Are Mental Skills important in Baseball? Baseball is a mental and physical game. You can’t reach your potential as a baseball player if you only work on one aspect of your game. Yet many players only work on the physical aspects of the game, such as throwing mechanics, hitting technique, and … [Read more...]
Athletes Who Are Self-Critical After Games
Mental Keys to Stable Confidence One sure-fire way of killing confidence is to be excessively hard on yourself after a bad game. Berating yourself or focusing on mistakes hurts your confidence greatly. Imagine if you had a coach that verbally beat you down after an error, giving up a run … [Read more...]
Stop Overthinking To Bust a Hitting Slump
How to Stay Patient when in a Hitting Slump Slumps are difficult to process for baseball players and one of the most frustrating experiences any player can have. One day you are hitting the cover off the ball, driving the ball in the gaps and piling up the hits. Then a few weeks later, you … [Read more...]
Do You Use Past Success to Feel Confident?
How to Remember the Past and Excel in Baseball “What is the difference between remembering the past and reliving the past?” One athlete recently asked this question about what to focus on: “I’ve been told to focus on the present moment if I want to play to the best of my abilities. … [Read more...]
Are you Intimidated by Older Ball Players?
Focusing on Your Accomplishments not Comparisons Have you or your athletes ever felt overwhelmed playing with older ball players? Aging up, being a newcomer on a travel team or making your high school or college team as a freshman can be overwhelming. Finding out where you fit in, battling … [Read more...]
How to keep Confidence after a Bad Game
Stabilize your Confidence Chalk it up to experience. This phrase is used to relay that bad circumstances, mistakes or outcomes can be used as learning experiences or dismissed altogether rather than dwelling on the negative, reliving the experience or beating yourself up over the result. As a … [Read more...]
How to Stay Mentally Sharp While in the Dugout
How to Stay Mentally Prepared on The Bench How can a baseball player stay mentally sharp when not starting a game? For a starter, that player can go through their normal routine of batting practice, fielding practice, warm-up, stretching, getting equipment ready and dressing in his … [Read more...]
Athletes Who Worry About What Others Think
Ball Players Who Focus too Much on What Others Think Validation is something sought after by all athletes, no matter the sport. Every athlete tries to prove their worth whether it is: To impress your coach Break into the starting lineup Show your teammates that you belong on the … [Read more...]
How to Bring High Confidence to Ball Games
Strategies to Help Build Your Confidence Glove? Check!... Ball? Check!... Bat? Check!... Cleats? Check!... CONFIDENCE??? Every time you head to practice or a game, you most likely go through a mental checklist of the essentials you need to play (uniform, equipment, water, snacks, … [Read more...]
Do Past Ball Games Haunt You?
Letting Go of Your Performance in Past Games "Here we go AGAIN!!!" Have you ever had that feeling during a baseball game that the past was about to repeat itself and not in a good way? For instance, you whiffed the last two at-bats swinging at balls in the dirt and now you are facing the same … [Read more...]
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