Do You Become Deeply Discouraged When in a Funk? Sports are all about numbers. When the numbers are in your favor, confidence is high. Can you recall a time when your batting average was steadily rising? You were probably on top of the world and fully confident you could get … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What Causes a Defensive Slump in Baseball? With hitting, both mental and physical factors contribute to performance slumps. Sometimes, your mechanics are off, you’ve fallen into bad habits at the plate, or you are not fully comfortable in the batter’s box since you recently tweaked your mechanics. Defensive slumps, on … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How do you turn around your season in the middle of a year? Some ballplayers start off the season slowly or sink into an early-year slump. A string of bad games is not unusual. In fact, it’s quite common. Let’s take a look at MLB as an example. Major League … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Why do some slumps last longer for some players? Why do some players experience more ups and downs throughout the season? Your perspective on slumps significantly influences your thought patterns and can either lead to a breakthrough or a breakdown. Many slumping players try to think their way out of … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Get Out of a Slump in Baseball Is there anything more frustrating in baseball than a hitting slump? It is mentally draining when you know you have the ability to hit, get on base, and have productive at-bats but are unable to produce at the plate. Hitting slumps … Read Sport Psychology Tip
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 … Read Sport Psychology Tip