Here are two mental baseball skills guaranteed to improve your development as a ballplayer. You need JUST these two things: Honest Self-assessment. - this is what happened. this is why it happened. Compassionate

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Swing Mechanics

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The Art of Batting in Baseball

The Art of Batting in Baseball The Art of Batting in Baseball begins with the mind. Here are some of my personal insights about reaching peak performance at the plate. I

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How To Stop Striking Out: Patience & Flow

On occasion, while working on something in batting practice, it’s tempting to want to see results appear immediately. Sometimes the change comes quickly after a small tweak. Sometimes the change comes suddenly

Jackie Robinson & Mental Toughness

You can make the argument that there were at least a half-dozen other players Branch Rickey could have selected from the talent pool of players in the Negro leagues. Josh

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The Joe Dimaggio Principle

"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best."- Joe Dimaggio This quote from Joe Dimaggio should hit hard. Here's

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Hitting Slumps

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Facing Stephen Strasburg

I remember, my SR year at Bethune Cookman, we got our schedule for the spring season at the end of the fall, and the first team on the schedule was

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How To Stop Overthinking

To think too much is a disease. What does my coach think of me?Who's in the stands?Am I in the starting line-up?How should my stance feel or look?What happens if I

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3 Ways To Deal With Failure & Setbacks in Baseball.

As ballplayers, much of our progress and development will occur underneath the surface. It's the routines and commitment to an approach that will get us through the failures, and setbacks

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One Tip To Help Develop Confidence At The Plate.

Own the at-bat. The numbers don’t lie. Statistically, the deeper in the count you go, the tougher it is to win the at-bat, especially against elite pitching. This doesn’t mean you become afraid

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Youth Baseball Hitting Tips That Work.

Below is a list of youth baseball hitting tips that work. I tend to return to this page to add additional ideas & thoughts about peak performance on the ball

by Mark Brooks

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