Hail the Mighty Rays!

I had to pass this on to you today — one on line article
is virtually a baseball coaching/mental training program onto itself.

Here’s just a sampling of the quotes:

“We were just trying to put some good at-bats together [in
the eighth] and I think the best example of that was Aki’s
at-bat,” Pena said, admiringly. “Staying within himself,
seeing the ball, working the count to 3-2, then fouling off
a bunch of pitches and finally getting a walk.

“That’s not easy, man. You’ve got to be cold-blooded to be
in that situation and concentrate on only seeing the ball,
and staying in your zone and stuff like that. Needless to
say, it’s not normal for a human being to maintain, stay
poised in a situation like that, and Aki did it
unbelievably. … It takes its toll on a pitcher. … I
think that was the key at-bat in that rally.”

B.J. Upton followed with an RBI single to tie the game at
3, before Pena’s two-run single then put the Rays up, 5-3.

“[My] first reaction was, ‘I want to do something really
big,’” Pena said. “But again, calm yourself down, don’t get
too excited, go back to the basics. ‘I know this guy throws
hard, but what’s the ultimate thing you want to do?’ You
want to see the ball and you want to be relaxed and that’s
going to give you the best chance possible to actually do
something. And I was able to execute my plan, and next
thing you know, base hit to right field.”

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My suggestion: go to the link below and print out the
article, then go through it with a highlighter for the
several great mental game quotes.

FULL BASEBALL COACHING ARTICLE

Post it somewhere for frequent reading.

And pass this email on to your whole team.

Tom
Dr. Tom Hanson

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