Do distractions cause you to become sidetracked during baseball or softball games? Are you anxious about what the outcome of the game might be? Do you tense up and put more pressure yourself to win? If you said yes, then you focus too much on results and not enough on the process. You … [Read more...]
How to Keep Practice Exciting
November 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Keeping practice interesting is a big challenge for professional players that spend as much as eight hours a day practicing and playing ball. It’s also a challenge for amateur players who practice more than two hours at a time. When you are bored with practice, you don’t feel challenged enough. … [Read more...]
How to Think Less at the Plate
October 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The ability to swing your bat naturally and instinctively is critical to great hitting. The major purpose of batting practice is to trust your swing when it’s time to play the game. As you get more repetitions through practice, you develop a memory program for that movement. Soon with a lot … [Read more...]
6 Common Mental Game Errors For Hitters
October 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In my work, it’s important to help ball players be aware when they are making mental errors and also provide direction. You first have to know when there is a problem before you can address it. Great hitting requires you maintain a great attitude. Confidence, trust, and focus are the keys to … [Read more...]
Mariano Rivera and The Power of Self-Discipline
October 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Coping with failure is very much a part of baseball. Hitters’ certainly don’t get a hit or succeed every time. The top hitters succeed three out of 10 times on average. Pitchers have had their taste of failure too. Pitchers succeed only half the time, even at the professional level. With all … [Read more...]
How to Avoiding Choking in Baseball
October 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
All baseball and softball players feel the pressure of competition at some point in their career. The word “choke” for baseball players can stop them in their tracks. Players never want to admit to others that they choked. PGA Tour player Bob Tway said, “It's how you handle it. Some people … [Read more...]
Don’t Be Wishy-Washy at the Plate
October 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Doubt and indecision will ruin your confidence at the plate. I call this “wishy-washy hitting.” Players who engage in wishy-washy hitting have trouble making decisions and can’t decide on a specific plan for each at-bat. Players who step up to the plate without a plan or change their plan … [Read more...]
Matt Garza on Controlling Emotions
September 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Baseball players can experience highs and lows during competition. Players can experience highs such as the joy of connecting with the ball at the plate, catching a fly out ball or sliding into home base. Players can also experience lows such as striking out, fumbling the ball or walking a … [Read more...]
Do You Have Fragile Self-Confidence in Baseball?
August 18, 2009 By 5 Comments
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 … [Read more...]
Baseball Mental Game and Overcoming Intimidation
August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
