The Power of Your Mental Game in Baseball There is no doubt that baseball is a mental game. You can have a string of great games where you are playing at a high level, then “BOOM,” out of nowhere, the bottom drops out. This inexplicable drop in performance can be … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Developing a Positive Attitude to Improve Success What affects your baseball confidence the most? Some may say your thoughts and it is very true that your thoughts affect confidence. Think about making mistakes and your confidence drops while thinking about your talents tend to enhance confidence. Another factor that impacts … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What Mental Game Issues Cause Slumps? Slumps are frustrating but are a normal part of baseball. Even though the slump bug bites every player, it doesn’t make dealing with slumps any easier. Slumps can turn the most confident baseball players into doubters. Slumps are mental nuisances that challenge you in … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Staying Confident After Negative Commentary In baseball, how many times have you heard things like: “That player is not tall enough,” “He doesn’t have the arm strength,” “He is not quick enough to be a leadoff hitter,” or, “He is too slow, too fat, too uncoordinated, too…”? Similar statements can … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Strategies to Improve Mental Toughness Mental toughness is the key to consistent performance in baseball. Being mentally tough helps you to handle all the adversity that strikes during a baseball season. Slumps, injuries, demotion, personal issues, errors, under-performing and a host of other challenges can happen at any time. Many … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Take Your Practice Hitting Into The Game In our mental training video in the “Sessions With Doc” series, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about how ball players can take their cage batting into games. Visit our Sports Psychology site, Peaksports.com, and click … Read Sport Psychology Tip