How Elite Ballplayers Stay Focused in Closing Out a Game When you are leading late in a game, do you have the same focus as you did in the first inning? Closing out a game may seem easy, but that is the time when mental mistakes can happen quickly. Let’s … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How High Expectations Decrease Production Have you ever played a season where you didn’t experience any lows? Probably not. You see, all athletes experience highs and lows during long competitive seasons. Many ballplayers believe lulls in performance indicate a problem causing an even more significant issue. When you are not … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Cope with Failing at the Plate Is it possible to have confidence after a bad game? This is one of the most asked questions by athletes. Confidence can be fleeting for many atheltes… If you have low confidence, you will not play your best game. But the reverse … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Have Stable Confidence Are you a consistent performer? What is consistency? What contributes to consistency? When you believe consistency is pitching a shutout each game, giving up a run during a game will feel like a letdown and will hurt your performance. When you believe consistency is getting … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The Solution to a Slump is Mental, not Physical What is the main cause of slumps? If you were to look back at your past slumps or performance ruts, you would probably identify the inability to focus as the primary cause of staying stuck. Yet, when most ballplayers are in … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Use Positive Self-Talk to Increase Trust in SKILLS How would you characterize your self-talk during a ball game? In other words, is your self-talk primarily positive or negative before you practice or play in games? Does your self-talk become more negative as the game nears? Many baseball players believe they … Read Sport Psychology Tip