Trust Your Skills in Games, Not Try Harder Is it possible to try too hard in a baseball or softball game? Unfortunately, many ball players try to do too much. The sporting world praises effort as the key to success and it is, within reason. Some players respond to pressure moments by trying … [Read more...]
How to Manage Your Nerves for Ball Players
Overcoming Nervousness in Games Excessive nervousness is a baseball or softball player’s enemy... For some ball players, excessive nervousness occurs prior to and during every game. Not only can excessive nervousness cause you to perform poorly, it can ruin your ball game experience... There … [Read more...]
Three Mental Keys to Focusing on the Diamond
Overcoming Distractions in Baseball and Softball How often do you play at your peak or have a perfect game in baseball or softball? Do you find yourself playing one good game and following up that performance with several average games? This inconsistency between games has nothing to do with … [Read more...]
Mental Game Lessons From the Indians’ 22 Game Winning Streak
The Indian's Mentality During a Winning Streak Being in the middle of a winning streak or being in the zone is the desire of all baseball players. When you are riding the wave of peak performance, baseball is exciting. You can’t wait to go to the park. In the midst of a win streak, pitchers … [Read more...]
How to Stay Confident When Not Winning
Mental Skills to Stay Confident When Losing Overcoming obstacles and performing well at the end of the season is the hallmark of championship players. When the pressure is on and your team is fighting for a playoff spot, your team needs as many players as possible performing at their … [Read more...]
Using Your Mind to Break Out of a Slump
Using Mental Toughness to Overcome a Slump When you are in the middle of a slump or a string of inconsistent performances, you might feel it's hard to turn things around... You feel trapped in a never-ending revolving door of mediocrity. Even though you have played great in the recent past or … [Read more...]
How the Jays Stay Motivated During a Losing Season
Staying Focused During a Losing Season Have you ever entered a baseball or softball season with high hopes for a successful season but things didn’t go as planned? Injuries, slumps and some unfortunate breaks hit and now you are three-quarters through the season with practically no chance of … [Read more...]
Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs for Ball Players
How Do Self-Limiting Beliefs Hurt Ball Players? "I’m not tall enough," "I’m not strong enough," "I’m not fast enough," "I’m not as good as..." Have you ever caught yourself saying these things to yourself? These statements are called self-limiting beliefs. Self-limiting beliefs will hold you back … [Read more...]
Stuck in a Slump? Use Your Mind to Climb Out
How to Overcome a Slump in Baseball What is the key to get out of a performance drought? You can attack slumps from several angles: Altering your warm-up routine Changing bats Tinkering with your mechanics Spending more time on the practice field Finding a new lucky shirt … [Read more...]
When Ball Players Ignore Their Mental Game
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 extremely … [Read more...]
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