How to Have Proactive Confidence Are you struggling to find the level of confidence needed to succeed as a baseball or softball player? Does the success of other players around you cause you to question your abilities and further detract from your confidence? Though gaining confidence seems to be a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Use Your Mind to Improve Performance Every young athlete has a dream of making it “big.” Whether they are dreaming of making the varsity high school team, starting on their college team or making the pros, the dream is universal. But what happens when your opportunity arises? Do you control … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Stop Thinking in Absolute Terms Baseball is a hard enough game but sometimes baseball players can make the game even more complicated. One such way baseball players complicate the game is when they think in absolutes. Absolute thinking are generalizations you make about your ability to perform in certain circumstances. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Trust in your Skills “Try to do less” sounds like a phrase for the lazy. In baseball, athletes are always trying harder in training… spending more time in the batting cages, taking extra fielding practice, expanding pitching repertoires improving accuracy on throws, working on their conditioning, increasing strength … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Achieve your Potential A lot of baseball players have come to ask, “How can I achieve my potential as a player?” Athletes hear the term “potential” all the time… “He has a lot of potential.” “His potential is unlimited.” Ball players hear about “having a lot of potential,” … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Slumps Are Only Temporary Do you have full trust in your skills when you play in a game? When you are “in a slump,” do you have the necessary trust in your abilities and confidence that you will break out quickly? It is easy to have trust in your game … Read Sport Psychology Tip