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The fear in baseball can mean a lot, it can be a little thing or a big thing. I have had fears with baseball and I just want to share my fears and the truth about them. There can be big fears and small fears. A little thing could be getting hit by the ball; where a big thing could be doing everything wrong or losing the game. I just want to help so you can become a great baseball player in the long run.
The most common fear in baseball is always getting hit by the ball and that it will hurt a lot as well as it will be humiliating.
The truth is that you are going to get hit by the ball either if it hits you while your batting or hits you on a line drive or a bad hop. People are scared about getting hit by the ball for one big reason; getting hurt. People do think that it hurts a lot and it can. You will be hurting for a little bit but by the time the next Pitch is deliver end you will be wanting to steal second. You might try to avoid the ball at all cost up at the plate, but when you get older you won't make the team or you will get
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cut if you duck or avoid the ball. There's all kinds of drills for this but if you don't want to get hit or if it isn't worth it then you just can't play. When you play at an older age people will start throwing curve balls, sliders, two seems, hooks, and so on. These different types of pitches curve and they will be called a strike every time. If you are moving for no reason then there is no excuses for not hitting the curveball. You have to learn to stay in the box at all costs. That was definitely one of the hardest things to do when hitting. When you're fielding and You get out of the way because the ball is coming to fast or it is hopping or something like that then you will probably not play. You have to learn how to stop the ball. Get down and have a wide stance at all times. Let the ball hit your chest if it is a bad hop. It will hurt but you won't get yelled at and your teammates should always say way to stop the ball or way to get in front. If you don't get in the way you are just going to get benched or cut. One of the most important things in baseball is stopping the ball. If the ball is stopped in the dirt then the runners won't advance and they won't score. The next biggest fear or frustration in baseball is striking out.
In baseball if you get three strikes than your out. People don't like getting three strikes on them because you might think that it is embarrassing or that you look bad. Remember baseball is the only sport where you can succeed three out of ten times and be amazing. You will be mad and upset but you need to get over it. Everybody is going to sit down by a pitcher. You would be the best player in the world if you never got stricken out. Some people will go into slumps as well where they don't play as good and they're not hitting. You can't be scared of a slump either. You just work harder and you will get out of it. The big rule in baseball is you always need to work harder. You don't leave when you get it right you leave when you can't get it wrong. You need to know that you are going to strike out and that's
okay. The last thing that people worry about especially at a young age is loosing. Everybody wants to be the all star team and not lose a game and be the best of the best. That is never going to happen though. The best teams lose and a lot to. You will be mad when you lose. You know you are going to lose so don't be upset if you do. It doesn't matter if you are playing the best team or the best team always play hard and do your best, you can always come back and win the game, or they can come back and you can lose the game. A lot of people try to blame themselves for the lose. You just need to know that you are not always at fault. You might of had the easy play but you messed up and you lost at the bottom of the ninth; but if you think about back in the game other players had errors the whole game and that could've easily changed the game's outcome. Never get down and always train and do your best in games, in scrimmages, in practice, or even playing at the park with your friends. I hope you know that you have to overcome your fears of baseball and face the truth that you will get hit, you will strike out, and you will lose a game. Just remember to work hard and do your best because that's what baseballs about. Never let the fear of striking out get in your way-Babe Ruth There might be people that are better than you but there is no excuses for anyone to work harder than you-Derek Jeter Weather you have a great game or a terrible game tomorrow's a new day and you got to come out and compete-David Wright Yesterday's home runs don't win today's game-Babe Ruth
People become scared in their own minds because of paranoia and their own imagination. For instance, say you’re home alone and don’t have any animals and you hear a noise--your first emotion is most likely fear. Although you didn’t go check what made the sound or why it was made, you get scared and stay in one area until someone gets home or you call someone, it’s human nature. We make ourselves scared when there (usually) isn’t anything to be scared about. On the other hand, we purposely make ourselves scared sometimes by going to haunted houses, watching thriller movies, reading scary books, or watching horror shows.
The researcher has chosen to write this paper on hitting because she has played softball for twelve years and the perfect softball swing has always eluded her. The softball swing is one of the most difficult softball skills to achieve greatness in. There are a number of great hitters all with different batting stances and styles, each one comfortable to them. There are many different tactics and coaching ideas out there to help improve hitting. In fact, there are several videos now on the market to help the softball player perform better. Coaches often teach hitting drills to improve batting techniques and ability. Confidence is an important factor in hitting. If the player lacks confidence then she will not be a good hitter. Softball is not only a physical game but a mental game.
It’s a Sunday afternoon and the whole family is over at grandmother’s house playing a fun game of pickup baseball until they realize they do not know how to hit a baseball. Luckily, it is a rather simple process that can easily be taught and learned. Hitting a baseball is not nearly as hard as it seems. Professional baseball players make hitting a baseball either look very easy or extremely hard. To begin the process, the following items are needed: a bat, a baseball, and baseball gloves so that the hit baseball can be caught.
Baseball is not a difficult game to comprehend, but it can a very long time to achieve a high level of performance. Usually one starts playing this game at a very young age and the first thing they start out with is throwing. Throwing a baseball involves exploiting all major muscle groups in the body to generate a large torque on the arm that will in turn create a high potential for speed when it is released.
Texas Tech has proven that hitting a softball is way harder to hit than a baseball. A softball pitcher is very close to you at the pitcher's mound. If you are in the batter's box it feels like they are right on top of you especially since most softball pitchers can be up to about 6 feet in height. It is scientifically proven that a softball player has less time to react to the ball because of the distance and speed of the pitch. Also, softball pitchers not only throw hard, but they also throw tricky pitches to hit. The pitch that rises upwards is called a rise ball. When this pitch comes in, most coaches will say just let it go instead of risking this pitch. Baseball players throw breaking balls, but unlike in softball they don't suddenly leap up right as you're going to swing at it. Pitchers in softball can also throw a curve ball that curves away from the batter but still in the strike zone. A screw ball moves closer to the batter. Same as a curve ball it is still in the strike zone just right on the edge of it. Softball players throw many more change ups than in baseball. Change ups catch the player off guard causing them to swing and become frustrated with themselves. As you can tell softball pitchers don't mess around using every inch of the plate to pitch the ball and strike the batter
Baseball is known as America’s national pastime, and has been played for over 100 years. Baseball can be a lot of fun, but is also extremely challenging to play, especially trying to hit a 90 mile per hour fastball. I am a very devoted baseball player myself, and over the years I have learned numerous key things about the game. Baseball does not only require physical strength to hit and throw the ball, but it also requires a great mindset, such as, mental preparedness, concentration, and a positive attitude.
Support: One session I was in a slump and I was having a hard time making contact with the ball but when i did it would go far, they called players like me power hitters. So what I did was practice more and go to the batting cages more often.
Baseball is a very well known sport and often known as “America’s pastime” and softball is highly similar, but with a few key differences. Many people just assume that the sport of baseball is more difficult than softball, but don’t actually know the specific parts of each of the two. Also, if you’ve never played one or the other sport, you shouldn’t be assuming anything at all in the first place. Although many assume one may be harder than the other, baseball and softball both have particular factors which make them both complex in their own way.
Baseball has always been America’s natural past time. Many fans love watching baseball but do not realize how hard it is to prepare for a season. Most fans think the players just show up on the first day. I think this belief is completely false. I feel that preparing for a baseball season requires much preparation. The preparation I use includes working on my swing, working out, and studying other people’s ideas on hitting. These steps are necessary for me to have a successful season. These steps have proven to be a valuable aid in helping me to prepare for the season. I believe these steps are the basic steps to becoming a great baseball player.
I chose this piece because it’s the beginning, the reason why baseball got started. Also because I am learning about a sport that began so early and evolved into a major league sport. Many people find baseball can be boring because it is so long, its nine innings and that can last a while. The way the sport is, it is set up in a way that when your favorite team is winning, you tend to forget about how long the actual game is. This first inning takes place as early as the 1800’s and going into the 1900’s, explaining who started baseball. One interesting fact that I took heed to be the fact that baseball was not called “baseball”, it was actually called “base”, the game of ball.
Many people don't understand the point in playing baseball. Why would someone swing a stick, hit a ball, and try to get back to where they started before the ball returns? What pleasure is there in that? Why not participate in a sport like wrestling or track where there is an obvious level of individual improvement and therefore pleasure. Well, I play baseball because of the love I have for the sport, and because of the feeling that overwhelms me every time I walk onto a baseball field. When I walk onto a field I am given the desire to better myself not only as an athlete, but also as a person. The thoughts and feelings I get drive me to work hard towards my goals and to be a better person. The most relevant example of these feelings is when I stepped on the field at Runyon Complex in Pueblo, Colorado during our high school state playoffs in 2003. This baseball field will always be an important place to me.
The Dangers of Fear Irish Playwright, George Bernard Shaw, once said, “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.” Inhumanity is mankind’s worst attribute. Every so often, ordinary humans are driven to the point where they have no choice but to think of themselves. One of the most famous examples used today is the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night demonstrates how fear is a debilitating force that causes people to lose sight of who they once were.
Growing up, I have always had a passion for baseball. To me, it is much more than just a sport. There have been times when it has acted as an escape from many problems in my life, as I feel that when I am on the diamond, nothing can hurt me. I am aware that many people feel this way about the sport they love, but sadly their careers often come to an abrupt end due to injury. I have a personal connection to this experience.
What is it about the smaller things in life that makes humans terrified? Why are some people afraid of something that will obviously never happen to them, while others are oblivious to the problems around them? The people who are afraid of things that pose little to no danger to them have some type of phobia. A phobia can range from sociophobia, which is the fear of being judged by society, to sesquipedalophobia, which is the fear of long words. Phobias come in wide varieties, and can seriously affect the victim of said phobia. Some people say that phobias are just strange, random fears that “crazy” people develop, but studies have shown that phobias often have thorough reasoning behind their cause.
In general, the fear of something or a phobia refers to one having an acute or severe aversion to an experience or object (Craske, Antony, & Barlow, 2006, p.4). According to Powell, Honey, & Symbaluk (2013), phobias are considered as a basic form of elicit behavior, at which, when a stimulus is presented it leads to an involuntary response to occur. This is the rate of occurrence is known as a reflex. Reflexes are often caused by conditioning through learned associations or classical conditioning involving a stimulus and the elicit reaction of a stimulus, particularly, within one’s environment (Powell, Honey, & Symbaluk, 2013, p.109-110).