How to Win The Mental Game of Baseball - Kurt Suzuki

In this episode of The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast brought to you by Fundraising University, Brian is joined by former Major League Baseball player Kurt Suzuki.  Kurt and Cain met when they were both in their first year at Cal State Fullerton in the fall of 2001.  Kurt went on to be a NCAA National Champion (2004) a MLB World Series Champion (2019) and played over 15 MLB Seasons becoming an All-Star in 2014.  In this podcast Kurt and Cain talk about:

How the mental game is the most important aspect of MLB

The mindset it takes to thrive in a game built on failure

What Kurt took from the mental game at Fullerton to his 15+ year Pro career

How to get the monkey off your back

The importance of a “So What Next Pitch” mindset

Living in the moment, not the past or the future

The need to have a focal point in your pre-pitch routine and release

The critical importance of sticking to the process

Reflecting on lessons learned from the 2004 NCAA National Championship

How to simplifying things in a complex analytical game

Staying neutral vs. Riding the baseball roller coaster

What it takes mentally to play 162

Striving for perfection and accepting greatness

The importance of a post game recovery process and routine

How having children changes your mindset and motivations as a professional athlete

Having doubt, yellow lights and talking to yourself not listening

How to take the emotion of results out of your game and stick to the present, process and stay positive

How the fear of failure will cost you your career or bring you to another level, all in how you process it

That and much, much more

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