Posted by: Coach Dan (Dan@HuffTraining.com) on Tue Apr 13 09:55:44 2004

I know this is alot easier said than done, but (to steal a line from Bull Durham), "Don't think, it can only hurt the ball club."

You step into the box knowing that you have "too much bat speed", you also know that your teammates are placing bets on you, you also know that you are in a slump, and it's all swirling through your head at lightening speed. And next thing you know you have hit a little dribbler back to the mound.

I know it's tough, but you have to get up to the plate with a clear head. What I have found to work for some of my pitchers that lose the zone is to have them pitch with their favorite song playing on the radio. When they lose the zone they step off the back of the mound and start playing the song in their head and keep it playing as they go into their windup. Same thing can be done for hitting, get something in your head other than the stuff that is going on in the background.

Remember, baseball is 90% mental.

Coach Dan
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