Archive for October, 2007


Rox in Their Heads

Well, the best team won the World Series. Maybe they had more talent, maybe not. They certainly had better energy. I don’t mean they were more pumped up, more RichardSimmons-like energy. I mean they had better focus and flowand resilience and flexibility and power — energy-wise. As I’ve said, the keys to success include: 1) [...]

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Audio Tips for Playing with Confidence

I got a call today from Bob — a softball player who’s really gotten into the mental game. I recorded the call because I wanted to be able to pass on what he’s learned from applying stuff from Confidence Conditioning for Baseball. I wasn’t disappointed, and am happy to let you listen in here… http://www.baseballconfidence.com/baseball_audio.html [...]

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The Emotional Athlete

It is just me, or are the sports pages dripping a lot ofemotion this morning? Start with C.C. Sabathia: “unexpectedly ineffective” is howthe page describes him in two play off games. His manager, Eric Wedge, says: “With C.C. I know that hefeels like he needs to do more, and hopefully he won’t feellike that tonight. [...]

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