Eli's Goals — Spring Into Fall
A working sheet, not a wish list. Each goal has a way to tell if it's actually happening — a goal you can't measure is just a hope.
Make the routine play routine — win the boring plays, not just the highlights.
Why it matters: the flair is already there; games are decided by the easy plays he'd been giving away.
- How we'll know: a tournament where he makes every routine grounder look boring and doesn't boot one.
- This week: field-and-set reps; never throw until the feet are set.
A two-strike approach that goes the other way.
- How we'll know: he battles an 0-2 count into a tough out or a hit instead of a big-hack strikeout.
- This week: two-strike front toss oppo; take-the-high-one reps.
Lay off the fastball up.
- How we'll know: he takes the high heater in a game instead of chasing it.
- This week: half the tosses out of the zone — win by laying off.
One bad at-bat stays one bad at-bat.
- How we'll know: a strikeout that's followed by a clean, calm routine play, not a rushed error.
- This week: the "next pitch" reset after every failure rep.
The one that isn't a skill
Stay fearless without pressing.
- How we'll know: he still wants the big moment, but the routine play doesn't get faster because the game got bigger.
- Nobody claps for this one. It's the habit underneath every other goal on the page.
Pick one target every time he trains or plays, put a number on it, and chase it. The goals don't move — the evidence stacks up.
