Not long before Ken’s passing, he had the opportunity to sit down and have a roundtable discussion about all things baseball and the mental game at his home with three of his closest college baseball coaching colleagues and friends… Dave Snow (long-time former head coach of Long Beach State), John Savage (head coach at UCLA), and Steve Rousey (former pitching …
Ken Ravizza sat down for an in-depth interview on the mental game with the inventor of the Core Velocity Belt, Lantz Wheeler… In this 22-minute interview, they discuss the following: 0:45 – What does the mental game mean to you? 2:00 – 3 tips for a player at any level to be better at the mental game 3:08 – What …
Your role as a high school coach is critical in the development of our youth… Listen to what legendary college baseball coach Augie Garrido has to say in this video: You may be having more impact than you think. Click here for more baseball-specific training with Dr. Ken Ravizza.
The pursuit of excellence involves an extraordinary drive to get better. In order to learn from your sport experience the athlete must reflect on the lessons learned from the performance. I always tell athletes “You took 3 hours out of your life to play the game, and the performance will give you feedback; win/loss, a time, a score, etc. But …
My journey in Sport Psychology began as an undergraduate Physical Education major at Springfield College and continued at USC where I earned my Ph.D. in Sport Philosophy with an emphasis on examining the meaning athletes find in sport participation. The journey really took off when I was a university professor at Cal State Fullerton, teaching classes in sport philosophy as …