The Mental ABC's of Pitching A Handbook for Performance Enhancement

by Dorfman, H.A.

• ISBN13: 9781888698299
• ISBN10: 1888698292
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-23
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Summary

A clear and insightful guide to the art of pitching.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Adjustments	p. 1
Adversity	p. 3
Aggressiveness	p. 5
Analysis	p. 10
Anger	p. 14
Anxiety	p. 16
Approach	p. 18
Arousal	p. 21
Attitude	p. 24
Balance	p. 27
Behavior	p. 30
Belief	p. 32
Big Inning	p. 35
Body Language	p. 38
Breathing	p. 42
Catchers	p. 45
Character	p. 48
Closers	p. 51
Coaching Self	p. 54
Competitor	p. 57
Concentration	p. 61
Confidence	p. 66
Consistency	p. 71
Contact	p. 74
Control	p. 77
Count	p. 80
Courage	p. 82
Dedication	p. 85
Discipline	p. 89
Emotions	p. 93
Excuses	p. 96
Execution	p. 100
Fear of Failure	p. 103
Fifth Inning	p. 110
Finishing Hitters	p. 113
First Inning	p. 116
Gathering	p. 119
Giving In	p. 122
Goals	p. 125
Habits	p. 129
Hitters	p. 131
Intelligence	p. 133
Intensity	p. 137
Joy	p. 140
K's	p. 144
Learning	p. 146
Mantra	p. 150
Negativism	p. 152
Nice Guys	p. 157
Outs	p. 160
Perspective	p. 163
Poise	p. 168
Positivism	p. 170
Preparation	p. 173
Pressure	p. 177
Quitting	p. 181
Relaxation	p. 185
Relentlessness	p. 189
Response	p. 191
Responsibility	p. 194
Results	p. 199
Rubber	p. 203
Selection	p. 205
Self-esteem	p. 208
Self-fulfilling Prophecy	p. 212
Self-talk	p. 214
Shut-down Innings	p. 218
Simplicity	p. 220
Strikes	p. 222
Target	p. 225
Task at Hand	p. 228
Tempo	p. 231
Umpires	p. 234
Urgency	p. 237
Visualization	p. 240
Warrior	p. 244
Will	p. 248
"X"	p. 251
Yesterday	p. 254
Zeros	p. 257
Appendix A	p. 259
Appendix B	p. 260
About the Author	p. 263
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