The mental ABC's of pitching: a handbook for performance enhancement

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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.;The Mental ABCs Of Pitching; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Foreword; Introduction; 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 The Mental ABCs Of Pitching TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Introduction 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 GuysOuts 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 Appendix A Appendix B