Next up on the ABCA Podcast is our NAIA Preview with NAIA Ball’s Taylor Thomas, and St. Francis head coach and ABCA NAIA Committee Chair, Brian Michalak.

We recap LSU-Shreveport’s historic season and discuss all things NAIA Baseball. Good luck to all of our teams that started last weekend.

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Joining us this week on the ABCA Podcast is Danielle Martin, elite mental performance coach, speaker, and founder of True Mindsets. Martin works with some of the highest-performing athletes in the world, including competitors from MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, MLR, the Olympics, NCAA programs, and elite high school athletics, helping them sharpen their mental edge when the pressure is highest.

Martin’s philosophy is simple—and demanding: Weaponize. Drill. Train. Compete. Her system is built around developing elite mental habits, responding to adversity with clarity, and performing consistently at the highest level when it matters most. This isn’t motivational hype—it’s rigorous, tactical mental skills training rooted in real-world competition.

Through True Mindsets, Martin delivers mindset training that transforms how athletes approach pressure, failure, confidence, and execution. Her work bridges the gap between talent and results, helping athletes and teams break through psychological barriers and embed winning behaviors that last far beyond game day.

Her impact also extends outside of sports, with businesses, leadership teams, and high-performance organizations adopting her methods to improve focus, resilience, and decision-making in high-stakes environments.

This episode is a must-listen for coaches, athletes, and leaders looking to better understand the mental side of performance—and how to train it with the same intent as physical skills.

If you run a baseball facility, Swift is the only piece of software you need to manage & grow your business. From scheduling and payments to memberships and retail - Swift takes care of it all. Your coaches can use the app to manage their schedule on the go. And your customers have a sleek & fast way to book online. Lessons, rentals, camps, packages, and more - all in one spot. That’s why hundreds of the best baseball facilities across the country rely on Swift. And now, with their upcoming “AI Front Desk”, you can literally put your business on autopilot. Get started in minutes at runswiftapp.com/abca. Spend less time behind the screen, and more time on the field.

The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more.

We’re closing the book on the 82nd Annual ABCA Convention with a special post-convention wrap-up episode featuring several key ABCA member leaders who helped make the week such a success.

In this episode, we check in with several ABCA Officers:

• Chris Pollard – NCAA Division I Committee Chair
• Jim Cahill – ABCA Second Vice President and 2026 Main Stage Clinics coordinator
• Jordan Baltimore – Newly-elected ABCA Youth Committee Chair
• Jeff Willis – Junior College Committee Chair

Together, they reflect on the energy, education, and impact of Convention Week, share takeaways from their respective areas, and discuss what made this year’s event so special.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended in person or participated online. The feedback from coaches, committee members, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors has been overwhelmingly positive and we can’t wait to do it again. See you January 7–10, 2027 in Chicago!

If you run a baseball facility, Swift is the only piece of software you need to manage & grow your business. From scheduling and payments to memberships and retail - Swift takes care of it all. Your coaches can use the app to manage their schedule on the go. And your customers have a sleek & fast way to book online. Lessons, rentals, camps, packages, and more - all in one spot. That’s why hundreds of the best baseball facilities across the country rely on Swift. And now, with their upcoming “AI Front Desk”, you can literally put your business on autopilot. Get started in minutes at runswiftapp.com/abca. Spend less time behind the screen, and more time on the field.

The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more.

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