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Nate Barnett10+ posts

Jake, yes, you've identified a not-so-commonly taught skill in baseball: how to block out unwanted thoughts during performance time periods. It's tricky! Meachrm had it right that reducing the "thinking" needs to happen in order for you to block things out of your head.

I've got a couple aritcles (below) I've written that will make a lot of sense. Read them and then ask further questions if you need to.

One great resource I've found on this topic actually comes from a tennis book I read, The Inner Game of Tennis. It's been the best resource on explaining how to block thoughts I've come across yet. It's short and well worth the read. It's easy to translate the ideas to baseball from tennis as well.

Here are the articles I've written.

The Battle For Your Thoughts

Shutting Your Brain Down

4/7/1111:09 AM

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