Focusing on Your Accomplishments Not Comparisons Have you or your athletes ever felt overwhelmed playing with older ball players? Aging up, being a newcomer on a travel team or making your high school or college team as a freshman can be overwhelming. Finding out where you fit in, battling for … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Stabilize your Confidence Chalk it up to experience. This phrase is used to relay that bad circumstances, mistakes or outcomes can be used as learning experiences or dismissed altogether rather than dwelling on the negative, reliving the experience or beating yourself up over the result. As a baseball player, you … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Stay Mentally Prepared on The Bench How can a baseball player stay mentally sharp when not starting a game? For a starter, that player can go through their normal routine of batting practice, fielding practice, warm-up, stretching, getting equipment ready and dressing in his uniform. All this pregame … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Ball Players Who Focus too Much on What Others Think Validation is something sought after by all athletes, no matter the sport. Every athlete tries to prove their worth whether it is: You want that affirmation from others around you that you are a good at your sport. You want … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Strategies to Help Build Your Confidence Glove? Check!… Ball? Check!… Bat? Check!… Cleats? Check!… CONFIDENCE??? Every time you head to practice or a game, you most likely go through a mental checklist of the essentials you need to play (uniform, equipment, water, snacks, etc). In fact, you probably even double-check … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Letting Go of Your Performance in Past Games “Here we go AGAIN!!!” Have you ever had that feeling during a baseball game that the past was about to repeat itself and not in a good way? For instance, you whiffed the last two at-bats swinging at balls in the dirt … Read Sport Psychology Tip