Use a Pregame Routine to Get Psyched Up
Most baseball players have a practice routine to improve your skills and build confidence. Most top athletes have specific routines they follow each day in practice to help them improve. Baseball players can also follow a specific routine before a game. They may eat the same pregame meal, arrive an hour before the game and go through the exact same warm-up for each game. Some players might prefer to skip the pregame warm-up and just go out and compete. A... [Read More...]
Do You Have Fragile Self-Confidence in Baseball?
Baseball confidence is an important mental game skill for all players to learn. Some baseball players struggle with fragile self-confidence. You have fragile baseball confidence when your confidence changes each moment depending on how you are playing in the game. Do you have to get a hit in order to feel confident or make a good play? Or do you lose confidence after you strike out or make your first errors? When you have fragile baseball confidence,... [Read More...]
Baseball Mental Game and Overcoming Intimidation
A common challenge in the mental game of baseball is self-intimidation. Self-intimidation happens when you compare yourself to your teammates or opponents prior to the game and feel less worthy than others. You essentially psych yourself out before the competition begins becasue your think you don’t stack up. You might worry about their team’s record against another team or feel that you aren’t as good as your teammates. This can cause you... [Read More...]
Players Who Can’t Get Out of Their Own Way
Do you get in your own way on the field? When you get in your own way, you lose trust in your abilities. Trust allows you to let your skills happen, without thinking too hard about “how to” perform the skill. When you lose trust, you might think too much about your technique overloading your mind with too many thoughts. You might guide or steer your batting swing. You might over analyze your mistake and try to fix it during a game. Without trust,... [Read More...]
