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Saturday, April 06, 2002
Mental training
"Mental training" isn't something I think about very often. But, a couple of things today made me think about it.
First, Fritz described "biofeedback" as a way to train to pay attention -- to concentrate. He's been doing some sort of biofeedback training and feels its helping him. It sounded interesting. It also reminded me of an The Mental Edge, published by Outside magazine about a year ago.
Second, on the drive home from Monkey Mountain, I listened to a Royal's game where a young pitcher might have developed some big-time pyschological performance issues. The pitcher -- a 21 year old with no professional experience beyond the A-level minors -- pitched in his first big league game. He came in in the 8th inning, faced four batters, threw 16 pitches. All 16 pitches were balls. He didn't throw a single strike. He walked the bases loaded and walked in a run.
A performance like that can't be a good way to start you're big league career. I wonder what a coach tells a player after a performance like that?
posted by Michael |
6:08 PM
