How Frustration Hurts Your Game How does frustration affect your game? Is there anything you can do to manage or overcome frustration? Learning to deal with frustration appropriately leads to giant leaps in improvement. The first step in overcoming frustration is to make a crucial decision; the decision to move … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Cope with Failing at the Plate Is it possible to have confidence after a bad game? This is one of the most asked questions by athletes. Confidence can be fleeting for many athletes… If you have low confidence, you will not play your best game. But the reverse … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Not Overthink on the Diamond What is the difference between making a few throwing errors and having the throwing yips? Do several wild pitches indicate you have or will eventually have the yips? An error can be frustrating, but that error doesn’t mean you will develop the yips. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Have Stable Confidence Are you a consistent performer? What is consistency? What contributes to consistency? When you believe consistency is pitching a shutout each game, giving up a run during a game will feel like a letdown and will hurt your performance. When you believe consistency is getting … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Control Your Focus and Control Your Performance How well do you manage distractions during a game? Do you use any mental strategies to deal with in-game distractions? A distraction is when your focus is pulled away from playing intuitively in the present moment. Practically anything can be a distraction during … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Different Ways to Make a Positive Impact Slumps are, no doubt, frustrating. When you can’t get a hit, you feel like you will never get on base. Even making contact with the ball seems difficult. When you are in a slump at the plate, your approach changes. You become more … Read Sport Psychology Tip