Establish your dominance.

One of my managers in pro ball used to tell us, every time two Bucks meet in the woods to mate with the same Doe most times they do not fight. Usually one yields to the other more Dominant body language Buck and carries on with his day. As a baseball player we have to act like we are the dominant person of the relationship. Confidence and confident non verbal actions are truly important to being great. Baseball is an individual matchup sport in a team setting but success and failure comes down to individual players being confident, acting dominant and trusting themselves. You have to believe everyone is there to watch you play and you are the best player on the field. If someone showed up in the 7th inning they shouldn't know how your day is going based on how you act. My favorite quote about consistency was about Jeter they said "the first thing I learned from Jeter is to be the same no matter if you're doing good or bad"  We show our dominance by how we react to failure (act like you did it on purpose), success (act like it was inevitable) and also how we react to the other teams/fans verbal eye wash. A lot of the pissing matches amateurs teams get into is ridiculous to me. Players get bent out of shape over issues that have nothing to do with the game. Each team gets 27 outs, 3 strikes is a K and 4 balls is a walk, every 3 outs you switch. A lot of the issues that players deal with during the game, they don't have control over and therefore should be ignored. You can't control the umpires bad call, you cant control the other team making a great play, the weather, the field, your coaches lineup decisions, your batting average. The hardest thing to do in baseball is play in the present and execute your job on this pitch. We can control this pitch and that's it. When you fail act like you did it on purpose and when you succeed act like it was inevitable. That is dominant body language. There are also small things you can do during the game to give the opponent the impression that you are bored/dominant and know what they are doing. Look in for the sign from the catcher when you are at first and steal on off speed, catch a popup with one hand, like "whatever" body language, when you walk look disappointed, etc. The 2 videos below are my favorite two acts of dominance during the game, Papi knows they are pitching around him and just walks to first. This isn't bush league, this is awesome. I wish more guys at the amateur level would do this when the pitcher is showing you he is scared to face you. Cliff Lee is pitching in the World Series and he catches that pop up like he is bored. Talk about being confident and in the moment on baseball's  biggest stage. Most players do not appreciate the significance of the message you send to your opponent during a game. Be Dominant, show that whenever you can to your opponent.