Hitting and Fielding in the Clutch

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A Softball Player’s and Coach’s Guide To Developing Mental Toughness

Format

Clear

Description

Break free from slumps, shake off mistakes, and perform your best when the game is on the line.

Softball is as much a mental game as it is physical. When nerves build, errors stick, or pressure moments overwhelm you, performance suffers. Hitting and Fielding in the Clutch is a simple yet powerful mental toughness training manual that helps players stay calm, focused, and confident—especially when the game is on the line.

Through practical strategies, real-world stories, and clear mental training tools, athletes learn how to bust out of slumps, let go of mistakes, and consistently perform their best under pressure.

What You’ll Learn

With Hitting and Fielding in the Clutch, you’ll learn how to:

Recognize the mental differences between good and bad games
Avoid the biggest mental mistake ball players make
Stay cool and composed in clutch situations
Build championship confidence and concentration
Quickly shake off errors and bad at-bats
Break out of hitting and fielding slumps
Mentally prepare for high-stakes games and moments

Why It Works

This book gives players concrete step-by-step strategies to manage nerves, focus on what matters, and play freely. It’s an accessible, practical guide that delivers results fast—whether you’re a youth athlete, a high school standout, or competing at the next level.

The Bottom Line

Hitting and Fielding in the Clutch will help you strengthen your mental muscles and add the one critical tool missing from most players’ games: the ability to perform at your best when it matters most.

While written for baseball, the mental skills and strategies translate seamlessly to softball, making it just as valuable for softball players looking to compete with confidence and consistency.

What’s Included: Digital Version

Printable PDF Book (downloadable)

What’s Included: Physical Version

Hard Copy Book (shipped directly to you)

Testimonials

A real breakthrough book for athletes! Having been frustrated using traditional cognitive-behavioral approaches with athletes experiencing freezing, choking or the yips, this book packs in all of the information you need to make a wonderful impact with athletes suffering from these recurrent sports performance issues. I was able to put the breakthrough therapy of `brainspotting’ to immediate use with my clients and the results were spectacular! I would highly recommend this book and its techniques to all practitioners who work with athletes. You will be thrilled with your results. But that’s not all. The authors wrote this book so that athletes could also benefit. They carefully put together treatment strategies that athletes can employ even without a therapist. I recommend this not just for therapists who work with athletes, but for athletes themselves!

Amazon Reviewer

Dr. G, I just finished reading This is Your Brain On Sports and I absolutely loved it! It opened my eyes to what really causes athletes to fall apart and it will help me be more effective with my players!

Frank

Thanks so much! I finally learned how to get my parents on the same page that I’m on. They’re actually helping me now! Go Figure! It has made things so much much easier for me to do my job. I think this is a critically important book for coaches in any sport.

Jack

Congratulations on your program, “14 Steps!” They are truly outstanding and thoroughly cover all the mental aspects of sports which are challenging to athletes and coaches. We are using them this year as part of our weekly training program and the kids love your stories and teachings!

Ken S.

Your new program has really helped both of my kids even though they are in different sports! My daughter used to get too nervous before she played and she told me how much more relaxed and focused she feels now and I can see it in her level of confidence and success on the field. My son had a long history of doing better in practice than competition, leaving him frustrated and us not knowing how to help him. What a difference I see in him now when he competes under pressure. Thanks so much — you’re a great teacher!

Concerned Parent

Hey Dr. G! You were right! When Haley started focusing the right way, she broke out of her hitting slump immediately! She has been on a tear ever since! Your little book has taught us both some important lessons. I see her going thru it every night before she goes to bed these days! What a turnaround!

Samantha

Amazing Book! (This Is Your Brain On Sports) Purchased this book for my husband and once he started reading the book, he couldn’t put it down. He said it was fascinating and so “spot on”. My husband played professional ball and my son is currently at a Div I college playing ball. My husband said that if he knew what this book speaks of back when he played pro ball, he would have had a longer pro career. Every athlete, coach, and parent (especially father) of an athlete will benefit from reading this book.

Amazon Reviewer

I’ve been coaching 20 years and this is one of the most versatile mental toughness training sets I’ve run across. It’s loaded with great exercises and stories that really work. I strongly recommend it to all my athletes.

Dennis

Our daughter Chelsea is a 12 year old pitcher and just played in her first tournament after having listened to your softball audio’s. She pitched a no-hitter, struck out 11 batters in three innings and hit every time she got to the plate. We’ve never seen her so confident. We think your softball audio’s were a great help and wanted you to know.

Charlene K

Dr. Alan, my daughter is a pitcher and got your mental toughness package for softball players. Since realizing that her mental state was affecting her physical playing, she has improved greatly! She is holding a 65% strike ratio and her speed has increased impressively. She is known in our district as the most accurate pitcher with incredible stamina and has pitched several no hitters and Friday night she pitched a perfect game!!! She had the girls on the other team terrified to get in the batter’s box! It tickles her to strike out the opposing team’s pitcher and she usually does! We were talking about how much your audio’s helped her on the way back from our celebratory pizza Friday night. Thank you so much again!

Kelli

DR. G, Just wanted to send a quick note to thank you for such an outstanding program! I just ordered your softball workbook and audio series, Softball With The Competitive Edge a week ago to try and help my 14 year old daughter who has excellent skills, but has problems playing freely because of what happens upstairs in her mind. I have been searching for quite sometime to find someway to help her by using other programs, sending her to professionals etc. but nothing has seemed to work. We have only just begun going through your workbook, ‘Using Your Head…Softball‘ and the first few audio tracks and I’m confident in saying that your mental training books/audio’s may finally be the answer to help give her relief to play the game she loves to play free and to her best ability. Thank you again for giving families like us a program that we can use to try and help our children.