Ninety percent mental : an All-star player turned mental skills coach reveals the hidden game of baseball / Bob Tewksbury and Scott Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tewksbury, Bob, 1960- author.

Miller, Scott (Sportswriter), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tewksbury, Bob, 1960-.

Tewksbury, Bob.

Baseball--Psychological aspects.

Baseball.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

United States.

SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.

Local Subjects:

SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

248 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

90 percent mental

Place of Publication:

New York : Hachette Book Group, 2018.

Summary:

"In Ninety Percent Mental, Bob Tewksbury shows readers a side of the game only he can provide, given his singular background as both a longtime MLB pitcher and a mental skills coach for two of the sport's most fabled franchises, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. Fans watching the game on television or even at the stadium don't have access to the mind games a pitcher must play in order to get through an at-bat, an inning, a game. Tewksbury explores the fascinating psychology behind baseball, such as how players use techniques of imagery, self-awareness, and strategic thinking to maximize performance, and how a pitcher's strategy changes throughout a game. He also offers an in-depth look into some of baseball's most monumental moments and intimate anecdotes from a "who's who" of the game, including legendary players who Tewksbury played with and against (such as Mark McGwire, Craig Biggio, and Greg Maddux), game-changing managers and executives (Joe Torre, Bruce Bochy, Brian Sabean), and current star players (Jon Lester, Anthony Rizzo, Andrew Miller, Rich Hill)"--Amazon.

Fans watching the game on television or even at the stadium don't have access to the mind games a pitcher must play in order to get through an at-bat, an inning, a game. Tewksbury explores the fascinating psychology behind baseball, such as how players use techniques of imagery, self-awareness, and strategic thinking to maximize performance, and how a pitcher's strategy changes throughout a game. He also offers an in-depth look into some of baseball's most monumental moments.

Contents:

Prologue

Breathe

A salesman on the mound

The art of the pitch

The concrete jungle

Fear and loathing on the mound

Nearly perfect

Joe Torre and the permission to succeed

From bird seed to mind food

Mound games and mind games

Lefties in their right minds

Putting on the Riz

Pitchology

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780738233789

0738233781

OCLC:

1020511235