Geoff Whent
@Wheaty44
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Coaching/Developing youth through LTAD, physical literacy, TGFU + Play! Phys Ed teacher @SinclairSec! Baseball Coach -Toronto Mets/ Ontario Youth Team/ Sinclair
Joined October 2013
I'd rather be the oldest person in the weight room than the youngest person in the nursing home.
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Why you need to stop giving a f*ck: The thing with baseball is that the people you play with now, you're probably not gonna be playing with a year, two years into the future. And so I started to think, why do I care so much about what these people think? Especially when I had
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Jonah Tong strikes Bo Bichette out on three pitches in live BP.
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𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 RHP/3B Chris DesLauriers 2029, @durhamstallions 6-foot, 200-pounds Clean bullpen yesterday from DesLauriers with size and strength on the mound, running his FB up to 8️⃣6️⃣mph. An exciting arm in Canada’s 2029 class,
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Playing college athletics on any level is life-changing. It’s YOUR path, YOUR journey. Don’t ever compare yourself to anyone else or anyone else’s choices. Very few athletes get the chance to play at all. Be proud of the rare opportunity you’ve been given & make the most of it!
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I once asked a high performer why they stayed at the same company for 10 years. I expected answers like salary or stock options. Instead, they said: “A few years ago, I had a family emergency. My manager didn’t ask for a doctor’s note. Didn’t check my Slack status. They just
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PRESENTING: The D2 Baseball Preseason Top 25! FULL RANKINGS: https://t.co/Ie5JlxgA1m 1. @UTampaBaseball 2. @Mules_Baseball 3. @ESU_Baseball 4. @uttylerbaseball 5. @NNUSports
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My son left for College yesterday. I’m on my way out there now. I am not ok. This is the hardest thing that I have ever done. There’s a million emotions running through my mind just hoping I did enough as a dad to prepare him. I think that’s just human. I already miss the
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10 @TedLasso leadership lessons: 1 believe in yourself 2 winning is an attitude 3 all people are different people 4 see good in others 5 forgive first 6 stay teachable 7 be curious 8 optimists do more 9 be honest 10 doing right thing is never wrong thing
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On behalf of the Durham District School Board, my thanks & appreciation for all the caretakers, custodians, lunch staff, ECEs, teachers, students, & parents. I’m sorry you had a nightmarish commute to the only schools open in the entire GTHA this morning, & hope it’s not too
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I think about decisions in three ways: hats, haircuts, and tattoos. Most decisions are like hats. Try one and if you don’t like it, put it back and try another. The cost of a mistake is low, so move quickly and try a bunch of hats. Some decisions are like haircuts. You can fix
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Lifting weights is about much more than just appearance. During hard exercise, muscle cells open up special doors called GLUT4 transporters that let sugar from your blood inside the muscle cells to be used for energy. This means your muscles help control your blood sugar even
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A massive new study on peak performance included 34,000 international top performers: Nobel laureates, renowned classical music composers, Olympic champs, and the world’s best chess players. It shows early specialization is a trap, and the road to greatness is long and varied.
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Whenever I ask a player what they’re looking for in a college, I’ll sometimes hear: “Facilities.” Facilities are like buying a new car. The first few months feel great. Everything’s shiny. You feel “cool.” Then six months go by… And it’s just your car. The feeling wears
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There is no greater illusion than thinking the accomplishment of some goal will change your life. What will change your life is who you become in the process of going for it.
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