5 Tips to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

Routines. We all need them. We all know the critical role they can play in our development in athletics and life. Routines help us build good habits and are steps in life that we can take to help better ourselves. Often we can conflate our routines with our comfort zone. Our comfort zone is a […]

finding Balance in athletics and life

Balance. It is something we all aim for and strive for in life, but it can feel far from achievable. Between our relationships, professional jobs, athletics, and other priorities we have to meet, it can feel like we are in this whirlwind trying to meet all the demands. We often teach athletes that their priority […]

Want to be Mentally Tough? Develop This Habit.

By Gabriel Zelico When meeting with teams and clients early on, I often tell the story of two players with a great chance of winning – or losing – the game for their team. A shootout, penalty kicks, late-game free throws, you name it. Katie and John are two players with excellent talent that have […]

Celebrating the small wins

Setting big goals is easy. The journey to achieving them can be long, full of challenges, and at times feel like they are unobtainable. Achieving our big goals aren’t going to happen overnight. Heck, they aren’t going to happen in a week or even a month. Our long term goals are set to give us […]

Overcoming adversity and challenges you may face

Two weekends ago, I found myself wanting to give up. It was hot. It was humid. And I was on my longest run for my marathon training to date. Every ounce of me wanted to quit marathon training after that 12-mile run. Every ounce of me wanted to quit during that run. I kept telling […]

OMAHA BOUND! 2022 College World Series Preview

It has been a long fought road, but the final eight have finally been decided. It ended with UCONN vs. Stanford and Auburn vs. Oregon State on Monday with Stanford and ____ pulling off W’s to punch their tickets to the College World Series. It was a wild weekend of super regionals with Notre Dame […]

NCAA Super Regional preview

The NCAA Super Regionals start today! 16 teams will look to punch their tickets to the College World Series in Omaha. Your Super Regional teams are as follows:  Tennessee Stanford Oregon State Virginia Tech Texas A&M East Carolina Texas North Carolina Southern Miss Louisville Auburn Oklahoma Arkansas Notre Dame UCONN Ole Miss Should be a […]

Mental Health Awareness Month

The mental health battles that can come with athletics rang true for many of us here at Major League University. But we quickly realized that those mental struggles on the field could also play a factor in individuals off the field. Millions of Americans across the United States struggle with mental health battles each year. […]

Powering Through Negativity

Frequently we are surrounded by negativity. Whether it comes from things we can or cannot control, the people around us, our thoughts, or life events that happen every day. Sometimes there is so much of it that it feels impossible to power through. In athletics, negativity can come from outside sources around us, whether coaches, […]

How to embrace change in Life

Change can always be difficult. Many of us tend to shy away from change as we get so used to what is happening in our lives and are afraid to divert from what we know. Change can vary in size. It can be as simple as changing the types of books you read or the […]

What Baseball Means to Major League University

For all of us at Major League University, baseball provides us an opportunity to impact the next generation of athletes not just on the field, but off. The chance to provide them the mental skills needed to navigate life’s challenges.