The Hard 90 With Zach Sorensen

Add the 54321 body scan when you are looking for a total body relaxation.  This guided meditation will help you focus on different parts of your body and help you bring focused relaxation to these specific parts. Uses this mediation to help you wind down or get you into a meditative state any time during the day.

Use this five by five box breathing technique to help you stay focused on your breath and meditative practice. While you focus on your breathing, visualize the shape of a square, inhale for a count of five, hold for 5, exhale for a count of 5, and the hold for another 5. Repeat this sequence for a series of breaths to gain a relaxed and focused state. 

In for six, hold for two, out for eight.  One breath at a time.  The 6-2-8 breathing technique will allow you to relax and focus as well as serve as the gateway to the present moment. Use this technique while meditating in the morning to start your day, or just before bed to set your mind at ease, reduce anxiety, and calm your thoughts and worries. 

What are you doing to help control your anxiety? What are you doing to slow down the game and get into the present moment? What strategy are you using to play the game one play at a time? In this episode, we will teach you three breathing techniques to practice to help you relax, focus, and live in the present moment.  

What does the breath do for you? It allows you to relax and focus. It is the gateway to the present moment. It will release all the tension in your body.  You should be taking a deep breath before every pitch, before every shot, before every down. Get relaxed and focused by taking a deep breath. 

What is the number one thing you need to work on in the upcoming month? Make it your one word focus. Bring attention to this one word focus, put a plan in place, and then attack it. You will be amazed at the progress you will make by bringing attention to your one word focus.

Listen to Brian Cain teach us the lesson he learned from Dr Ken Ravizza about the importance of focusing on staying present and playing the game one play at a time.

We need to be different.  Everybody has the same goal. We need a different goal - a narrow goal. While everybody is focusing on winning championships, we will focus on what it takes to win championships. To win championships, focus on winning one play at a time, one play at a time. 

Winners Focus On Winning, Losers Focus On Winners.  Let's spend more time focusing on what it takes to win than on comparing ourselves to others. Comparison is the thief of all joy.

What is a spot at your field that you can focus on that can help bring you back to the present moment? It will help bring you back to neutral, slow the game down, and help you regain control of your focus and awareness.