New Post⚾ BOOST MODE | Coach AB’s Weekly Notes - Sunday November 9, 2025

📖 What I’m Reading - The MVP Machine by Ben Lindbergh & Travis Sawchick

As we put the finishing touches on our move from Hard, Austria → Wiener Neustadt 🇦🇹, this one line from The MVP Machine has been bouncing around in my head:

That’s our 2026 mission.

We’re not just changing addresses — we’re changing how we attack.
From boxes to baselines.
From busy work to built work.
From slogans to systems.

The edge this year isn’t about finding more talent — it’s about building it, one designed rep at a time.

Before we add the smart stuff, we clean up the leaks. That’s how you move → improve.

The “Don’t Be Stupid” Checklist 👇
⚾ One goal. Keep the target tight.
📊 One metric. If you can’t measure it, it didn’t happen.
🎯 One constraint. Design pressure — don’t wait for it.
🎥 One proof. Video, ball flight, or hard data — back it up.
📍 One post. Put the number where everyone can see it.

Simple. Repeatable. Real.

Plug the leaks, stack the gains, and let the smart work multiply.

And when you look around, the best in the world are already doing it — reps that are designed, not random.

🎥 What I’m Watching -Leadership Means Accepting Responsibility
It’s the third August Wilson story Denzel Washington has produced, but this one feels different — personal.
His sons, daughters, and even their mother are part of it.
It’s a film about family legacy, and how every generation wrestles with what to hold on to, and what to let go.

That hit home for me right now.

Hard has been good to us — good baseball, good people, good memories.
But as we pack up and move to Wiener Neustadt 🇦🇹, it’s not about leaving something behind — it’s about carrying the lessons forward and starting new traditions.

That’s what I saw in The Piano Lesson.
Each character wrestles with the same tension most of us feel:
👉 How do you honor where you came from,
👉 while still making space for what’s next?

As a family, we’ve felt that.
My wife and kids are excited — new city, new friends, new rhythm.
We’re building on what we started, not closing a chapter.

So while The Piano Lesson is about a piano, legacy, and pain, it’s also about something universal — renewal.
And that’s where we’re at right now.

💭 What I’m Learning -

As I start to build out my mental performance consultancy, I’ve been thinking about this one:
Should I go all in on getting my CMPC certification… or just keep doing the work?

Here’s where I’ve landed 👇

⚾ 1️⃣ Certification doesn’t make the coach — the craft does.

The CMPC is a credential, not a calling.
It’s validation from the outside, not mastery from the inside.

Because truth is — I’ve been living this for years.

✅ Built national programs across multiple countries 🌍
✅ Helped Olympians prep their minds for the biggest stage 🥎
✅ Designed systems that teach awareness, resilience, and composure under pressure 🧠
✅ Created frameworks like Attack Mode, Triangle Theory, and Talent Cards — built around real-world CMPC-level interventions

That’s not theory.
That’s work in the dirt.
That’s consulting — live, ethical, intentional, effective.

The certification might stamp it.
But the substance?
I already own it.

You don’t need letters to lead — you need reps, reflection, and results.
And that’s what I’m about.

✍️ What I’m Writing -

Right now, I’m putting the finishing touches on my keynote presentation for the upcoming ABF Convention 🇦🇹 — all about building the right mindset.

And let me be honest… I’m doing everything I can to make sure it’s not death by PowerPoint. 💀💻

I want this session to feel alive — not like a lecture.
So I’m adding interactive moments, live mindset drills, and reflection work that’ll get coaches and players out of their seats and thinking like competitors again.

The goal is simple:
Not to talk about mindset…
…but to help people experience it.

Fresh. Real. Engaging. 🇦🇹

And it all ties into what I’ve been writing in my upcoming book, Head First — a practical field guide for building confidence, awareness, and resilience where it matters most.

The stage, the dugout, the classroom — it’s all connected.
This keynote is just another way to bring that message to life.

💡 Coach A/B’s Takeaway

Movement creates improvement.
Mindset creates mastery.
And connection — that’s the glue that holds it all together.

We’re not starting over.
We’re leveling up. 🇦🇹