MENTAL BASICS OF BASEBALL | Learn the mental game

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HOW TO CLIMB OUT OF A HITTING SLUMP

Failure is a big part of baseball, especially hitting. Its unavaoidable, actually. The sooner a hitter realizes this the better. We...

WHY YOU SHOULD IGNORE YOUR STATS

Numbers lie. They just do. At the time I'm writing this article two of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball are leading the...

FORGET DINGERS, HIT GROUND BALLS

Bottom of the 9th, two outs, and it’s the championship game. You are playing shortstop and you are about to have a chance to make the...

5 TIPS FOR ESTABLISHING A RHYTHM ON THE MOUND

Have you ever been on the mound and found yourself in a rhythm where you're pumping the zone full of strikes and everything seems to be...

HOW TO SET GOALS-THE RIGHT WAY

Have you heard of “the process”? This idea has been made popular in recent years by Alabama’s Head Football Coach, Nick Saban. Here are a...

WHY THROWING HARD IS OVERRATED

Do you want to throw harder? Do you want to learn how to gain 3-5 miles per hour on your fastball? Sorry. You're reading the wrong...

WHAT TO THINK ABOUT DURING YOUR AT-BAT

When a player steps up to the plate they should always have some sort of swing thought(s). It MUST be decided before the at bat begins....

WHY AND HOW A HITTER SHOULD LET THE BALL GET DEEP IN THE ZONE BEFORE SWINGING

“LET IT GET DEEP!” “LET THE BASEBALL TRAVEL!” “TRUST YOUR HANDS!” I can still hear my coaches at every level yelling this from the...

OVERCOMING YOUR FEAR OF FAILURE

Fear of failure affects us all. Some more than others. I'd be willing to bet that fear of failure has ended more careers than injuries...

THE BEST TWO STRIKE APPROACH

I hated striking out more than anything in the world! But striking out was unavoidable. It’s going to happen, and it did. But when I...

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