Title:
The mental ABC's of pitching : a handbook for performance enhancement / H.A. Dorfman ; foreword by Rick Wolff.
Author:
Dorfman, H. A. (Harvey A.), 1935-2011, author.
Wolff, Rick, 1951- writer of foreword.
Publication Information:
Guilford, Connecticut : LP, [2016]
Call Number:
GV871 .D67 2016
Abstract:
"Author H.A. Dorfman brings his years of expertise as instructor/counselor with the A's, Marlins, and Devil Rays to provide an easy-to-use, A-to-Z handbook which will give insight and instruction on how to pitch to peak performance at every level of the game. Perfect for pitchers who need that extra edge or hitters who want to better understand the mental moves on the mound. With a new foreword by Rick Wolff!"--Publisher's website.
ISBN:
9781630761844
Physical Description:
xviii, 266 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Adjustments -- Adversity -- Aggressiveness -- Analysis -- Anger -- Anxiety -- Approach -- Arousal -- Attitude -- Balance -- Behavior -- Belief -- Big inning -- Body language -- Breathing -- Catchers -- Character -- Closers -- Coaching self -- Competitor -- Concentration -- Confidence -- Consistency -- Contact -- Control -- Count -- Courage -- Dedication -- Discipline -- Emotions -- Excuses -- Execution -- Fear of failure -- Fifth inning -- Finishing hitters -- First inning -- Gathering -- Giving in -- Goals -- Habits -- Hitters -- Intelligence -- Intensity -- Joy -- K's -- Learning -- Mantra -- Negativism -- Nice guys -- Outs -- Perspective -- Poise -- Positivism -- Preparation -- Pressure -- Quitting -- Relaxation -- Relentlessness -- Response -- Responsibility -- Results -- Rubber -- Selection -- Self-esteem -- Self-fulfilling prophecy -- Self-talk -- Shut-down innings -- Simplicity -- Strikes -- Target -- Task at hand -- Tempo -- Umpires -- Urgency -- Visualization -- Warrior -- Will -- "X" -- Yesterday -- Zeros.
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