The Mental Side Of Hitting A Baseball

This will be the first of many articles on the mental side of baseball based on my conversations interviews with dr.

The mental side of hitting a baseball.

The mental side of hitting attainable goals we choose objectives that force us to pay attention to what is happening on the field and form a mental plan around our strength as a hitter that we feel will give us the best chance of victory for the next battle against the pitcher. You re confident because while you were in the on deck circle in. Trying to improve bat speed and getting the proper baseball swing each pitch requires proper mechanics. Your goal isn t to get a hit.

Despite the fact that physical energy has to be employed the mind acts as the driver. Excellent book on the mental side of hitting. Have an attainable goal to hit the ball hard. If the mental side of baseball is 90 percent of the game then why do we not spend more time training mentally.

Because when you relax you slow your system down and it takes away from your talent. The mental game of baseball is more important than developing the perfect swing. Be a better competitor than you are a player. Why a ballplayer should never relax in 38 years i ve never told a player to relax.

Your goal is to hit the ball hard. Getting a base hit to being confident and maintaining control of the entire at bat. However very few young hitters work on the mental aspects of hitting or even understand what having a hitting approach is all about. The mental side of hitting a baseball by steve springer.

Walk up to the plate with 100 confidence. The great thing about competing is that it requires zero talent. The mental side of baseball hitting 4 shares as many other games baseball is a game of the mind. The same goes for your mental side of hitting.

Attainable goals we talked about how we as hitters are searching for consistency in the batter s box. Otherwise you ll miss the importance of what we talking about here. The mental side of hitting shifts focus from the result i e. In the first post called the mental side of hitting.

The mental side of hitting little leaguers put a lot of time and effort into the mechanical side of hitting and working with their coaches. If you missed it i highly recommend you go back and read it. The mental side of hitting. If you love your abilities but your abilities aren t showing up it s not your abilities fault it s about the mind.