The Mental Side Of Hitting A Baseball

The mental side of hitting a baseball by steve springer.

The mental side of hitting a baseball.

The great thing about competing is that it requires zero talent. The mental side of hitting. Trying to improve bat speed and getting the proper baseball swing each pitch requires proper mechanics. The mental game of baseball is more important than developing the perfect swing.

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. If the mental side of baseball is 90 percent of the game then why do we not spend more time training mentally. You re confident because while you were in the on deck circle in. If you love your abilities but your abilities aren t showing up it s not your abilities fault it s about the mind.

Because when you relax you slow your system down and it takes away from your talent. Attainable goals we talked about how we as hitters are searching for consistency in the batter s box. Have an attainable goal to hit the ball hard. Despite the fact that physical energy has to be employed the mind acts as the driver.

This will be the first of many articles on the mental side of baseball based on my conversations interviews with dr. The same goes for your mental side of hitting. Excellent book on the mental side of hitting. I have worked with coaches that have insisted on hammering mechanics completely ignoring the commonly held belief that hitting is 90 mental.

The ultimate guide step 1. Otherwise you ll miss the importance of what we talking about here. Be a better competitor than you are a player. The mental side of hitting shifts focus from the result i e.

Hitting is about confidence. Getting a base hit to being confident and maintaining control of the entire at bat. In the first post called the mental side of hitting. Walk up to the plate with 100 confidence.

If you missed it i highly recommend you go back and read it. However very few young hitters work on the mental aspects of hitting or even understand what having a hitting approach is all about. Why a ballplayer should never relax in 38 years i ve never told a player to relax. 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.