Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Some Thoughts for the Week

I hope all is well and that this blog finds your new year off to the start you want.

Three messages for the week.

1)    The first is my take on the best way to be in the classroom during high school and college. There are really three types of people in class. Those that feel that they are in prison. They would rather be anywhere else in the world. They truly feel chained to the chair. They are a prisoner of the room. The second type of person is the vacationer. Basically there to goof off, pass notes, just sort of hang out and let the time and world go by. The third is the explorer. That is the person, who even though they may not be engaged with the subject, figures there might be something to learn, some way to better themselves, some nugget to get from the class. I think we all know the best route to be taken.

2)    The second is another motivational video I found on which I think is just awesome. Check it out here.
3)    Lastly, is some social media that I have set up for Coach Wayne Mazzoni Recruiting . Check them out when you have some time and I'd love to hear your feedback.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Three Amazing Stories/Websites

Having had some nice downtime over the holiday’s, I spent some time looking for motivational information online. I found three amazing websites/stories.

1)      What I found was an amazing website called Ted (www.Ted.com) that has talks from all around the world from all sorts of people. Here is a quick link to one of the talks (all have to be 18 minutes are less, this one is only 5 plus). http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html

2)      This is a story from 60 minutes about Alex Honnold who climbs huge rocks walls without a rope. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7393496n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

3)      Last one, and stay with me on this, is a death meter. Meaning, you answer the questions and this site predicts when you will die and then counts down to it. To me, this is a terrific reminder of what you need to make of each day. http://www.findyourfate.com/deathmeter/deathmtr.html

Happy New Year and I hope these sites affect you the way they have me.

Coach Mazz
wayne@waynemazzoni.com

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

WFAN Shows on Recruiting

If you have some time, I was lucky enough to be on WFAN for the past two weeks and they have given me a link to share those shows as podcasts/mp3's.

http://podcastrss.play.it/rick-wolff-the-sports-edge_mp3_128.xml

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

College Basball Coaches Camp

For those of you interested, here is a short clip from our recent College Baseball Coaches Camp. Here coaches address players in regard to their school and athletic program.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Live Life Like My Dog

Having just ended a recent college season, I was taking some time off and playing with my dog, a two year old Black Lab, named Moxie. We were up at an area near my house called Lake Mohegan. Basically it is a series of trails around a river and like. Big spot for dogs in the summer. Moxie loves it as she can be off the leash, chase squirrels, scents, yet at the same time know her master is there with her. She always runs off and comes back. I get some exercise and she runs a marathon.

It struck me how she, like many other dogs, is hard wired to chase sticks and balls and bring them back to me. This particular day I found a really good stick and I was throwing it in the water, around the trail, and no matter what she had to do, she brought this stick back to me. She was built to do this. It was like Peyton Manning under center, like a Maserati on the highway, she was singularly focused and nothing, NOTHING, would get in her way. Current in the river? No big deal. Another dog going for her stick...are you kidding me..."that stick has my name on it, get your own", she says.

It struck me that this is a great way to go through life. To know exactly what you want and to go full bore, 100% dedicated to getting it. It's the way I want my college kids to be, my own kids to be, and myself to be. It doesn't matter what stick you chase, as long as you chase it like Moxie.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

SHU Baseball at Clemson NCAA Regional

Thanks to those of you who took the time to follow us during our NCAA Regional. A great experience for all of us. Being outmatched we needed to play perfect baseball and get a few breaks, neither of which happened. However, the picture below give you somewhat of an idea of the kind of experience it was.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Recruiting Author and Speaker Wins Championship

Sacred Heart Univeristy Baseball Wins 2011 NEC Championship

2011 NEC Champion Pioneers

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sacred Heart (34-21)	0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	9	11	1
Monmouth (36-19)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	4
@ Norwich, Conn. \| Dodd Stadium

Pitching
Win: Kody Kerski (2-4) - Sacred Heart
Loss: MCDONNELL, Andy (5-1) - Monmouth

Sacred Heart Batting
2B: Steve Tedesco
3B: John Murphy
HR: Dave Boisture

Monmouth Batting
2B: PERRET, Chris
3B: none
HR: none

full stats

(Norwich, CT) – The Sacred Heart University Pioneers are the 2011 Northeast Conference Baseball champions. The Pioneers beat the Monmouth Hawks 9-2 Sunday afternoon at Dodd Stadium for their second NEC title on program history. Kody Kerski (Waterbury, CT) pitched a complete game to earn the win, and Dave Boisture (Highland Mills, NY) went 3-5 with a key two-out homerun to ignite the offense. The Pioneers took an early lead in the second on an RBI groundout by Derick Horn (Valatie, NY), but Boisture made it a three-run inning with a two-run homerun to right. Kerski never looked back, shutting out the Hawks through eight innings before they scratched two across in the ninth. However, after an RBI fielder's choice and sacrifice fly, when Josh Boyd's fly ball to right landed in Boisture's glove for the final out, the celebration was on for the Pioneers and their fans.
The Pioneers opened up a 5-0 lead in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Rob Griffith (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY) and a two-out RBI triple to right-centerfield by John Murphy (Seymour, CT). Murphy was named the tournament MVP, going 5-13 with a homerun, four runs and five RBI in the three-game NEC Tournament sweep.
SHU tacked four more on in the sixth, highlighted by an RBI single by Boisture, who scored two runs with three RBI, and a two-out two-run double by Steve Tedesco (Mission Viejo, CA).
Kerski pitched his first career complete game and earned his second victory of the season, scattering six hits with a walk, three strikeouts, and one earned run.
Troy Scribner (Washington Depot, CT), Nick Leiningen (Millwood, NY), and Horn were all named to the all-tournament team with Murphy. Scribner and Leiningen both pitched complete game victories in SHU's first two wins of the tournament, and Horn went 5-11 with five RBI and two RBI.
Sacred Heart advances to the NCAA Tournament in two weeks with a record of 34-21 in a program-record setting for wins. They won their 11^th consecutive conference game, finishing the NEC season with a record of 24-9.
The NCAA Baseball Tournament Selection Show will be on Monday, May 30 at 12:30 p.m., when the Pioneers find out where and who they will play in the NCAA Division I Regionals beginning June 2.