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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Baseball tournament FAQ

By John Crisha


It takes a lot out of an athlete to play in a baseball tournament. Unless preparing in advance very carefully, one cannot expect to be a successful player. You need to eat and rest well in order to win a baseball tournament, which entails playing many games in rapid sequence. Sometimes the team in the best condition, not the team with the most talent, is the championship winner. A tournament is more a test of your dedication and training than just of your natural abilities.

The week before is not the time to practice hard. The week of the tournament, you should focus your training on fine-tuning precision skills. Avoid all weight training, and even extended batting practices, as you want to be fully rested for the tournament. A tournament will naturally deplete your muscles' glycogen stores and cause normal tissue damage, so you'll want to rest up the week before so you can be ready to go to the championship rounds, instead of burning out in the first or second round.

It's almost definite that your opponents are giving their all towards victory, and if you don't do the same, all the world's talent won't help you sustain your energy long enough to defeat them. The week before the baseball tournament begins you will need to change your practice routine. You're going to feel tired, weak, and sore when you get to the first game if you and your team over train in the days leading to the tournament. In addition to this you will likely be out of energy following the initial one. By doing this you can get bumped out of a tournament early on, although it isn't an uncommon mistake. In order to be ready for the multiple games of a tournament, you don't need to practice more the week before.

Another very important part of your preparation is good, restful sleep. Most in today's world, in spite of knowing about the doctors' recommendation of eight hours a night sleep, cannot practice. An important aspect of training is adequate sleep; if you don't get this, your performance will suffer greatly in a tournament. It is important that you have eight hours for a week prior to the event. If you have problems sleeping at nighttime, eliminate all caffeine for this week, and think about using magnesium or melatonin supplements to help you calm down.

For a week before the tournament attempt abstaining from dating or sex. Even science has endorsed the secret used by bodybuilders and martial artists for ages. Recent research has proved that a player's testosterone level may be raise by 47% by game day, if a player abstains from any sort of intimate activities for seven or more days. With that, you can get a hundred and fifty percent boost of mental acuity, strength and energy, just in time for your baseball tournament. While it might seem unpleasant to restrain yourself for a week, the payoffs in your performance will be huge.

These tips tell you over and over again that preparing for a baseball tournament comprises some amount of sacrifice. Consider the old statement "Today you should do something other people won't do so the next day you will be able to do something other people can't do." Only one week of wise choices can make a big difference in the way you perform in the tournament.




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