| Spring training is about to begin. Every owner and | | | | world series. |
| manager wants their team to make it to the Fall | | | | This new study looks at what it takes to win |
| Classic. | | | | championships in baseball and in other major |
| And baseball coaches at every level want to field | | | | sports. |
| the best team possible. | | | | Interestingly, where baseball is concerned, fielding |
| But what does it really take to create a winning | | | | percentage can predict the winner of The World |
| baseball franchise? | | | | Series almost two thirds of the time. Other |
| And what determines which baseball team will | | | | highlights include consistency factors as well as |
| excel when the pressure is on? | | | | leadership. |
| What causes one team to choke and what | | | | Additional factors that were studied and are being |
| empowers some players to excel in the big | | | | examined now include mental toughness, |
| moment? | | | | confidence, resiliency, focus, anger management, |
| What should a pitcher be thinking about on the | | | | emotional control, team chemistry, parenting, and |
| mound and what should be going on in the player's | | | | family histories of baseball players. |
| mind when he steps up to the plate? | | | | Owner, managers and coaches who want to win |
| Traditional research on baseball tells us that | | | | at the professional level, the minor league level |
| factors like batting averages, earned run | | | | and the collegiate level need to understand how |
| averages, stolen bases, errors, innings pitched, | | | | these fifty factors impact the players they put |
| margin of victories, run scored, on based | | | | on the field. They also need to know how these |
| percentage, walks, pitches taken, strike outs and | | | | various success factors interact with one another. |
| slugging percentage play important roles in | | | | For instance, confidence and a player ability to |
| determining who will win a pennant or a World | | | | relax are closely related to one another. |
| Series. | | | | They also need to know what they need to do |
| However, new research on psychology and | | | | to get players to reach their fullest potential. |
| mathematics indicates that there are at least fifty | | | | Knowing where players are strong and where |
| factors which owners, coaches, managers and | | | | they are weak can give owners and managers |
| teams need to understand if they want to win a | | | | insight into how to best manage their organization. |