The Hard 90 With Zach Sorensen

A Quiet Mind

Being in the zone is being fully focused on what you are doing, so focused that everything else disappears and your mind goes quiet.

In The Zone

In sports, "the zone" is a state of peak performance where an athlete is fully focused on the present moment and their actions flow seamlessly.

Don't Forget How Hard It Is

A message to coaches and parents - just a simple reminder about how difficult competing can be.  Our athletes can be doing everything within their control to be ready to go and things still might not go their way. Respect the game. Respect their effort. 

Kill The Distraction

There are many ways to experience flow, although they may not all happen all of the time. So, what might you experience?

• You have complete focus on the activity, nothing else is distracting you

Step In Step Out

You do dot need to have laser focus in most sports for every minute of the event. You need to lock in and then take a break. This process will allow you to have the best focus when it is needed. 

You Become What You Put Your Focus On

If a baseball player strikes out with the bases loaded, does that mean that player will strike out every time he steps to the plate with three runners on base?

If a golfer leaves a five-foot putt inches short of the cup, will that golfer forever miss every short-range putt?

These over generalizations in your thinking will keep you stuck in a rut.

Three Keys To Success

What are the three thing that if you did them on every pitch, or every, would give you the best chance at success?

How To Get Out Of A Slump

You focus on thoughts during the competition, such as:

• “Here we go again.”
• “Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse.”
• “Another loss heading my way.”

When you become aware of how your habitual thoughts and expectations are hurting your performance, you can start consciously replacing those thoughts with positive, enhancing thoughts.

Trust Yourself To Compete

Build your trust by doing the things you say you are going to do which will allow you to have a free mind when the umpire says play ball.

Practice Competing

“Practice as if its competition, but compete as if it's practice.” Meaning - every day matters.