What if the #1 skill in chess is also the missing piece in your game? Host Robby Soul reveals why calculation—systematically predicting what happens next—separates elite players from everyone else grinding in the minors.

In chess, calculation isn't guessing. It's visualizing sequences, imagining resulting positions, evaluating outcomes, and making decisions based on that mental work. Every strong chess player develops this skill through thousands of hours. Now you'll learn how to apply it on the diamond.

Discover the hidden truth: A two-strike foul ball keeps the count the same, but everything has changed. The pitcher is throwing extra pitches and getting fatigued, you've seen more of his arsenal, the pressure's building, and you're still alive, extending your at-bat...

Things are shifting even when the scoreboard isn't—this is advanced thinking most players never develop!

Learn how elite hitters calculate pitch sequences based on count, tendencies, and game situation. How elite pitchers think like hitters to deceive and set up sequences 2-3 pitches ahead. How baserunners calculate timing, not just speed, to steal successfully.

Your assignment: Before each pitch this week, calculate what's most likely to happen next. After games, journal the calculations you made and track accuracy over time.

Stop waiting for "baseball IQ" to develop naturally. It won't. Calculation is trained, not inherited.

Find Robby on Instagram @yourmajorleaguemind

Find out how to work with Robby one on one to build your mental game. Click this link: https://www.skool.com/major-league-mind/learn-more

Most players have an inconsistent mental approach, pitch-to-pitch. Today, host Robby Soul delivers a game-changing 4-step system that elite chess players use for every move—and he's adapted it for baseball so you can lock in bulletproof focus on every single pitch.

Introducing T-PEG: Trigger—Plan—Exhale—Go. This isn't theory—it's a proven routine that eliminates mental clutter and creates the consistency that separates Big Leaguers from everyone else grinding in Triple-A.

Discover how chess masters maintain flawless execution under pressure using systematic mental checklists, and why baseball's natural reset points between pitches are the perfect opportunity to run the same process.

Learn specific T-PEG applications for pitchers (command + composure), hitters (recognition + balance), and defensive players (anticipation + reaction).

The Devil Inside can't interrupt a locked-in routine—you're not leaving room for him. When your process is automatic, your execution becomes unstoppable.

Your assignment: Create your personal T-PEG this week. Write it on an index card and use it in every practice session. Take the 21-Day Challenge—by day 21, it becomes automatic and you'll feel weird not doing it.

This is the foundation of elite performance... T-PEG. Every pitch.

Find Robby on Instagram @yourmajorleaguemind

Find out how to work with Robby one on one to build your mental game. Click this link: https://www.skool.com/major-league-mind/learn-more

What if chess grandmasters and elite ballplayers are doing the exact same thing? You might think chess is slow while baseball happens fast—but that's dead wrong, and this episode proves why.

Host Robby Soul finally connects the dots between chess and baseball, revealing the shocking truth: both games are won in the stillness, not the action. A chess move takes a couple of seconds to make. A ball is put in play for a few seconds, and then the play is over.

The real game happens between those moments—and that's where champions are made.

Discover why pattern recognition separates Big Leaguers from Triple-A players. Chess grandmasters are so good because they store 100,000+ patterns in their minds. Elite ballplayers do the same with pitch sequences, count situations, and opponent tendencies.

Pattern recognition gives you the extra edge of correct anticipation—the difference between a line drive and a weak grounder; the difference between a diving stop and a ball getting through.

Learn why the mental game during the "waiting" periods matters more than the action itself, and why MLB organizations aren't looking for harder workers—they're looking for smarter thinkers who've trained their minds with the same intensity that they train their bodies, their swings, and their mechanics.

Your assignment: Start logging patterns this week. Pick one area—pitcher tendencies, count situations, or defensive positioning—and keep a notebook.

Chess training can rewire your brain for the exact pattern recognition baseball demands, and it's Coach Robby Soul's specialty.

It's time to train your mind like you train your swing.

Next episode: "The TPEG Pre-Pitch Routine"

Find Robby on Instagram @yourmajorleaguemind

Find out how to work with Robby one on one to build your mental game. Click this link: https://www.skool.com/major-league-mind/learn-more