicle to get there.

Coach Britt is an Alumni of Maryville College, where after playing he coached and was Director of Baseball Operations. He has also risen through the ranks at Division 1 Middle Tennessee State, starting as the Director of Player Operations, moving to Assistant Coach, then even serving as the teams Interim Head Coach.

He now brings all of this experience and vision to the University Charleston West Virginia to bring to life a purpose that is bigger than baseball. Under his leadership, the Golden Eagles were the 2021 MEC season champs, the 2021 NCAA D2 Atlantic Regional Host, have had 5 straight semesters of over a 3.0 GPA, and serve over 1,000 hours in the community every year!

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Steve Springer of Quality At Bats Academy.

He is the founder of Quality At Bats Academy, a top-notch mental game program. He is a keynote speaker, the author of Spring Time, which is about his amazing journey from high school benchwarmer to the big leagues to now being a mentor of major league All Stars, a former MLB draft pick of the NY Mets, a former 14-year professional baseball player with over 1,600 hits, the former mental performance coach of the Toronto blue jays, and a current scout for the Oakland A’s.

Grab your pen and paper and be ready to take notes because if your mind is open, right now is a time you will get better in your mental approach to the game and life.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Brock Hudgens & Justin Seager.

Brock Hudgens & Justin Seager are the founders of Play'N Sports, an organization created to help athletes and parents with access to camps & training,

They are former UNC-Charlotte teammates, and both were MLB Draft Picks, now they are called to bring better access to the youth of the game.

Enjoy our chat about their organization, how it came to life, and the needs that it will fill.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by CJ Beatty.

CJ Beatty is highly sought motivational speaker who is using his experiences to positively impact those he comes into contact with.

He is a former professional baseball player, drafted by the STL Cardinals, a former pro scout and hitting coach. He is also the creator of The Baseball Motivator and The Softball Motivator brands, as well as a musician and an author.

More than all of that, the person he is becoming is the cherry on top.

Enjoy our conversation on becoming mental toughness and becoming all you can be.

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Dr. Jim Afremow

Dr. Afremow is a top level sports psychologist and mental skills coach who has experience assisting premiere athletes in virtually all professional sports.

He has worked MLB, NBA, WNBA, NFL, NHL, PGA, LPGA, UFC & Olympic athletes. He has even been the staff mental coach for two international Olympic teams, and Peak Performance Coordinator for the San Francisco Giants.

Hear some beyond valuable information on what makes the best tick, and how you can apply that to your sport, as well as your life.

Lucky to share this time with such an experienced individual in their field!

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Pursuit 4 Purpose, hosted by Kirk Cabana, is joined by Alan Jaeger, founder of Jaeger Sports.

Alan lends his time for a live Q&A on the mental side of the game.

Hear some great info on how to introduce the mental game to your routine, and how to find some excellent resources to make mental training part of your gameplan.

It starts with step one.

Enjoy our chat, and contributions from members of the discussion via the live platform on Twitter Spaces.

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