by Dave Cole
In a very special All Star baseball game, my son, Karl This game featured a team of the best players from south - Our team had so many pitchers that each boy was allowed Of course our boys lost the game to an almost professional There was a reason why Karl was chosen. He had proven Pitching in the regular season he gave up a grand total of 2 hits the entire season and allowed zero earned runs to cross the But, this article is not about his accomplishments, it is about Friends, as a baseball coach I want you to know this: As an online marketer, I want you to know this: Online Back when Karl was 9, he had a great desire to become
was selected to play against an All Star team from Japan.
western Pennsylvania to play against a team of the best players
from Japan. The game kicked off the 2001 Pony League
World Series.
to throw 1 inning. Karl pitched the 6th inning for us and was
the only pitcher the team from Japan didn't score on.
team, but it was a wonderful experience for all. Quite an
honor just to be chosen and it was a day they will remember
for the rest of their lives.
himself to be a very good ball player in our previous All
Star tournament play. At the plate he had a batting average
of .400 and he was our team's leading pitcher giving up
only 2 earned runs with an Earned Run Average of 1.08.
plate. For the last 3 years almost 75% of the batters he
has gotten out have come from strikeouts.
the struggles and hard work he went through to get there.
Baseball players are made - not born.
marketers are made - not born.
a pitcher. We set up a special area in our barn where we
could practice. Every night we would be out there
working for endless hours on his throwing mechanics. He
threw me thousands upon thousands of pitches and we
learned from every pitch.
During the day we would go to the local batting cage where Many times after Little League games we would go home we got his pitching mechanics perfect. He can now throw It sure didn't start out that way. We worked through failure We constantly worked on the mental aspect of the game. Becoming a successful online marketer is really no different If you want to be an All Star marketer, you simply need The local paper ran an article on the game with Japan, http://www.observer-reporter.com/284682920866256.bsp About the Author
Dave Cole
I would throw him pitches until my arm was about to fall off.
Then back home to the barn where we would hit the ball
off a batting tee.
and practice till midnight. We got his batting mechanics perfect,
strikes blindfolded.
after failure and a lot of discouragement. But as you can see,
our persistence has paid off big time for him.
He knows how to set up hitters, pitch to their weaknesses
and most importantly forget the bad events that happen
during a game and go on with what he wants to get done.
than what I've just outlined.
to have the desire, practice your art, get your marketing
mechanics down pat, learn from your failures, and never
give in to those discouraging events that we all face.
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