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Brainspotting & Pitchers: Coach’s Experience with “the Yips” in Batting Practice

July 7, 2013July 9, 2013 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments baseball, Batting Cage, Batting Practice, Brainspotting, Coach Throw, coach's experience, collegiate baseball, Earl Poteet, pitchers, pitching, practice, Practice Issues, Rob Polishook, sports trauma, Yips

by Earl Poteet, MSW, LCSW (Author’s Note: Although I have written two previous descriptions of Brainspotting work that I have

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Building Consistency at The Plate: The Pre-At Bat Routine in Baseball

April 18, 2009July 7, 2011 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment anxiety, baseball, batting, coaching, concentration, dr.-stephen-walker, focus, goal-setting, imagery, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-toughness, mental-training, motivation, phil del vecchio, pitching, pre-pitch routines, self-talk, sport-performance, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, visualization

By: Philip D. Del Vecchio III & Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Like most sports, Baseball is a game that requires

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Joseph Pacelli's Article: Refocusing During Sport Down-Time

September 29, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments athletic-performance, baseball, basketball, break, coach, coaching, competition, competitive-action, concentration, counseling, cues, down-time, effects, exercise-psychology, focus, golf, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-rehearsal, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, negative, peak-performance, performance, performance-decrement, positive, positive-physical-response, practice, refocus, relaxation-techniques, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, verbal, visual

The notion of training athletes to refocus during the down-time in sport can potentially result in improved performance (Loehr, 1994).

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Mental Toughness Training for Pitchers

September 19, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments baseball, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills

Ron Wolforth, director of Pitching Central, a Houston Texas based pitching development facility has developed a total pitching development program

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The Confidence Man – Mariano Rivera

July 30, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments article, baseball, best, coach, coaching, competition, composure, confidence, hitter-calm, Mariano, mental-skills, mental-strength, mental-toughness, pitcher, relief, Rivera, sport-psychology, sports-psychology, success, time

“By the time Rivera reached the mound, he had shed all of the elements of humanity inconvenient to his job.

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Chipper Jones on Mental Toughness

July 24, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments baseball, coach, competition, mental-skills, mental-strength, mental-toughness, sport-psychology, sports-psychology

“The game is more mental than it is physical…if you can’t handle it mentally, you’re not going to be here