Another quote from the baseball article is:
"For me, the
game is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical," Texas Rangers manager
Ron Washington said. "There's so many times you don't succeed. The good
ones don't concern themselves with that."
"You have to
get rid of the numbers sometimes because you let those dictate a lot of
emotional issues," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "But some guys
get consumed."
How can a
player keep faith when he slumps? The best advice successful major-
leaguers offer: Find a mental routine that works and trust yourself,
much like a golfer with a preshot routine.
"The whole
game revolves around trust. Pitchers have to trust their ability to
make a pitch in a certain spot, and hitters have to trust that their
hands are going to be able to get there," veteran outfielder Scott
Podsednik said. "There's no pill in a bottle for that." "Consequently, struggling players seek answers from everywhere. That often prolongs a skid". These suggestions apply in the real world too, for example find a mental routine is just the same as finding a routine for yourself when something comes up and throws you off. It could be going to the beach, or just thinking of going to the beach, anything that works for you is good. Note too that struggling players seek answers from anywhere, out in the real world, humans do this too, they ask around seeking answers from anyone and everyone and it not only prolongs the situation it usually makes it bigger and worse. What I have found when people seek answers everywhere, is that they already know what is going on or what to do and are only interested in hearing that. If the first person they ask is in agreement with that, then the response is ah yes, I knew that was it. Then they will ask again to leave no doubt, usually this is where someone has a different suggestion comes along and creates the doubt. It continues from there until people hear what they want to hear and then take the action. Like the struggling players, it would be better to relax, ask as few people as possible as few questions as possible and then you will hear the answers more easily and quickly.
