New England Baseball Journal

  • Login
  • Logout
  • Subscribe
  • Dashboard
Subscribe
The Mental Edge

The Mental Edge: How meditation can help athletes be fully in the moment

By Landon DumarJune 5, 2019

When I attend events, conduct workshops or meet baseball players who are interested in learning more about mental performance, one of the first questions I get is, “So where do I start? What should I be doing to train my mind?”

This is by no means an easy question to answer, but based on my experience, I have one suggestion that I believe has the greatest potential to have an impact: meditation.

While you most likely have heard of meditation and mindfulness connected to spirituality, relaxation and happiness, what many of the athletes I meet don’t know is that meditation also is a tool that can help you on the baseball field. While mindfulness research has demonstrated benefits in increasing well-being and life satisfaction, along with decreases in anxiety and stress, and much more, it also has been shown to improve sports performance and is becoming a mainstay in professional sports with such organizations as the Golden State Warriors, the Seattle Seahawks, the Miami Dolphins and the Chicago Cubs. In baseball, both Barry Zito and Derek Jeter have been open about their regular use of meditation. Jeter was known to practice meditation for up to an hour on his days off.

Tags: The Mental Edge

Subscribe to finish reading this story

SUBSCRIBE

Members login below

Register
Forgot Password?

Related Articles

Podcast: Lawrence Academy coach Chris Margraf on his team’s ISL title

The latest edition of The Base Path Podcast is a good one for fans of the ISL. Lawrence Academy coach Chris Margraf joins host Dan…
Read More

NCAA transfers: UConn, BC land impact prospects from Northeast region

As preparations for another college season continue to heat up this summer, New England Baseball Journal’s look at transfers across all NCAA levels does as…
Read More

Prep insider: Down nearly 100 lbs., MacDuffie’s Jon Urena has D1 potential

Jon Urena has yet to find himself on the radar of collegiate baseball programs. However, that is likely to change very soon. Urena is a…
Read More

Our Free Weekly Newsletter

  • Subscribe
  • Seamans Media, Inc.
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact Us

© Copyright 2022 Seamans Media, Inc. • All Rights Reserved

Contact Us!

Please write a brief description and someone will get back to you shortly!

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.