How is Kellen Lee Helping Professional Baseball Players To Optimize Their Attention For Success?
Most baseball players admit that their sport is a mental battle that is constantly fought in the six inches between their ears. That applies at all levels of competitive baseball. However, the stakes are much different at the professional level. Pressure, distraction, and comparisons are significantly greater. A player’s ability to efficiently direct his focus of attention is critical to success.
My guest, Kellen Lee, is a Mental Skills Coach for Major League Baseball’s @sfgiants. He is also a former college baseball player for @ucsdbsb.
In Episode 33, Kellen shares how he helps young professional baseball players attend to what’s most important on the field in order to optimize their performance. Professional baseball is a business with demands that extend well beyond the diamond. Kellen helps young men develop the self-sufficiency necessary to succeed in their profession.
So, what was your biggest takeaway from my conversation with Kellen Lee?
For me, it’s that the demands of professional baseball require young players to invest time to improve their mental game. Most clubs have a team of mental skills professionals like Kellen for this reason.
My suggestion to sports parents is to help your young athletes become more aware of the importance of training the mental game. Making it clear that professional athletes and their teams prioritize it could be a great starting point.
I want to thank Kellen for his kind generosity and the wisdom he shared with The Freshman Foundation Community.
You can follow Kellen on Instagram @kellen_lee25 and on Twitter @MentallyPerform.
To learn more about how mental performance coaching can help your mind work FOR you rather than AGAINST you, visit https://michaelvhuber.com.
Thank you for listening. We’ll see you back in two weeks for Episode 34 with my guest, Ryan Lasko of Rutgers University Baseball!