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What goes on in a baseball player's mind is critical to the outcome of the game. Since most major leaguers are in peak physical condition, the difference between success and failure on the field often depends on a player's mental approach.
Looking at everything from a player's confidence to his leadership skills, instincts, and hunches, Smart Baseball uses entertaining anecdotes to get inside the mind of baseball's greats and show fans what goes...
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Presents strategies for developing the mental skills needed to reach maximum performance in baseball, discussing goals and expectations, confidence, visualization, concentration, and other topics; and offers specific strategies for dealing with hitting, pitching, fielding, and baserunning.
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The Mental Keys to Hitting: A Handbook of Strategies for Performance Enhancement is a comprehensive guide that delves into the psychological aspects of sports performance, specifically focusing on the art of hitting in baseball or softball. Written by renowned sports psychologist H. A. Dorfman, this book offers a wealth of valuable insights and practical strategies to help athletes, coaches, and enthusiasts improve their batting skills by honing their...
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"With its three-hour-long contests, 162-game seasons, and countless measurable variables, baseball is a sport which lends itself to self-reflection and obsessive analysis. It's a thinking game. It's also a shifting game. Nowhere is this more evident than in the statistical revolution which has swept through the pastime in recent years, bringing metrics like WAR, OPS, and BABIP into front offices and living rooms alike. So what's on the horizon for...
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Keith Law applies Daniel Kahneman's ideas about decision making to the game of baseball, and deepens our knowledge of the sport in this fun and deeply informative book.
Baseball is a sport of decisions-- some small and routine, becoming the building blocks of the game; others so huge they dictate the future of franchises. Law offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball. He explains what motivated them,...
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