Strategies to Improve Mental Toughness Mental toughness is the key to consistent performance in baseball. Being mentally tough helps you to handle all the adversity that strikes during a baseball season. Slumps, injuries, demotion, personal issues, errors, under-performing and a host of other challenges can happen at any time. Many … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Compete With Heart in Baseball In sports, we hold in high regard those athletes who compete with “heart.“ Having heart is a term reserved for athletes who fight until the end, who persist despite the odds or forge forward no matter the challenge is. Having heart is the … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The Mentality to Use When Losing When you are down in a game, you cannot afford to get down on yourself. Being over-focused on how many runs you are down in the latter innings of a game can negatively affect your mindset and demeanor on the field. Instead of focusing on … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The Huskies Comeback With Mental Toughness Baseball is a game where your play is greatly affected by mental factors. Physical prowess can score runs but mental fortitude wins games. How you respond to making a critical out, giving up a home run, making an error or facing a losing streak … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Having Trouble Relaxing In The Batter’s Box? In “Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about Fear of Failure and Mental Toughness in Sports. Do you have trouble relaxing and being calm in competition? In this video I’m going to tell Isaiah how … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Pre-Game Mental Preparation Baseball players spend hours doing batting practice, fielding ground balls, and doing strength and conditioning, but how much time is dedicated to getting prepared mentally? Many baseball and softball coaches tell us their players performed poorly because “they lost their heads” or “psyched themselves out,” which suggests … Read Sport Psychology Tip