Champion’s Mind

Training the Mental Game:

We use the Champion’s Mind app to help our players set goals, focus, practice using self talk, build confidence, resilience, and more.  Please sign up for our team’s Champion’s Mind account – this is included in your team fees.  This app has many great, short talks that help players and team with mental aspects of the game, school, and life.  Use the email address you will use with the cellphone that will have the app on it – this can be a player’s phone or a parent’s phone. The sign up link is in the Cyclones Winter Training Starts Tomorrow email sent on January 1. Let me know if you need the sign up link resent.

Updated Champion’s Mind Listens for Players:

For each Champion’s Mind module, listen to the entirety or just segments you find most relevant. As you listen to each module, answer the questions below – discuss your answers with a parent or teammate.  Be ready to share your answers and reactions to what you learned at our upcoming practice.

Due by the start of practice on: 

  • Sunday, Jan 8- Module 1 “Your Champion’s Mind” 7 entries. 
  • Friday, January 13- Module 2 “Mental Toughness” 6 entries.
  • Friday, January 20- Module 3 “How Champions Think” 6 entries.
  • Sunday, January 29- Module 4 “Competition Mindset” 9 entries.
  • Friday, February 3- Module 5 “Grit & Determination” 5 entries.
  • Friday, February 10- Module 6 “Leadership & Teamwork” 9 entries.
  • Friday, February 17-  Module 7 “Thrive Under Pressure” 8 entries.
  • Friday, February 24- Module 8 “Cognitive Distortions” 12 entries.
  • Wed, March 1-  Module 9 “Recover from Injury” 5 entries.
  • Friday, March 10- Module 10 “The Champion’s Lifestyle”
  • Module 11 “Playing in the Zone” and Module 12 “Mental Health” will be covered in March or April once we start back up.

From each, answer these 3 questions. Be ready to discuss answers:

  • What have you liked that you’ve learned so far?
  • What are you struggling with?
  • What is challenging?

Using these listens and personalizing them can help you not only in baseball, but also in school, with your family, and with most of your life.