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Steve Sax Syndrome

Chuck Knoblauch Before and After

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chuck knoblauch youngWhen he first arrived in the Major Leagues, 2nd baseman, Chuck Knoblauch was an astonishingly gifted athlete.

To understand the enormity of the tragedy of this man’s baseball career you have to watch these two videos.

The question that haunts us is, “What happened between beginning part of Chuck Knbolauch’s career where he was right on the money every time and the later part where he could no longer throw accurately to first?

Fast forward to 2000 and this incredibly talented player is being reviled in the media for his wild throwing. In this report he hit a woman in the stands with one wild throw:

Chuck Knoblauch not only is hurting the New York Yankees with his wild throws, he’s hurting their fans, too.

The scatter-armed second baseman made another wild throw Saturday, this one hitting a woman sitting behind the first-base dugout in a game against the Chicago White Sox.
– read the full article: Deseret News Article on Chuck Knoblauch

Or Kieth Olbermann targeting him as one of the year’s worst:

I don’t know if Chuck sought the help of a hypnotherapist or NLP Master Practitioner, but this is not an isolated incidence. This “champion” to “chump” process is going on all the time even on the high school and collegiate level. Combine the pressure to perform with public scrutiny and you have a recipe for destroying the delicate balance that makes a gifted athlete great.

Talent is great but it doesn’t win big time games

Talent contributes… but it is mental toughness and the ability to snap back after a mistake or a defeat that determines who will be the champion.

The fix in situations like this is not more physical practice.

What is required is an understanding of how your mind works and how to change “one time learning events” that are often the root cause of a sudden drop in ability.

That’s where Sports Hypnosis and Mental Toughness Training come in.

The difference can be rapid and significant. Why not get the edge that is quietly waiting for you in your unconscious mind?

Sports hypnosis for mental toughness

Got questions? I have answers and I want you to have them, so…

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What Really Happened To Chuck Knoblauch?

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chuck knoblauch2What really happened to All Star Baseball Player Chuck Knoblauch?

One day he could throw to 1st from 2nd base. The next he couldn’t… and his All-Star career was basically over.

From Wikipedia:

Once considered one of the game’s best fielders (in fact, ESPN personalities nicknamed him “Fundamentally Sound” Chuck Knoblauch), Knoblauch’s play deteriorated shortly into his Yankee career. In 1999 he began to have difficulty making accurate throws to first base, a condition sometimes referred to in baseball as “the yips”, “Steve Blass Disease”, or “Steve Sax Syndrome” in more recent years. By 2000, the problem had grown serious enough that he began seeing more playing time as a designated hitter.

Knoblauch tried various solutions to his problem, but his throwing would not improve. He made an unprecedented number of throwing errors, routinely making abnormal throws out of the reach of the first baseman. (During one game, an errant throw sailed into the stands and hit sportscaster Keith Olbermann’s mother in the head.)[5] After making three throwing errors in six innings of the Yankees’ 12-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox, on 16 June 2000, Knoblauch voluntarily left the game. He then left Yankee Stadium in his street clothes while the game was still in progress.[6] Stumping commentators, fans, and himself, Knoblauch never fully recovered his throwing accuracy. He was reassigned to left field by manager Joe Torre, never to return to his old position.

It’s impossible to know what was going on in Knoblauch’s mind during this time, but suffice it to say it wasn’t lack of talent or training that caused this phenomenal athlete to self destruct.

It was something in the way he was thinking

Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to correct the problem and I am not privy to whatever he did to attempt to fix it. All I know is that what goes on between our ears is the fundamentally most important factor in peak performance for athletes.

Younger athletes like those in High School or even Middle School can benefit from a program of “Mental Toughness Training” that will enable them to have full access in high pressure competition to all the resources they have trained into their bodies during practice.

That is the key link up.

When we are under stress and pressure many of us seem to shut down access to what we know. This happens in all areas of life, not just sports but unlike a guy with “approach anxiety”, anxiety in sports can mean the difference between getting into the college or your choice or not. Not to mention potential scholarship money.

The good news is that with the right leading edge tools, you don’t have to stand by helplessly while this destroys your love of the game.

This can be fixed. And ast.

That’s where Sports Hypnosis and Mental Toughness Training come in.

The difference can be rapid and significant. Why not get the edge that is quietly waiting for you in your unconscious mind?

Sports hypnosis for mental toughness

Got questions? I have answers and I want you to have them, so…

Let’s talk