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Inside the mental game of baseball (ep. 9)
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2017-02-15 08:01:00
Description: This episode of Hardball Society is all about the mental side of baseball and sports. Justin Musil and Phil Mackey sit down with Justin Anderson from Premier Sports Psychology -- one of the top peak mental performance coaches in the country.

Justin works with pro, college and Olympic athletes -- and other top performers -- to help them reach their peak potential, and in this episode he explains the complicated wiring inside baseball players minds.

What you'll hear on this episode:

- Why more and more baseball players and other athletes are turning to sports psychologists

- Aside from physical skills, what are the mental qualities that separate superior athletes from guys who don't rise to the top of their capabilities?

- What is the zone, and how do baseball players reach it?

- To what degree is a younger players success predictable based on mental patterns? Can sports psychologists hone in on how likely a player is to fail or succeed?

- What are the core characteristics players need to be the best of the best?

- How can we explain the yips or mental glitches with players? For instance, Jon Lester seems to have an inability throwing the ball to first base. Why is that?

- Fear of success vs. fear of failure

Quotable:

"The guys that are really more secure with themselves are saying, 'How can I be better? How can I improve?'"

"A lot of athletes get caught up in distractions. And those distractions can be anything from internal some self-talk or external. Those who can really hone in, in the middle of all of that, and stay on their task -- Under pressure, on demand and through fatigue are superior."

Where to find Justin Anderson:

Website: https://www.premiersportpsychology.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/premsport_psych
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