pre Game Rituals

Dont have many

I usually eat about 2 hours before the game(some sort of meat usually)
Once I have my uniform on I like to just relax,maybe watch some TV,do anything but baseball.If I think to much,it effects my game

I'm the opposite futurecatcher..I do a lot of visualization of me doing positive things in games. Plus when I'm out on the field I like to do sprints from the foul line far enough to where I'm even to 2nd base. So pretty much steals.

I do visualization, but thats not like a ritual, but really I'm always visualizing, bored in class, walking in the street. I always find myself doing air swings, throwing a ball, I can't control it.

I don't have that luxury for school ball, we run from 6th period, get dressed and play, but for summer and fall, I just do whatever, until I get in the car, then I start to get focused, thinking over my swing, and things like that.

I warm up with the same person before every game. My 2nd baseman. We simulate DP exchanges in the OF before every game.

i do the same thing catch43, i alwasy visualize myself do spectacular things, like diving plays, leadoff HRs, wlak-off HRs. and then in class im always swingin an air bat and everyday the same kid ask me what im doin

If it's summer ball, then if it's a 6 PM game, I'll take a nap from noon until about 2. It's relaxing and gets my energy level up before the game. If it's school ball, then I'll just do the same routine I do everyday: run down with the same people, warm up with the same people, etc

I do the same thing as catch43 and IR2B im always visualizing bored in class or somthin and before the game i visualize alot. before the game i start listenin to an ipod all the way from the bus ride and during pre game bp it helps me stay focused and block everything else out. I take it out before we warm up cause im not sure what our coach would say but i wish i could cause it really makes me relax and helps me focus

I do the same thing as catch43,IR2B and ugcatcher2. I'll listen to my music to pump me up and block everything out and I'll just try and picture everything that could come my way during a game. If im lucky enough to have stats on the other team or something then I'll look at them to get an idea of what im going up aginst

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I don't have any big things I ALWAYS do.I like to shower about 1 hour before I leave to the game. Other than that, I can't

For a school game: After classes over run down to gym eat a power bar and have a poland springs water. Go into locker, change into shorts. use the bathroom. play guts ball with my catcher. get dressed. tosses/bp.

Summer: Play baseball with best friend all day game before. next day we chill and play madden until two hours before game time. get dressed and go

Whats is guts ball?

Every game before I pitch I always do the same thing. Go from last period and get dressed, head out to the field, put spikes on, run and streach with the team, warm up with the team (only about 60 foot tosses), when the team takes BP when im not hitting I sit on the bench and start visualizing. When we are done BP the other team takes it at which point I take notes on ever hitter on the other team so I will know where to pitch the other kids, then I start to stretch 30 mins before game time, start throwing 20 mins before game time, work out to about 120 feet then back into 60 and then start my warmups. Once I am done with that I go over my notes on the hitters with my catcher then it is game time and we play.

Here's my pregame routine. 1pm weekend game with 1030 batting practice. Wake up at 930, poop, shower, eat, get to the field at 1015. jog, dynamics warm-up, hit, then chill for a while, throw longtoss if my arm feels good, if not then light catch, and play ball!

i'll always just put on some music in the car n chill n just try not to think about too much. i'm a pitcher so i don't visualize my swing or anything like that. then, when i'm all full of butterflies, right before the actual game starts and i'm about to go throw my warm-up pitches on the mound, i'll step on the foul line to sort of loosen up the whole superstition thing. that always calms me down

Well i put my cleats on a special way and I always have to watch the other team take infield.

I always relace my cleats before each game and put my feet with not laces in them at all. I tie them up then making the extra extra tight, making sure my heel is as far back against the cleat as possible.

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ll always just put on some music in the car n chill n just try not to think about too much. i'm a pitcher so i don't visualize my swing or anything like that. then, when i'm all full of butterflies, right before the actual game starts and i'm about to go throw my warm-up pitches on the mound, i'll step on the foul line to sort of loosen up the whole superstition thing. that always calms me down Smile


"So you know if I drop it then its a hit, the game got it in my grip like a cather's mitt."

tell myself im going to throw a perfect game. tell yourself that and you will utterly dominate.

2 HOT DOGS AND A PRETZEL...2% MILK..(MCARTHUR DAIRY ONLY).....WITHOUT THAT MEAL I GO IN TERRIBLE SLUMPS

thegame2003,

you poop FIRST thing in the morning? respect.

I have a few.If its an away game I sit in the same seat every time on the bus and listen to my Ipod. Also I go over the scouting reports on hitters and pitchers with my coach. Also I take a shower right before I put on my uniform.New Game=Clean Slate. I always warm up with the same person and do the same warmup routine. Oh and I always give my girlfriend a kiss on both cheeks before heading in the dugout.

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Originally posted by QUEENSRYCHE:
2 HOT DOGS AND A PRETZEL...2% MILK..(MCARTHUR DAIRY ONLY).....WITHOUT THAT MEAL I GO IN TERRIBLE SLUMPS

Not sure you how play with milk in the stomache..

I watch 8 men out the night before (Jackson's story really gets me motivated to go all out). Then 5-10 minutes before game time the team downs a small shot of pinetar, throw my bag of seeds in my pocket and go kick some ***.

for summer ball, i wake up, shower, eat breakfast and chocolate milk. sit around in an under shirt and baseball pants untill about two hours i have to leave. then i put on the rest of my uniform while listening to music. i try to watch some sort of baseball game recorded or live, then i get in the car and listen to music. i greet my team mates as they get there with certain one liners ir nicknames and we warm up the same way we do. after warm ups, i keep loose and relaxed in the dugout while joking with my team to get pre game jitters out. then gametime and we rock their domes!

Listen to the same playlist on my ipod, run, strech, throw with the same guy. I always retie the laces on my glove before a game if I can.

I have some chicken and some Powerade before the show. If I have time a purple juice with some added vittamins for extra speed. Little John hitting it along with a few other musicians cranking.

say a prayer. listen to my playlist as i think of all my positive achievements and all others who think i can't do it. so i can prove them wrong. 10 swings off a tee. then three six nine drill. sprints more prayer and visualization then game time you know same as everyone else haha.