TONY
ABBATINE

Mindset, meditation, peak performance. The most overused and misapplied concepts in the mental skills world. 

Consider the following concepts from The Path of No Resistance author Garret Kramer:

•       Your experience does not create state of mind. State of mind creates  your experience.

•       Attempting to  fix a predicament and feelin...

Those of you that remember putting on your play clothes after school and going outside to play in the neighborhood until it got dark or until your mother called you from the front porch to come in for dinner will have to teach this generation of how it used to be: 

Launch angle   "Hey Billy you dumb ass, stop grounding out."

Sequencing ...

You hear it from coaches all the time. "He can do it in practice but it's different in the game".

As a coach and athlete, one of the main objectives in practice is to prepare your team or yourself for the emotional, visual and physical  dynamics of the game. We have all heard the training mantra; Practice how you play. 

So why do...

During a recent college baseball visit, I was asked to define the term "visual psychology" to the coaching staff, faculty and players in attendance. Rather than sounding like a college professor and giving a neuro-cognitive lecture on how the eyes are the only external part of the brain, my response was simple.

“Visual psychology is about performance strategi...

We are in an industry where drills, cues, words, absolutes, models and teaching points have never been more plentiful. Athletes at an early age are bombarded with more information than ever before. The conflict between travel ball coaches and high school coaches rage on. Professional players with private sector resources cause confusion and ego battles with...

Since 1992, our group has been interested in studying the differences between the visual functions of professional baseball players and the general population. Since that time, we have tested approximately 1,500 players from the Dodgers' and Mets' major and minor league systems. We tested each player with a series of visual function tests consisting of three...

By now, we all know the importance of breathing. In not-so medical terms, when we stop breathing, we are in major trouble—a sure sign that the ability to breathe is our greatest power source.

In every day living and on athletic fields, taking a deep breath to relax the mind and body is a no-brainer. The first thing we are taught as youngsters is to take a dee...