The Mental Game Of Baseball Challenge Chapter 12
The following challenge was developed from the book The Mental Game of Baseball by H. A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl. In it the authors present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peak performance at every level of the game. This challenge is designed to test your knowledge and understanding of the tips provided in it and to help you improve your concentration, visualization, focus and relaxation so you can directly improve your performance. As a member of the Nauset Baseball Team, you are required to read The Mental Game of Baseball Outline available on Nauset High School's Student SPORTS Page and complete each chapter's challenge. Remember: Read it, Watch it, Do it!
- 1.Discipline is
- A.
Training to act in accordance to rules
- B.
Instruction designed to train to proper conduct or action
- C.
A branch of instruction or learning
- D.
All of the above
- 2.Mental games are won
- A.
Through being aware of what your goal is
- B.
Knowing what it takes to achieve it in a given context
- C.
Dedicating yourself to that end
- D.
All the above
- 3.What cycle must we go through to achieve control?
- A.
Awareness & recognition – thoughts – self talk – physical behavior guided by rational behavior
- B.
Thoughts – self talk – physical behavior
- C.
Awareness & recognition – self talk – rational behavior
- 4.What is not a common causes for hitting slumps?
- A.
Mechanical flaw Stance/swing
- B.
Mental approach
- C.
Great plays in the field
- 5.What can't be overcome if your mental discipline is strong
- A.
Physical pain
- B.
Physical mechanics
- C.
External distractions of any sort
- D.
They all can be overcome
- 6.Mental Discipline is the ability to sustain effective and consistent concentration on a task - specific performance task – according to what's required within the given situation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Negative past experiences tend leave players through time
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Pressure is something outside sources create and our minds buy into
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Discomfort occurs in players who feel they must have the - perfect stance -perfect swing and the perfect pitching motion
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.A ballplayer who plays cautiously, who doesn't let it all out, cannot possibly expect to perform on a plane near his potential, and the likelihood of injury may be increased.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Performance is better achieved when you've learned about all the possible situations that can frustrate & anger you
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Frustration is a result of not having things go your way and can lead to anger
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Negative commands such as “Don't throw this”, “Don't do that” are helpful training phrases
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Cool is the thing players are when things begin to get hot around them
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.By training well at paying attention to the appropriate cues and tasks at hand, nervousness will be prevented
- A.
True
- B.
False
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