Mental Performance
Athlete Development
Team Culture
Team Culture
Mental Performance
Athlete Development
Team Culture
Even the five-tool player needs the sixth tool
We work with our athletes to find a calm and quiet mind while recovering, and the ability to regulate one’s emotions in any situation on or off the field.
The Sixth Tool Method works with athletes to regulate their emotions, develop strategic thinking, and educate themselves to become independent, resilient, and confident thinkers on and off the baseball and softball field.
RILEY GALLU
Riley Gallu has spent his life studying both athletic performance and human behavior. As a player, Riley competed at Otero Junior College and Colorado Mesa University, building a foundation that would later lead him into coaching, recruiting, and athlete development. Throughout his coaching career, Riley has worked with athletes at every level of the game, including youth baseball, high school baseball, college baseball, and professional baseball. His coaching experience includes West Los Angeles College, Yorkton Cardinals (Saskatchewan, Canada), Otero Junior College, San Diego Mesa College, and the Grand Junction Jackalopes of the Pioneer League, where he served as the organization’s Mental Skills Coach.
In addition to baseball, Riley has spent years working in behavioral health and athlete development as a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist, Certified Peer Support Specialist, WRAP Facilitator, childcare worker, and inclusive aide for students with autism.
RILEY GALLU
The Sixth Tool Ball Club combines high-level baseball experience with behavioral health knowledge and athlete development.
Our coaching staff understands the game because we have lived it.
We are former professional, college, and high school baseball coaches who understand the pressure athletes face both on and off the field.
What separates us is our background beyond baseball.
Our founder is a certified psychosocial rehabilitation specialist, certified peer support specialist, former childcare worker, inclusion aide for students with autism, and former behavioral health worker with extensive experience supporting underserved and at-risk populations.
This experience allows us to connect with athletes differently.
SERVICES WE OFFER
MENTAL RECOVERY
Athletics are always at their peak and finest when the mind is quiet and the body is ready to attack, and that athlete has prepared for every moment.
Just as athletes ice sore arms and allow the body to recover physically, the brain also requires recovery, regulation, and rejuvenation.
Mental recovery is one of the most overlooked aspects of sports performance.
Sixth Tool Method teaches athletes how to:
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We believe:
- preparation creates confidence
- discipline creates freedom
- emotional control creates consistency
- failure is feedback
- adversity builds resilience
- self-awareness improves performance
- communication strengthens teams
- baseball mirrors life
Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn.
The athletes who succeed long term are usually not the most talented.
They are the athletes who can regulate emotions, remain disciplined, communicate effectively, and continue moving forward through adversity.
