Batting to Your Strengths

Batting to Your Strengths

 

One of my favorite baseball players has been Tony Gwynn. I had the privilege to live in San Diego and watch the career of Tony Gwyn with the San Diego Padres through the 80s, 90s and shortly into the 2000s. Tony recently passed away at a relatively young age due to cancer. I will have fond memories of his skill with a bat and the ability to place a line drive between the short baseman and third, a place he called the 5.5 hole, at some of the most opportune times. Tony’s strength was getting on base and hitting for the batting averages. His life time record was an amazing 338, placing him number 16 on the career highest batting average list. In 1994, he hit an amazing 394, the closest run to hitting 400, since the great Ted Williams in 1941. Tony wasn’t known as the long ball hitter yet he hit over 100 home runs in his career. He could sure put the ball into play and do so with consistency. He was and will be known as Mr. Padre. He was an icon in San Diego and will be fondly remembered and greatly missed to all who love baseball.

Action Time!

Many times, when talking or observing people, if you pay close attention and observe their actions, you can pick up an area where someone is exhibiting strength. There may be a quickening in speech, an improvement in posture or some basic rise in energy or enthusiasm.  When you catch this, offer the friend or acquaintance a label of honor, embracing that as their strength and encouraging them to make use of it. In interacting with some of your friends, ask about what accomplishments they are most proud of and see if you can’t pin a strengths label on it. Practice that skill and see how many strength labels you can create for your friends and acquaintances. You never know, some day you may become known as Mr. or Ms. Strength.

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To Jump Starting Your College Life!

Coach Rossitto

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