Engineering Prof. @UArizona, Faculty Athletics Representative @Big12Conference, Founder & Chief Scientist @scienceofsport_ Author of The Five-Tool Team
University of Arizona
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Profile of Ricardo Valerdi @uarizona Distinguished Outreach Professor, 2020 youtu.be/z855hVPMmpI
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🏆📚 Congratulations to our Student-Athlete Academic Champions! These students have maintained a combined 3.0 GPA or above throughout the fall, spring, and summer terms, demonstrating an outstanding commitment to academic success. Your commitment doesn’t go unnoticed! 🎉👏
Great book launch event at Stacks Book Club to promote The Five-Tool Team (foreword written by Tommy Lloyd @ArizonaMBB) #DecisionMaking #fivetoolteam #CultureWins
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Want employees to act like owners? Give them the information owners have. @BillFotsch & @sciencebaseball, author of The Five-Tool Team: Bringing Out the Best in People to Make Better Decisions, explain why empowerment alone isn’t enough inc.com/bill-fotsch/economic… via @Inc Magazine
Thank you @Wisdommartintv for having me on @wusa9 this morning to talk about baseball, STEM, and #FiveToolTeam
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Parents, give your kids room to make decisions. Help them understand that choices have consequences, whether positive or negative. It's through experiencing outcomes and reflecting on the process that they truly learn and grow. #ParentingTips #DecisionMaking
Decision-making got you stumped? 🤯My new book The Five-Tool Team, shares insights from SpaceX, NFL, MLB, and the US Army to make you a better decision-maker, no matter your field. #DecisionMaking #Sports @arisports @big12studios
Launching 9/29/26 The Five-Tool Team: Bringing Out the Best in People to Make Better Decisions.
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Enjoyed listening to Mike Candrea interview our @AZATHLETICS FAR Dr. Ricardo Valerdi today about his terrific new book “The Five Tool Team.” Congrats Ricardo and best of luck on the book tour! 🐻⬇️
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A BEIRA DO INFARTO: Pablo Giralt, da Telefe, enlouquecendo narrando o gol da virada da Argentina em cima da Inglaterra!
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The Cats have claimed the Commissioner's Cup! 🏆
The University of Arizona has captured the 2025-26 Allstate Commissioner's Cup, an award that recognizes excellence both on and off the field!
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Hats off to our student-athletes! 📚
Balancing sport and academics at the highest level—Spring 2026 was one for the books. #BearDown #CATSAcademics
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Another historic semester in the books!📚
Our student athletes earned a record-setting cumulative GPA of a 3.413 for the spring semester!
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Congrats, @Anderson_Jimbo!
Named West Region Coach of the Year by @GolfCoachesAssn
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Wow! It’s incredible how much control they have! Messi’s best free-kick ever, with a gorgeous visualization of the Magnus effect!
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"I didn't come back for a 10-win season. I came back for it all." Arizona's Noah Fifita leads all college quarterbacks in TD passes. His story of sticking around in Tucson is an ode to permeance and building roots in a transient era. espn.com/college-football/st…
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At this point in time, there is no better job for Tommy Lloyd than @ArizonaMBB. If you don’t want to call the Wildcats a “blueblood,” that’s fine. But he’s not leaving for North Carolina or the other “blue bloods” that could open next year. Just spend a basketball weekend in Tucson to understand that.