"Psychology of Baseball" is our site for information regarding how players and coaches think regarding the game of baseball, and how their perceptions affect performance. For now, we will provide a blog-style Q & A approach in addressing truths and myths about warm-ups, gear, training, and coaching.
Want tips and analysis on playing the game? - my friend John Paciorek has a great blog at http://www.johnpaciorek.com/ or follow him on Twitter @JohnPaciorek The summaries below are based on published academic articles from the fields of Sport Psychology, Sociology of Sports, and Kinesiology. You will be surprised at some of the academic findings. As a researcher, the articles I reference are viable. Scroll down the sheet to see the topics we address:
This site was deployed officially on 2/18/2014, and updated last on 8/27/2018.
Site Contributors:
William Marelich, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at CSU Fullerton. His research interests include decision-making strategies in various applied settings, group dynamics, and statistical/methodological approaches in experimental and applied research. To date, he has authored or coauthored over 70 articles/monographs, including the books, "The Social Psychology of Health" and "Advanced Statistics for Kinesiology and Exercise Science: A practical guide to ANOVA and regression analyses." More information may be found at http://marelich.socialpsychology.org/ He has been a Manager/Coach for Little League Baseball in Minors, Majors, and Juniors since 2010, winning the League Minors Championship as Manager in 2013 to advance to his District Tournament of Champions. In 2016, his Majors team finished with the best W/L record in regular season, as did his 2017 Juniors team. He served as President of his local Little League (2015), and a Board Member from 2013-16. In 2015 he was Little League Tournament Director for his District; in 2016 he was Little League All-Star Manager placing 4th out of 10 teams; and in 2017 helped coach a combined league All-Star team to a 2nd place finish for his District. He has been a certified Double-Goal Coach through the Positive Coaching Alliance, and completed SafeSport training (through USA Hockey) and HeadsUp Concussion training from the CDC.
Garrett Chase - Garrett Chase completed his B.A. in Psychology in 2015 from CSU Fullerton. His interests include Sport Psychology and the accuracy of applied research in sports-related settings.
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