Tip #1 - Overcome fear of failure.
Fear of failure might be what is holding you back. Dare to be great by taking
risks, chances. Nobody has ever achieved greatness without facing hardship
first.
Failing is a good thing if you learn from it. Instead of seeing problems or
obstacles, see challenges to overcome. The most successful people on the planet are risk-takers.
You will never achieve anything by risking nothing.
Tip #2 - Make no excuses and take full responsibility for all your failures and all your successes.
The world's most successful people never make excuses and they hold themselves
accountable. Achieving success and making excuses are mutually exclusive, wholly
incompatible.
Tip #3 - Accept the fact that you will fail, make a lot of mistakes and learn from them.
Failing is a big part of the game. If you succeed only 30% of the time at the
plate, it's excellent. That means that you will be failing more often than you
succeed. Failing is part of life and sport in general. You actually learn more
by failing than by succeeding.
The key point is to look at mistakes and failures as learning opportunities.
Ask yourself: "What didn't go well and how can I do things differently next
time to be successful?"
Tip #4 - Be here, now.
Play one pitch at a time, confident and focused on each pitch as it is played
with disregard for past or future pitches. Ignore the emotional baggage of
scores, innings, and pitch counts; just focus on the next pitch. Playing a full game
in the present is to ultimate goal and the best way to ensure that you perform
at your best.
Tip #5 - Focus on the process rather than the outcome.
You have much more control over the process than the outcome. For
example, when hitting, focus on have a good at bat (proper mental
approach to the plate, selecting the right pitches, using your best
swing, hitting a line drive, etc.) rather than focusing on getting a hit or stiking out.
Tip #6 - Develop routines to help you get in the zone.
The use of routine is one of the most widespread practices among elite softball
players. They perform routines before games, between innings and between pitches
at the plate and on the field.
A routine integrates both the mental and the physical aspects.
It is a specific way of doing things to stay focus, block distraction and put
you in the ideal mindset. Routines are powerful and you should definitely use
them.
These 6 basic steps can tremendously help you perform on and off the softball field
