Do You Perform Freely in Games? Are you able to perform freely and let your performance happen in games? This is a common challenge among all baseball players, including pitchers. You may try to “fix” your pitching technique after a wild pitch. …
Mental Toughness Helps Tigers’ Hang Onto Lead
Keeping Your Lead When Winning Does your team seem to relax when they have a big lead? For many teams, maintaining the lead and finishing off the game is hard to do. Finishing a game strongly is primarily mental, not …
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Dotel’s Composure Helps Pirates Win
The Link Between Composure And Success A baseball player’s ability to stay composed is critical to success. When you’re composed, you can play up to your physical ability. You don’t get rattled by a couple of bad calls. You’re able to stay …
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Focusing on The Process Key to Winning
What Should You Focus On? “What was I thinking?” You mutter in frustration after you struck out at bat. You lost your focus temporarily and it cost you the at-bat. Most players at times, lose focus, blank-out, get distracted, or are too …
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Mental Keys to Staying in the Moment
Improving Your Concentration The ability to concentrate is critical to successful performance in all sports, especially in baseball. Each game requires you to turn your concentration on and off several times. When it is time to go to the plate, …
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The Power of Choice in Hitting
Staying Confident When Hitting The power of choice is one of the most important mental game abilities that ball players possess. Much of my work with athletes involves teaching players that they have the ability to make good choices with …