Fallon Center for Youth Sports: Fallon Mission

This was brought to me by my beautiful wife Natasha .. its from the Bible and helps me everyday!

EPHESIANS 3:20

"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not
protect you."

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence,empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

18u-      Angels Amateur Red Team (Connie Mack, 18u)

18u-      Angels Amateur Blue Team (Connie Mack, 18U

17u-      Angels Amateur White Team (Connie Mack/Don Mattingly, 18U)

16u-      AZ Angels Red Team (Connie Mack/Don Mattingly, 18U)

15u-      Halos Baseball Team (Connie Mack/Don Mattingly, 18u)

14u-      Angels Rookies Red Team (Mickey Mantle, 16u)

13u-      Angels Rookies White Team (Sandy Koufax, 14u)

COLLEGE PLANNING CENTER:
 
The Fallon Center for Youth Sports, LLC is home to the "College Planning Center" where we assist students in developing a realistic plan for their college education and beyond. Using athletics as a vehicle, we strive to assist in the development of each student-athlete while providing maximum exposure and guidance as they become a prospect for college programs.

The Center provides assistance utilizing professionals in different areas of expertise to maximize the level of improvement for each student while monitoring realistic projections against students goals. Academic progress and individual development is monitored and stressed as it is the foundation of each college plan we create. We are not in the business of promising scholarships, financial aid or even assistance in negotiating financial aid. Our goal is to help student-athletes develop a realistic and effective college plan. We use that plan to as our roadmap to find the best college match for each student-athlete and college involved.

Losers see thunderstorms.  Winners look for rainbows.  Losers see the peril of icy streets.  Winners put on their ice skates.  Losers put down.  Winners lift up.  Losers let life happen to them.  Winners make life happen for themselves and others.  Winning and losing is all about attitude.

Attitudes begin as harmless thoughts.  Then, with practice, they become layered by habit into unbreakable cables to shackle or strengthen our lives.  We’re scarcely aware they exist.  Like comfortable beds, they are easy to fall into but difficult to get out of, once settled in.  First we make our attitudes then our attitudes make us.  Attitude is the servant of all the great individuals who have ever lived and, of course, the servant of all failures as well.

There is little difference between common people and those who are uncommonly successful.  The little difference is in their attitude.  The big difference is whether the attitude is positive or negative.

Your attitude is either the lock on or key to the door of fulfillment.  How important is your attitude?  In truth, “Attitude is Everything.”

We are not responsible for what happens out there, what others do or think.  We are responsible only for how we choose to think and behave.  That’s our attitude.  It is a precious, personal possession.

Most of our adult lives are spent working.  Taking into account commuting time, overtime, thinking about jobs, and worrying about deadlines or problems we spend more of our waking hours in an office or factory, behind a desk, in a meeting, or on the road than we do at home.  But too many find their jobs laborious and repetitive, an irritating but necessary interruption between weekends.  They would rather get home than get ahead.

A job is something you do for money.  A career is something you do based on an inner desire and motivation.   You want to do it, you love doing it and you are excited when you do it.  You do it because it is in harmony with your core values and goals.

People who are paid exactly what they are worth (or more) often find themselves replaced, declared obsolete, and re-engineered out of the organization.  Overpaid people are overdrawn in their knowledge bank account.  People who are underpaid for the amount and quality of the service they provide are always in demand and always ahead of the money in their knowledge and contribution.  So money and opportunity are always chasing them.

Keep the level of your yearning and learning ahead of your earning.  Be inspired to learn as much as you can, to know as much as you can, to gain skills when you can, to find a cause that benefits humankind – and you’ll be sought after for your quality of service and dedication to excellence.  This motivation will make you oblivious to quitting time and to the length of your workday.  You’ awake every morning feeling the passion of pursuit of a paycheck.  Those who do more than they’re paid for are always sought for their services.  Their name and work outlive them, and they always command the highest price.  Chase your passion, not your pension.

How many times have you been told to "act like a ball player" or "play the game right"? Its funny, because that's all we heard growing up. In those days, we had people around us who knew what that meant. Today, for some reason, those people are hard to find. For this reason, I wanted to offer something that should clarify what it means to "act like a ballplayer" and some rules you could use to follow to "Play the game right". I cannot tell you how important these "rules" are. In many cases, if not most, it is the difference between being awarded a scholarship or not. It may seem silly, but its the truth!

-Persistence is more important than talent

-There is a reason that the word STUDENT comes first in student/athletes

-Respect the game as much as you want to be respected

-Tuck in your shirt

-Don't wear your hat backwards

-Practice hard because you play the way you practice

-It doesn't take any talent to hustle

-Be a student in baseball. Learn the game

-Study the history of baseball

-Help your team win whether you play or not

-Keep a daily diary of what you do at practice and keep notes of your observations. This will help you see the progress you have made

-Never argue with an umpire

-Agree to let your coaches train you

-Don't cut class

-Maintain good grades and improve them one day at a time

-Set high standards along with knowing the steps to attain them

-Don't tell people what you are worth, prove it to them

-Your girlfriend is not more important than your career

-Your parents love you, but they don't know more than your coach about baseball (in most cases)

-Don't let anyone make an excuse for you

-Maintain eye contact with all adults when they talk to you. Practice on your friends

-It is your coach's opinion of you that counts. He makes out the lineup. Fail to understand this point and you will soon be out of the game

-Life is not fair. Regardless of what some people want you to think

-Be passionate about your teammates

-Love the game

-Players are not the only people in the game. There are coaches, trainers, announcers, umpires, broadcasters and writers. All those jobs are honorable professions. To stay in the game it might be something to consider when your playing days come to an end

-The only thing that coaches owe you is HONESTY

-Body language screams. It never whispers

-Balance makes champions. If you focus on hitting and ignore the defensive part of your game you will never be a complete player

-Be as diligent on defense as you are on offense

-Defense wins more games than offense

-Pitching sets the tone

-Games are lost not won. Mistakes lead to losses

-You can win a league with a few good pitchers. Well developed pitching staffs win the tournaments

-Work on your game every day of the year. The guy who beat you out for the starting job did and the team that always beats you

-Who you are today is a result of who you were in the past. Fill your past with smart work and good deeds and you will maximize your potential

-You don't have to be a great athlete to be a good baseball player

Show off your talent to your current coach and your future coach by doing the following: (ALL THE TIME)

When you jog to warm up finish first.

When you stretch do it best.

When you play catch, throw to a target and hit it every time.

When you play catch, catch the ball or block the bad throw and keep it in front of you every time.

When you are doing a drill, try to do it perfect, every time.

Go hard all the time.

Never walk on a baseball field.

As a batter/runner run to first as though it matters that you are safe.

Know the situation on defense and do the right thing.

Baseball reveals character it doesn't build it. Character means doing the right thing when nobody's watching

It seems that too much emphasis gets put into grades as opposed to effort and work ethic. Teaching a child how to “build a foundation” or teaching a child the basics of learning is more important (as I see it) than the basics of working a system. Over the past 20 years, I have met dozens of people who have had tremendous grades in high school, but did not have the proper fundamentals to succeed in college.

Our children have been told that without good grades, they’ll never get into a good college. Therefore, without a good college, they will not be able to get into a good graduate school. Thus, there will be no chance of having a “good” life because they’ll never get hired by a “good” company. Are grades important ... ABSOLUTELY! But what about learning?

I have seen this first hand while coaching at both the high school and college levels. As the semester winds down and grade books are closed, students tend to miss or go to class unprepared because they know the final grades for the semester have already been turned in. No more tests, no more quizzes, no more importance to the class? Will that be the only factor in determining where you go to college and more importantly what you do with your life? It’s a good question.

Right now, “the system” is what we have to work with and when you combine the college admissions process with the collegiate recruiting process, you see a world of uncertainty that people just do not know how to navigate. The uniqueness of this process is as unique as its participant’s. With every student-athlete, a different story unfolds. If we try to herd student-athletes through the process like cattle, we’ll continue to frustrate parents, discourage high school coaches and most importantly risk the chance of having a student-athlete find the perfect match in their quest for the right college. I propose we take a little extra time and effort and try to find the perfect college for each student.