The NOYN Blog

Quick, research-backed mental skills you can take to the field today.

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Plan, Trust, Execute, React: A Pitch-by-Pitch Routine

Routines add consistency and guide your thoughts between pitches. Here is the four-step routine we teach—and how to track it so the process, not the box score, becomes your scoreboard.

September 29, 2026 · Matt Krug, Ph.D.

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The Three-and-Three Reset Between Pitches

Mindfulness is simply focusing on the present. A thirty-second exercise to bring a wandering mind back to this pitch.

July 8, 2026 · Matt Krug, Ph.D.

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SMART Goals for Your Season

Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound. How to turn "hit better" into a goal you can actually train toward.

June 17, 2026 · Matt Krug, Ph.D.

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Why the Front Office Measures Everything—Except the Mind

Exit velocity, spin rate, sprint speed, readiness scores. After decades in professional baseball, here is why the area north of the neck fell behind—and how we started measuring it.

May 6, 2026 · Matt Krug, Ph.D.

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