Does Performance Anxiety Hurt Performance? Performance anxiety isn’t just about nervousness; it’s a physiological and mental response to stress or pressure. When you become anxious, your heart rate increases, muscles tense, breathing shortens, and your ability to focus narrows. When you are ill-equipped to manage anxiety, even routine plays become … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What Exactly Does “Trusting the Process” Mean? “Trust the process” is a phrase repeated countless times by athletes and sports teams over the last decade. The problem is that saying the words and believing in what you are saying are two different things. Many athletes haphazardly use the phrase when … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Is Self-Talk Impacting Your Game Does an athlete’s inner dialogue have a significant impact on performance? What you say to yourself matters. What you say to yourself about your talent and ability to perform a task or achieve a goal matters. As a ball player, you can talk yourself out … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Using Your Mind to Get Ahead What are your expectations when playing a team that seems unbeatable or has owned you all season? Bad memories have a way of creeping into a player’s or collective team’s mind. Thinking about what has happened in the past causes some players to make … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Are you a top-tier player? Is your team a playoff-contending team? Being a top-tier athlete starts with believing you are a top-tier athlete. Being a playoff team demands that you believe you have what it takes or will develop the skills necessary to make the playoffs. Too often, ballplayers have … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Do you enjoy baseball or softball? Do you REALLY enjoy all that goes into being an athlete, such as training, practicing, and competing? Many ball players lose their enjoyment and enthusiasm for their sport at an early age. They cite increasing pressure and outside expectations as the reasons sports are … Read Sport Psychology Tip