Energy and Focus is a Mindset
An incredible article written by Jason Stark on ESPN.com (3/29/2010) titled, "Ingredients for a winning require rare mix," highlights a core ingredient to MENTAL FUNDAMENTALS: energy and focus is a mindset...a decision.
In this article, Jason Stark writes, "Anybody can crank it up for a day. But baseball is a game you play every day. So to play with energy every day, to maintain concentration every inning, to hustle on every play requires a level of excellence, commitment and competitive inferno that most human beings can't even comprehend, let alone reach."
Derek Jeter adds in Stark's article, "It's a mindset. You know what I mean? I'm not one who believes you can turn on and off a mindset. Either you have the mindset or you do not have the mindset. That is the difficult thing with this long season. If you lose focus, you are in trouble."
In our MENTAL FUNDAMENTALS dvd, Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher discusses his attitudes for playing hard all the time. Jeter calls it a mindset, but IT is an attitude that anyone can disipline themselves to have. Swisher says in our dvd, "I don't want to be sitting in a rocking chair (late in life) saying I wish I would have done this, or I wish I would have done that." That is just one attitude that motivates him to play with energy and focus. Swisher goes on to say that he does not want anyone to outwork him, and that he disciplines himself to to do the things that help him prepare to play, like taking extra groundballs and flyballs.
Check out our MENTAL FUNDAMENTALS dvd to learn more on how to develop winning attitudes and how to prepare to focus better in games and practice.
In this article, Jason Stark writes, "Anybody can crank it up for a day. But baseball is a game you play every day. So to play with energy every day, to maintain concentration every inning, to hustle on every play requires a level of excellence, commitment and competitive inferno that most human beings can't even comprehend, let alone reach."
Derek Jeter adds in Stark's article, "It's a mindset. You know what I mean? I'm not one who believes you can turn on and off a mindset. Either you have the mindset or you do not have the mindset. That is the difficult thing with this long season. If you lose focus, you are in trouble."
In our MENTAL FUNDAMENTALS dvd, Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher discusses his attitudes for playing hard all the time. Jeter calls it a mindset, but IT is an attitude that anyone can disipline themselves to have. Swisher says in our dvd, "I don't want to be sitting in a rocking chair (late in life) saying I wish I would have done this, or I wish I would have done that." That is just one attitude that motivates him to play with energy and focus. Swisher goes on to say that he does not want anyone to outwork him, and that he disciplines himself to to do the things that help him prepare to play, like taking extra groundballs and flyballs.
Check out our MENTAL FUNDAMENTALS dvd to learn more on how to develop winning attitudes and how to prepare to focus better in games and practice.
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