Having Expectations can Harm Your Game How do expectations affect play on the field? Most softball players and baseball players understand how positive or negative expectations can hurt their game. After a bad outing on the mound, a couple of hit-less games or some errors in the field, some players … 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
Trusting Your Swing at The Plate The ability to swing your bat naturally and instinctively is critical to great hitting. The major purpose of batting practice is to trust your swing when it’s time to play the game. As you get more repetitions through practice, you develop a memory program for that movement. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Mental Game Errors For Hitters In my work, it’s important to help ball players be aware when they are making mental errors and also provide direction. You first have to know when there is a problem before you can address it. Great hitting requires you maintain a great attitude. Confidence, trust, and … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Staying Confident At The Plate Doubt and indecision will ruin your confidence at the plate. I call this “wishy-washy hitting.” Players who engage in wishy-washy hitting have trouble making decisions and can’t decide on a specific plan for each at-bat. Players who step up to the plate without a plan … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What Does Your At-Bat Routine Look Like? If you have trouble focusing or getting settled when you step into the batter’s box, then you would benefit from learning an at-bat routine. I have found that a consistent mental and physical routine can be a player’s greatest asset to help focus … Read Sport Psychology Tip