Mental Performance Daily with Brian Cain One Pitch at a Time
Feb 3, 2026
A celebration of staying present under pressure with a five-day mini-seminar inspired by college softball. Focus on resetting after mistakes and treating each try as fresh. Explains why dwelling on past or future hurts performance. Offers a simple trigger phrase to refocus before the next action.
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Calm After The Home Run
- In NCAA softball regionals a pitcher gives up a homer and then calmly returns to the rubber to throw the next pitch.
Presence Is Trained, Not Innate
- Elite pitchers step on the rubber and throw the next pitch like nothing happened because they train present-moment focus.
Mind Location Determines Performance
- Thinking about past mistakes or future outcomes pulls your mind away and degrades performance.