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The Mental Skills Needed to be a Good Baseball Player

Posted on: July 19, 2009 by admin No Comments

Learning baseball is not just about learning the physical skills that we can see. It’s also about learning and improving mental skills. But it’s not that easy as learning physical skills. That’s because unlike physical skills, mental skills even if we improve it, we won’t be seeing results quickly. It may take time, and even then we won’t realize that it is because of the mental skills that we have improved. But, that should not keep you quiet – you should learn the mental skills for it’s important for a baseball player and has good impact on the overall skills of the player.

There is nothing much to learn and it’s pretty simple. If you are ready for it, then you can start practicing it from this moment itself. It’s all setting goals. And for that you should learn three different steps consisting of broad goals, action habits and process goals. This type of a planning is important, because it will help you to find a route to becoming a good athlete. Now that we have understood the basic things, let’s look at them briefly.

Broad goals are those which will make us perform better from one season to the other. We’ll see improvements in us through seasons. And for that you should set goals that you should be doing by the end of each season. The best time to set the goals is at the beginning of each season. So you are getting a lot of time to accomplish your goals. There is no need to do any rush -but just to concentrate on your goals. You can improve your batting average, fielding percentage etc through broad goals. Thus these are concerned with goals that can be measured.

Next is about process goals. These are goals that you should be set for accomplishing your broad goals. You won’t be able to improve your broad goal skills without practicing and doing certain things. And these things come under process goals.

Action habits is all about things that you should be doing on a daily basis. You should keep some targets that you should be doing daily. And you should do everything that you should in order to accomplish them. For example if your process goal is all about improving your hitting speed, then you daily action habits should be something like spending at least 30 minutes in the batting cage hitting curveballs.

Tips On Selecting a Good Bat

Posted on: July 11, 2009 by admin No Comments

There are a lot of things to consider while choosing a bat. It should be according to your needs and requirements. Also it should be so that it doesn’t violate the league rules in which you are playing. That means, selecting bat should not be done considering just your comforts, but you should look into the rules as well. Well, rules are not always against the comforts of hitters. So, there won’t be problems often. Let’s look into some of the things that you should take into consideration while choosing a good bat for hitting the ball harder and longer.

Length of the bat has a lot to do with the performance of the player. If the length is too low, it will surely be easy to hit the ball. Swinging would be easier than ever. But there is a disadvantage as well. With a short bat, even if you swing the bat at great speeds, at the right time, you might not be able to hit the ball if its little bit far from you. And this way, you’ll be missing our opportunities one after the other. So, choose one which will allow you to cover the necessary area that should be targeted. Don’t think of moving in the crease for hitting the ball. You should be able to hit the ball from where you are. So, choose one which will make you do just that.

Next thing to consider is about its weight. A heavier ball will fly the all longer than a lighter one. But it won’t be easy to swing it that easily as a lighter one. But if you are a powerful guy, then you’ll be able to do it. But what if you are not that powerful? Hey, don’t worry, lighter bats also have their own advantages. With a lighter bat, you can adjust things easily and can make a contact with the ball more often.

The last thing to consider is regarding the type of the bat. You can get bats made of wood as well as aluminum. Wooden bats are heavy while aluminum bats are light. But you won’t be able to choose the one that you need from the two until you read the rules. Rules may sometimes allow just one of the two. So either of them could be forbidden in some matches.