Baseball Mental Game Articles

The Importance of a Pregame Routine

Patience in Baseball

Pregame Routines to Get Psyched Up Most baseball players have a practice routine to improve your skills and build confidence. Most top athletes have specific routines they follow each day in practice to help them improve. Baseball players can also follow a specific routine before a game. They may eat … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Do You Have Fragile Self-Confidence?

Baseball Confidence

Taking Control of Your Confidence Baseball confidence is an important mental game skill for all players to learn. Some baseball players struggle with fragile self-confidence. You have fragile baseball confidence when your confidence changes each moment depending on how you are playing in the game. Do you have to get … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Players Who Can’t Get Out of Their Own Way

Baseball anxiety

Do You Get in Your Own Way on The Field? When you get in your own way, you lose trust in your abilities. Trust allows you to let your skills happen, without thinking too hard about “how to” perform the skill. When you lose trust, you might think too much … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Professional Baseball Players and Frustration

Baseball Composure

Keeping Your Composure During Games I’m sure you’ve seen professional baseball players lose their cool during games. What causes players to lose their composure during competition? You can lose their composure for several reasons. You might lose your composure after making stupid errors, not meeting your expectations or feeling angry … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Are You Distracted by Your Inner Chatter?

self-talk baseball

Staying Focused During Games Do you start a game focused and ready to play, ready to clean up, but then become distracted by your own negative inner chatter? Many baseball players can get focused, but their inner chatter can hold them back from performing their best. Your negative inner chatter … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Two Confidence Killers Ball Players Must Avoid

How to Develop a Ball Player Championship Mindset 

Confidence Killers For Ball Players? Baseball players can undermine their confidence without even knowing it. One way is to set strict expectations. The other is to hold onto self-doubt. We’ll take a look at each of these mental game challenges to help you boost your self-confidence. Here is my conclusion … Read Sport Psychology Tip