How to Control your Self-Talk Athletes can talk themselves out of a lot of things. The biggest obstacle for ball players is not the opposition, but the content of their self-talk. You could have all the talent in the world but if you doubt your ability to play at a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Have a Winning Mindset Your back is against the wall. It’s win or go home. What’s your mindset? How do you respond? This is not an easy situation to be in. If you haven’t faced this scenario, you will at some time. The difficulty lies in the fact … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Cope with Pressure “It’s Playoff Time!” Are you or your ball players excited or fearful? Playoff time is exciting for some baseball players but, for other players, playoffs are a nerve-wracking time filled with pressure. All season long, ball players put in tireless hours sweating, sacrificing and grinding … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Overcome Self-Criticism Are you hard on yourself as a baseball or softball player? Do you expect success and over-emphasize your mistakes? Sometimes ball players can be their own worst enemies. All they see are their mistakes, errors, strikeouts, outs, wild pitches and losses. For example, if you were … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Have Proactive Confidence Are you struggling to find the level of confidence needed to succeed as a baseball or softball player? Does the success of other players around you cause you to question your abilities and further detract from your confidence? Though gaining confidence seems to be a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Use Your Mind to Improve Performance Every young athlete has a dream of making it “big.” Whether they are dreaming of making the varsity high school team, starting on their college team or making the pros, the dream is universal. But what happens when your opportunity arises? Do you control … Read Sport Psychology Tip