How one pitch might have sent John Smoltz on a path to the Hall of Fame
Does sports psychology really work? (slate.com)
Yes, one pitch.
It’s probably simplistic to say a single pitch could chart a pitcher’s path to the Hall of Fame, but that might be just what happened for John Smoltz. On a scorching July night 24 years ago, one pitch, to one batter, not only changed the direction of an inning, but likely the direction of Smoltz’s season and, by extension, his career. As the Braves limped into the 1991 All-Star break a game under .500, 9 1/2 games out of first place and with their surprisingly competitive season having lost momentum, Smoltz had wrapped up a nightmarish personal start to his third full season in the majors.
The 24-year-old former All-Star and touted “Young Gun” had a dismal 2-11 record and an ERA of 5.16. Almost nothing had gone right. Low run support. Control problems. Big innings. Bad luck. Smoltz later said he tried to use a contract dispute as emotional fuel to pitch better. Not only did it not work, he said, it backfired big time. “I know my teammates, my manager, my coaches are sick of seeing this,” Smoltz told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after his last outing of the first half, a 7-6 loss to the Dodgers in which he gave up five earned runs and walked four batters in 1 2/3 innings. “It’s not going to happen anymore.”
They stuck with him.
The Braves’ front office and manager Bobby Cox had a tough decision: send the struggling Smoltz to the bullpen, demote him to the minors or stick with him as a starter.
It was at this time that Braves GM John Schuerholz famously suggested Smoltz visit sports psychologist Jack Llewellyn in hopes of solving the right-hander’s pitching ills, which it was assumed were at least part mental.
“Dr. Jack Llewellyn has a special gift to help athletes & leaders “clear the mud” in their lives so they can be the best they can be!
Jack Llewellyn Attitude Speaker-Speakers Bureau | SpeakInc Does sports psychology really work? (slate.com) “I knew that I wasn’t seeing the real John Smoltz,” Schuerholz later told the AJC. Scheurholz made the suggestion on July 11. The next day, Smoltz met with Llewellyn for five hours before making his first start of the second half, according to an AJC report. The crux of the advice: Prepare yourself mentally and don’t go negative. But just three pitches into his game that night against the Cardinals, Smoltz found himself in a frustratingly familiar position.
Milt Thompson led off with a solid single to left. Ozzie Smith followed with a bunt hit down the third-base line. Three pitches, two on, nobody out. Here we go again. Up stepped Smoltz’s former teammate, Gerald Perry. First pitch, a ball just inside. Second pitch, a foul back. Third pitch, a ball low and inside. Fourth pitch, a ball high and away — and a 3-1 count. In the first half, the outcome would’ve been predictable — a walk, or perhaps a bloop single, would’ve led to a big inning for the Cardinals and another start spiraling out of control for Smoltz.
Now, just a few minutes into his first start of the second half, the 3-1 pitch to Perry became the most important pitch of the inning, maybe of the game, maybe of Smoltz’s season.
Smoltz released a fastball right down the middle. Perry swung hard and hit it — but just missed it. A harmless flyout to center. The runners held. The next batter, Todd Zeile, flew out to deep left on the first pitch. The runners held. Smoltz then struck out Felix Jose looking.
Threat over.
He escaped unscathed. This was new. Though only a half-inning, it felt like a turning point.
“When a guy turns a season around, you can always point back to something. And you may not know that it’s happening then,” Braves TV commentator and eventual Hall-of-Famer Don Sutton said as Smoltz pitched in the top of the second. “The last three batters in the first inning for John Smoltz … that’s three of the best-pitched sequences and the best job I’ve seen him do with runners on base this year.” It was, as Sutton said later, “a different John Smoltz.”
Though Smoltz would run into trouble later in the game, even giving a 2-0 lead right back in the top of the fourth after the Braves went ahead in the bottom of the third, he limited the damage. He kept things manageable. He never trailed. That certainly was different for Smoltz to that point in 1991. The first-inning escape job had set a new tone.
The pivotal moment, TBS announcer Skip Caray surmised, was Perry’s at-bat.
“You never know how things are going to work out,” Caray said in the sixth inning, “but if John Smoltz gets his season turned around, remember the 3-1 pitch to Gerald Perry in the first inning with two on and nobody out.” Twenty-four years later, we know how things worked out. Smoltz did turn his season around, which turned his career around. To put it another way, with that 3-1 fastball to Perry, it can be argued, John Smoltz became John Smoltz’ .
Smoltz went 6 1/3 innings that night, scattering seven hits and giving up two runs, for his third win of 1991. As Smoltz left to a standing ovation in the seventh, Caray called it “a most encouraging outing for the young right-hander.”
Things only got more encouraging from there.
After that win against the Cardinals on July 12, Smoltz went 11-2 over his final 17 starts, posting a 2.62 ERA in 117 innings and holding opponents to a .206 average.
Smoltz proved particularly dominating during the last two months. From Aug. 5 through Oct. 5, he went 8-1 with a 1.49 ERA — including a complete game to clinch the division for the Braves. He carried that success into the postseason, when he tossed a complete-game shutout on the road in Game 7 of the NLCS to beat the Pirates and send the Braves to the World Series, then pitched seven strong innings in Game 4 before dueling Jack Morris in perhaps the most memorable Game 7 in history.
Smoltz finished 1991 with a 14-13 record and an ERA of 3.80 in 229 2/3 innings.
The media gave those mid-season psychology sessions a lot of credit for his turnaround, but Smoltz would later say the therapy played only a small role. Still, overcoming his own doubts after the 2-11 start was key.
“When you start having doubts, you start creating an atmosphere of ‘things are going to go wrong,’ and they will,” Smoltz told “The Dan Patrick Show” in 2014. “… If you say ‘don’t hang a slider’ or ‘don’t leave this pitch (up),’ … you start having negative thoughts, and those negative thoughts become positive reinforcement for what you don’t want to do.”
Whether the result of talks with Llewellyn, pitching skill, determination or a combination of the three, it’s clear that Smoltz’s turnaround in 1991 began July 12 against the Cardinals. And the turnaround started in the first inning on the 3-1 pitch to Perry — the pitch that, it seems, changed everything.
Follow the logic:
The 3-1 pitch to Perry changed the direction of the inning, which changed the direction of the game, which gave Smoltz a needed confidence boost, which led to continued success down the stretch, which led to a dominant postseason, which led to more confidence and more growth, which led to years of excellence as a starter, which, despite having to reinvent himself after arm troubles, led to three years of excellence as a closer, which led to another successful stint as a starter, which made Smoltz a unique pitcher in baseball history, which stamped his ticket to Cooperstown.
Of course, it’s possible Smoltz could’ve failed to retire Perry and still gone on to a Hall of Fame career. But it’s also possible, perhaps probable, it would’ve caused his ugly season to continue and prompted a demotion to the bullpen or the minors. From there, it’s anyone’s guess the direction his career might’ve taken. Fortunately for Smoltz, and for the Braves, the what-ifs don’t matter. A new pitcher emerged on July 12, 1991, one who became a dominating presence, who forged a reputation as one of the best postseason performers of all time, who wanted the ball when it mattered most — and who you wanted to have it.
Eight All-Star Games, the 1992 NLCS MVP, the 1996 NL Cy Young Award, the 2002 Rolaids Relief Award, 213 wins, 154 saves and 3,084 strikeouts.
A pitcher who found his way on a 3-1 fastball to Gerald Perry.
The night John Smoltz’s 1991 turnaround began.
At the All-Star break of the 1991 season, John Smoltz was 2-11 with a 5.16 ERA.
It was the middle of his second full season in the Big Leagues and even though he had had some success in his rookie year, there were many people that doubted whether he would ever develop into a winning pitcher. As the story goes, Smoltz turned things around in a big way and went 12-2 with a 2.62 ERA in the second half of the season and never looked back.
How did Smoltz make that incredible turnaround? He credits his psychologist, Dr. Jack Llewellyn, with helping him turn around that disastrous first half of the 1991 season, saying, “Dr. Jack was a big key in my turnaround. The main thing he taught me was to focus on the good and forget the bad.”
There are countless pitchers out there in dire need of turning things around in order to reach that “Next Level” or return to form of past success. Today we sit down once again with the ‘Mental Genius’ behind Smoltz’s turnaround, Dr. Jack Llewellyn. If you are a pitcher or a coach, this article should be treated like pure gold and applied immediately as we outline what Dr Jack did with Smoltz and what pitchers can do today to make their own turnaround a reality.
Enter Dr. Jack Llewellyn:
What Was the Starting Point For Your Mental Training with John Smoltz?
He had tremendous talent, good family support, was a solid Christian man, and had a deep desire to succeed. With that in place, it was obvious to me that he needed to control the things that he can control and let the other stuff go. MOST OF THE THINGS WE WORRY ABOUT IN LIFE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
What Was Your Main ‘Mental Goal’ For Smoltz When You Guys Were Getting Started?
My goal was to get John to spend all his energy on things he can control and let the rest go.
The goal for John and every other pitcher for that matter is to go into the game with the attitude that every single pitch is a pitch towards winning.
Why Do You Think Smoltz Was Struggling So Much Before You Started Working With Him?
What had happened was that he was such an emotional guy, that he started pitching not to lose. When that happens, you have no chance. It’s like trying not to miss a free throw- you have no shot. EVERY pitch needs to be a pitch to win.
What Role Did Golf Play In Your Mental Training Program with Smoltz?
Most of his mental training program we did on a golf course. (Most people know that Smoltz is a great golfer whom Tiger Woods has labeled as the best golfer he’s seen outside of the PGA.) If I could get him to leave a bad golf shot and go to the next shot mentally and with confidence, then we could talk about leaving a bad pitch and going to the next pitch with confidence as well.
Golf was a great illustration for John.
What’s the Worst Thing A Pitcher Can Do Mentally?
You will see this all the time at every level of baseball. The worst thing you can do as a pitcher is this- Throw a great pitch and a guy gets a hit or throws a bad pitch AND THEN throw the next pitch off of that previous pitch. You can’t be successful throwing off something bad. You can only be successful throwing towards something good.
For example, if you wind up to throw and you don’t want to go up and in, that doesn’t mean anything. It’s all about where you WANT to go- NOT where you not want to go. Never go away from a spot, always to a spot! Always go towards something good. What happens is that the guys behind you see you pitching to win and they play the same way.
For pitchers out there that want to improve, but don’t know where to start, what are the first three things they should do to maximize their potential?
1st First you need to have good pitching mechanics.
2nd Second you need to embrace what we just talked about- Never go away from a spot, always to a spot! Always go towards something good. Pitch to win.
(Franco’s quick point: Think about this for a second- No matter what the score is or the situation you’re pitching in, every pitch you throw has the potential to be the difference in the game. If the bases are loaded and your team is already down by 3, the tendency is to start feeling the pressure and pitching off a losing mentality. Instead, switch that around with the positive spin of knowing that each pitch is a pitch to win, NO MATTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED up until that point. Your team might score 4 more runs in that game. You executing and staying positive while down by 3 runs can be the difference in winning or losing that game. Pitch like a winner… even when you’re losing. )
3rd Third you need to work on body language. You need to show the guys playing behind you that you are throwing to win every single pitch.
Can You Please Expand On the Importance of Having Good Body Language as a Pitcher?
You need to show positive body language. The Braves have traded guys in the past mainly because they had bad body language. Just like when Glavine, Smoltz or Maddux would step on the mound, other teams would look out to the mound and say “Oh Crap! This guy looks like he’s ready to go”. The body language has a psychological impact on your opponent, but also on guys that are playing behind you. I CANNOT overemphasize the importance of body language!
Sports psychologist Jack Lewellyn had lunch Sunday with Braves right-hander John Smoltz. Lewellyn has been credited with helping Smoltz turn his season around.
“We talked about the game in general, the Series and the excitement he’s going to have,” Lewellyn said.
He said Smoltz was anxious for the start, and was asked how much of a difference that was from Smoltz earlier this year.
“I’d hate to speculate what John would have been like,” he said. “I think he got to the point where he was pitching not to lose as opposed to pitching to win.”
All right, I know it’s the World Series, but first a warm-up joke, courtesy of the Woodman:
So a guy goes to a psychiatrist’s office and says, “Doc, we have a problem.
My brother thinks he’s a chicken.”
Doc: “Why don’t you bring him in so he can get some help?”
Brother: “We need the eggs.”
Which brings us to John Smoltz.
Apparently, he didn’t need the eggs. Smoltz, who plays for the Atlanta Braves, began consulting a sports psychologist in July, and suddenly he was the hottest pitcher in baseball. This is a trend that has not gone unnoticed. And when he took the national stage last night, the future of the grand old game hung in the balance.
In baseball, rabbit’s feet are permitted and encouraged.
So are rally caps.
So are wearing the same underwear for a month, never stepping on a chalk line and consulting palm readers. It’s a game where superstition is science, and science is superstition, and the only doc anybody wants to know from is Doc Gooden.
But there was Smoltz, who was 2-11 at the All-Star break, and fairly desperate, if not quite suicidal, trying to figure out what was wrong with his pitching, when somebody said he ought to get his game shrunk.
In walked Dr. Jack Llewellyn, a sports psychologist who used to pitch a little in college, who has been working with baseball players since 1976, talking about something called positive visualization.
Here’s the scary part: It seems to have worked.
Smoltz and Llewellyn got together at the All-Star break, after which Smoltz was 12-2, then 2-0 in the National League playoffs and finally, last night, making his Series debut with the whole world watching.
A good performance last night was going to make Dr. Jack the Sigmund Freud of the pastoral game. Traditionalists were prepared to be shocked. These are the guys who think the only worthwhile advance in the 20th century was the pop-top can. You know they had to feel cheered when the Twins broke in front.
Your typical baseball man’s ideal pitcher is Jack Morris, who was once young John Smoltz’s idol. Morris is a throwback. He’s just mean and nasty and is the kind of guy who wouldn’t flinch when the doc yanked the bullet out of his leg. But there are precious few Morrises left in the world. No, sir. Most players would resort to exorcism if it would help them hit the curveball, or, for a pitcher, get it over the plate.
Besides, this is pretty painless. You don’t have to lie on a couch. You don’t even have to go to his office. Here’s how it works: The doc gets together a little videotape of your best work, and you watch it together. Come to think of it, it’s a lot like ESPN.
“I got six hours of tape,” Dr. Jack explained. “I picked out six pitches — three to right-handed batters and three to left-handed batters. A great fastball, a great curveball and a great slider.
“The entire tape is 2 1/2 minutes of vintage Smoltz.”
They look at it together. They see what he’s doing when he’s doing it well. The idea is, when you’re on the mound, to remember this tape, to step back for a moment and focus on how it was that you were successful.
Simple?
“The important thing is recovery speed,” Llewellyn said. “My position is what separates good pitchers from great pitchers is speed of recovery. In John’s game against Pittsburgh, he gave up a leadoff home run to [Orlando] Merced. He stepped off the mound and visualized what he needed to do. Who knows what would have happened if he’d done that early in the season?”
Told you it was simple. And maybe it’ll catch on.
In some cases, it may be catching on too well. Dr. Jack, who has clients on four teams but who has been with Smoltz the entire second half of the season, is a hot property. And, not surprisingly for a psychologist, he gets some weird calls.
“I got a call from a woman who wanted a drug for her daughter to help her get up for a swim meet,” he said. “She told me her daughter had lost the will to win. I asked her how old her daughter was and she said she’d be seven in two months. I got some real sick puppies.”
Smoltz had a sick game that got well. Dr. Jack has to get some of the credit, He saw all of his games but three in the second half. Included in those three were both of Smoltz’s losses.
Now, they just talk. “It can be about anything,” Smoltz said. “It’s golf or the family, whatever.
We don’t even talk about baseball.”
But he’s there. He’s there every game behind home plate wearing a red shirt, the same red shirt. He says he wears the shirt so Smoltz can pick him out if he needs to find him to help focus. I think he just wears it for luck. You see, in the end, it’s just baseball.
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Athletes’ success is 80% mental, sports psychologist Sylvain Guimond says.
Sorel native has worked with a wide range of pro athletes, including Mario Lemieux, Tiger Woods, John Smoltz, Greg Norman and Marc Gagnon.
“What separates the good from the great is between the ears, the way they talk to themselves, their inside communication,” says sports psychologist Sylvain Guimond.
If the eyes are the mirror of the soul, they also can reveal which professional athletes will reach stardom. Body language is also a key indicator, according to a leading sports psychologist.
“What separates the good from the great is between the ears, the way they talk to themselves, their inside communication,” said Sorel native Sylvain Guimond, a doctor of sports psychology and expert in biomechanics. “If they talk to themselves with a lot of respect, their self image and esteem is higher. When my self-esteem is high, I have less doubts about my capacity to do things. People who are very good take chances and find out they can do it. It builds their creativity.
“I’ve seen many people with so much talent but never succeeded …
because they don’t have the brain that goes with their talent.”
Guimond, 53, graduated from McGill in physical education more than 30 years ago — in the same class as Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock — before becoming the founding president and chief executive officer of Biotonix, the first company to do biomechanics analysis over the Internet.
Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems, such as humans, by means of the methods of mechanics. Sports biomechanics, simply, is the physics of sports, used to gain a greater understanding of athletic performance and to reduce sports injuries as well.
Guimond has evaluated and treated a wide range of pro athletes, including Mario Lemieux, Tiger Woods, John Smoltz, Greg Norman and Marc Gagnon.
Guimond discovered Lemieux’s chronic back pain came from him hyperextending, instead of flexing, his lower back. Smoltz suffered from bone chips in his elbow in the late 1990s and contemplated retirement. By changing his posture and strengthening his back, Smoltz pitched in the majors for another decade.
“When athletes are injured, it’s a lot more about psychology,” Guimond said. “The world of sport has changed since 1980. More and more research is being conducted into exercise physiology and biomechanics. What makes a difference in a player who’s injured or isn’t performing well? It’s all about psychology.”
After selling 51 per cent of his company, combined with a chance encounter with Cristina Versari, a sports psychologist who worked 16 years with the NBA, Guimond returned to school, graduating in 2007 from San Diego University for Integrative Studies with a Ph.D in psychology. He wrote his thesis on posture and personality testing.
Since then, Guimond’s expertise has been called upon as a consultant for the Canadiens and other NHL teams. He has worked with the Alouettes along with clubs in the NFL and NBA. He was a keynote speaker at the Atlanta Olympics and is the author of two books, including Le Hockey c’est dans la Tete.
Not only has he overseen physical testing conducted by both the Canadiens and Als before the start of training camp, he also has developed personality tests for athletes. “Most of the athletes I encounter require help in self-esteem, self-confidence and self-image,” Guimond explained.
Every pro athlete obviously has talent. But according to Guimond, only 20 percent of that raw, physical talent will dictate success, the remainder coming from a player’s mental resiliency. He believes only one of five pro athletes are exceptional, while as many as 60 per cent are followers. He said 20 per cent won’t strive above mediocrity, despite talent, simply because their “head’s just aren’t there.”
Guimond believes as many as 50 per cent of pro athletes suffer from performance anxiety. Twenty years ago it was 10 per cent. “Today, there’s so much pressure they put on themselves. They feel they don’t want to disappoint,” he explained. “We see so much anxiety. It’s amazing.”
And yet, somewhat paradoxically, the ones who love to play under pressure and under stress are the ones who prove to be the most successful, Guimond said. He also doesn’t buy the excuse players in big markets succumb to the scrutiny that comes from it, saying an athlete should relish being under the microscope.
“At the end of the day, it’s just a game. You’ve reached the top of the hill, now go out and enjoy. They forget how to enjoy the game,” Guimond said. “If I told you at 12 you’d be a (pro athlete), how would you feel? They think they played well when they were younger because of a lack of stress. They had stress (in the majority of cases) from their parents. They just didn’t know.”
Communication obviously is the key to how Guimond operates. He believes, by asking the most cogent questions, he can evaluate an athlete’s personality within an hour. Guimond states, without a trace of arrogance, he can make a player exceed his expectations all the time. He does so through positive reinforcement, and isn’t averse to using four-letter words to get his message across.
Although Guimond’s association with the Canadiens ended with the firing of head coach Michel Therrien, he noticed the post-season play of captain Max Pacioretty, the team’s leading scorer, limited to one assist in four games.
Guimond’s unsolicited message to Pacioretty: Play your game.
“Make them adjust to you, don’t adjust to them,” he said. “You are Max Pacioretty. You proved you’re a good player. Go back to the same player. When they hit you hard, thank them. They’re telling you how good you are. If you were ordinary, they wouldn’t care.”
Think Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in gym shorts.
A body in need of a tune-up…
Oh LORD, May You Open Wide Our Hearts!
Early 19th century missionary Henry Martyn stated, “The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Christ, the more missionary we become.” A missions mind-set can easily be described as another expression of obedience flowing out of an intimate relationship with our Lord. Both individual believers and churches that desire to have the mind of Christ will also have a heart for the nations.- Ken Sorrell
BODY MECHANICS IS ON THE VERGE OF
MAKING HISTORY!!!
READ THE FOLLOWING:
Cherry: Patterson eases pain of players and fans
By Brice Cherry, Tribune-Herald youth sports editor
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The Houston Rockets’ MVP this season has a master’s degree, four grandchildren and needs a stepladder to dunk the ball.
Not only that, he doesn’t even live in Houston. In fact, he calls another H-town — Hewitt — home.
His name is John Patterson, and he owns Patterson Body Mechanics in Waco. He doesn’t have a website, but here is his contact info…
John Patterson Body Mechanics
(254) 772-5766
6801 Sanger Ave
A former schoolteacher and psychologist, Patterson has worked as a rehabilitation specialist for the past 35 years, seeking to alleviate and eliminate the aches and pains of his patients, including a bevy of big-name athletes. As the name of his business would suggest, Patterson tries to “fix” the body’s problems. Back in December, he received a visit from the ultimate fixer-upper in Rockets star Tracy McGrady. Tmac’s back specialist | Clutch Fans
McGrady had been referred to Patterson by Rockets assistant coach Charlie Ward, a previous satisfied customer. Having endured chronic back spasms and countless unsuccessful treatments for the past several years, T-Mac was anything but hopeful. “Tracy was very pessimistic, as pessimistic a patient I’ve had in a long, long time,” Patterson said. “His first question was, ‘When will the pain go away?’ but he didn’t really expect that it would.”
But after that initial 2 1/2-hour session with Patterson, McGrady discovered something surprising — his back didn’t ache anymore. He could actually move. “Every time I sit down for a while, it takes me a while to straighten up,” McGrady told the Houston Chronicle. “I popped off that table and stood straight up. It worked.” “He was like a kid,” Patterson said. “He bent over and touched his toes without any pain at all. … Of course, he is a kid in some respects — he’s only 27, but his situation was getting serious.”
To correct McGrady’s problem, Patterson used a low-voltage microcurrent machine that targets “the trigger mechanism” for retracted muscles and tissue and aims to correct it. It’s a process he has used on dozens of other athletes, including former Baylor and Olympic track great Michael Johnson, NFL Hall of Famer Earl Campbell, Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens and tennis pro Andy Roddick.
For McGrady, it worked like a charm. The ninth-year pro averaged 24.6 points and a career-high 6.5 assists while playing in 71 games, a vast improvement over the 2005-06 season, when he missed nearly half the year with injuries. Now, his hopes are higher than the ceilings at Yao Ming’s crib. “I’m a believer,” McGrady told the Chronicle. “It’s impressive.” Those words are music to the ears of Patterson, whose success stories play out nightly on ESPN. “This is the only thing I’ve ever done where you have instant gratification,” Patterson said. “A lot of people see immediate results.
Balance is basic to relief.
Don’t know if you guys caught the terrific story in the Chron today. I’ve been to people
LIKE Patterson before – people that can make you feel better without invasive procedures.
When it works, it most definitely seems miraculous.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4804198.html
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