Dealing with Ups and Downs of Playing Baseball
From Ask the Baseball Pro:
New Host Mom, Shari wrote:
My husband and I have for the last 2 months been a new host family for a AA Minor leaguer. We are so thrilled to do this but have ran into a problem. What do you do when he is so discouraged and down on himself . He is an incredible defensive player but his bat has not been consistant and one month he is batting great and the next his bat is stone cold. It’s the end of season and he has not been hitting. I know he is worried and extremely stressed out. What can we do? or say? My heart breaks for him. What would you recommend?
From the Baseball Pro:
Shari,
If I had the answer to this question I would have more money than I knew what to do with. This is something that plagues all athletes. The fact of the matter is that when baseball players try harder they perform worse. Somehow he has to relax and just play the game
like he knows how to play it. You can not think about all the negative things, ie getting released, moving down, etc.. My only suggestion would be to tell him to stay in the moment and concentrate on the one task at hand.
Your Baseball Pro, Steve Holm
P.S. Your player might try listening to motivational tapes/CD’s…athletic performance is as much mental as physical.
Host Mom, Jean
Filed By: Jean Bedord | September 10, 2007 |
