Baseball Psychology

Players Who Sabotage Their Performance

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?

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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

The Tale of Two Hitters’ Mental Game

Baseball Mental Game

The Mental Game of Hitting I once knew a hitter named Soft Hands… Soft Hands was a great hitter, who brimmed with confidence when the ball bounded squarely off the center of his bat. He had touch, confidence, and fed off momentum. When Soft Hands got his first hit of … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Do You Strive for Success or Avoid Failure?

Success in Baseball

Striving For Success in Baseball or Softball Baseball players and other athletes contact me every day saying that they can’t get out of their own way during games – that their mental game is holding them back. Why would you want to sabotage your own success and prevent yourself from … Read Sport Psychology Tip