CoachB25Honorary "Old TImer" Nice write-up in the link by the OP. I think that there are some things to remember about these and all draft picks. The game is totally different for them in that they have already played a bunch of games this year. It is hard for these young men to...
You know those freshman 15# the average person gains? I lost 15#’s because I couldn’t tolerate the fat, salt, or sugar, content, hidden in dorm food. Still can’t. For all that I’m overweight (now). Once I was out of the dorm, it was what I could raid from home, or egg...
Pathological personality traits in the following domain: 1. Antagonism, characterized by: a. Grandiosity: Feelings of entitlement, either overt or covert; B. self-centeredness; firmly holding to the belief that one is better than others; condescending toward others. b. Attention seeking: Excessive ...
Oh, the primary purpose of any query or submission synopsis, regardless of length, is to generate a great longing in our old pal, Millicent the agency screener, to see all or part of the actual manuscript, of course, but in a 1-page synopsis, all a novelist really has space to pull ...
A lot of basketball players dream of being able to dunk, but are under the false impression that dunking is a skill limited to only the tallest of people. With the average height of NBA players being 6 ft 7 in/2.01m (based on player statistics from 1985 to 2006), it’s easy to und...
Class rank shows how well you did academically compared to the rest of your graduating class. Questions to Ask Yourself: Is your GPA close to the average entrance GPAs of the colleges you're interested in? If you know what you will major in, do you have strong grades in the classes tha...
Below is a quote from one of our athletes who is a 16 year-old high school quarterback who loved football and had the potential to start as a freshman — until the coach destroyed his mental game… “Going into high school I was a standout athlete with high confidence but after my...
These days, it seems the average person is barely able to find time during the day to take a dump. If we’re not busily putting in our 60 hours at the office, we’re running kids around, taking animals in for their shots, fulfilling obligations with family and friends, or trying to ...
didn't realize Mike Trout was, in fact, Mike Trout when he was a 17-year-old high school senior. To find an answer, I went to the best sources possible: The scouts who saw him that spring, especially those with the Angels who were responsible for drafting and signing him. This is ...
For those who believe race is a fine criteria to use for college admissions, are you telling me that because my skin is darker than the average person due to my Polynesian background, I get to score lower on my SATs than my lighter skinned brothers and sisters for the same chance of ...