Meet Darnell McDonald, Mental Skills Coordinator for the Chicago Cubs
Darnell McDonald, mental skills coordinator for the Chicago Cubs, explains why meditation and simply being present give players a competitive advantage.
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Darnell McDonald, mental skills coordinator for the Chicago Cubs, explains why meditation and simply being present give players a competitive advantage.
“You learn when you get to professional baseball that everyone is good. The separator is the seventh game of the World Series, the team that is able to execute under pressure, take off the autopilot button,” he says. “Everything we do, we do better in the present moment.”
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