10 Tips To Increase Your Mental Game

Here are 10 great tips for getting to the peak of your mental game in baseball:

1. STAY FOCUSED
"Oh boy! Top of the seventh... we're winning 8-0 ... gee wonder what's for dinner tonight?"
Ever catch yourself doing this? It's hard not to. Think about it, with all the distractions in our daily lives it's no wonder we have trouble focusing. Here you go ...

You sitting in chair watching one or more TVs while you're balancing the keyboard on your lap with th cell phone planted in your ear - all at the same time; and we do it like machines, not thinking about it. It just becomes the norm.

To combat this syndrome you need to increase focus on your surroundings, stay alert and pay full attention to what's going on.


2. CONTROL YOUR BREATHING
When we get excited, nervous or fatigued our breathing rate increases and it can become erratic. It is essential to keep your normal breathing patterns. Controlled breathing is needed to keep the flow of blood to the brain and the rest of the body. More blood in the brain means you're more alert. This is a great mental techniques of baseball that will help keep you at the top of your game mentally.


3. THINK AHEAD
At all time you must anticipate what scenarios are likely to arise from a specific situation situation. The ability to visualize is a great technique to, in your mind's eye, visualize what is going to happend.


4. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
You must always keep believing in yourself to meet any goal. Many folks have a great support team rooting you on and some folks do not. Either way, we all need to find that extra within us to do what it takes to reach our goals. If you don't believe in yourself who will?.

5. SHOW CONFIDENCE
Don't be afraid to show confidence to your teammates. It should help boost the team morale. Always stay positive and never give up. Play 100% until the fat lady sings.

6. ELIMINATE SELF DOUBT
Oh boy! the last time I got up with the bases loaded I grounded into a double play." You can't think this way. Try this ... All Right!! I get a chance to do what I should have the first time. I'm gonna do it this time!!!!

7. POSITIVE THINKING
If you think the worse, at the very least, you bring other people down. Stay positive. Stay Positive! Stay Positive.

8. DON'T LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
You never want to let the opponent think they have mental superiority. The best advice is to control your emotions in the heat of a controversy and discussion. If you fly off the handle you display that you're not in control. This can cause a domino effect with the players on your team. So be very careful and always stay in control and nip it in the bud if you see the players exhibiting that type of behavior. Stay stoic!

9. CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS
You must take extreme caution not to get caught up in a heated argument and act in an inappropriate manner.

10. BEING AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME
If you follows the nine tips above then you will be on the top of your game mentally.


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