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The Texas Rangers are making a serious run at the play-offs and pitching coach David Maddux (brother of Greg) is a big reason why.

Here’s a great quote from an article on Maddux — yet afterward I’ll tell you how what he says falls short…

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“Sometimes you can try and get too smart, and it works against you,” Maddux said. “As long as you’re pitching to your strengths and guys are executing each pitch with conviction, we’re going to be fine.”

It comes down to having a good plan and sticking with it, and having an idea of how to execute.

“If you do that, you don’t have to worry about anything else,” Feldman said. “Trust your stuff and make pitches. No matter what predicament you’re in, you can always get out of it by making pitches.”

full article here:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090903&content_id=6778908&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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Yes — have a plan and execute it with conviction.
Too few players, especially at the lower levels, have a real plan.

A process.

An approach.

An ability to say “Here’s what I am going to do out there today:”

(My ABCs are a simple plan any level player can execute.

As a result of no plan they ride Emotional Rollercoasters:
melt down when facing a tough pitcher, crumble in the face of adversity, panic in pressure situations.

And they certainly don’t play with conviction.

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But a Plan is Not Enough

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So most players don’t have a clear plan so they are set up to fail.

But a plan must be practiced. It must be conditioned.

In the heat of battle emotions can wipe out the best of intentions.

A player may have been told to take a breath and be calm on each pitch, but once he crosses those white lines amnesia sets in.

GEM: You don’t “rise to the occasion” under pressure… you sink to the level of your practice.

So you have to practice executing your plan.

You must condition yourself to respond to pressure and failure and long odds the way a soldier prepares himself for battle or an astronaut prepares herself for a space walk.

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So To Succeed…

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To succeed you need a simple plan that has been practiced and conditioned.

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What’s your plan today?

Dr. Tom
Tom Hanson, Ph.D.

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