JULY 2019

I will never forget the day my son, a high school senior facing baseball try outs, told me he had “the yips”. My son, a gifted baseball pitcher who can paint the corners of the strike zone, explained he could not throw a ball he fielded from the mound to a baseman anywhere near accurately.  His anxiety made him unable to execute what he could always do so well in the past.  The balls were going in the dirt or over the heads of the basemen.  It was so bad that he was considering giving up the sport he’d always loved, the sport he had already been chosen to play in college. My son played on an elite high school team and whether or not he would get pitching time depended on how he did during the pitchers’ fielding practices.  The worse he did at practice, the less he played, the worse it got.  Thank God we found Jack Nicholais to “sports brainwash” him and take away the scars he had from his coach’s words and actions.  Jack  quickly helped my son find his confidence and his abilities again and therefore to get the playing time.  He is able to love playing baseball again and to play it like he always had before.  We are so grateful.

Dr. LB Parent from one of the top 5 Catholic HS in the country