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Yep, that is exactly how I was able to get it back, s-l-o-w-d-o-w-n and concentration. When I was in the zone, I was focused and on Sunday when I realized I wasn't it was because of my concentration. I was letting other things enter my mind. It took almost 2 innings before I could get my mind back to the zone and even then I wasn't as I was on Saturday.
The checklist is great and what I learned this weekend was, like anything else, your mind has to be 100% on job. You can't let anything interfere with your concentration. You can't think about what the parents are saying, what the coach may be moaning about, what your wife said to you last night, how your kids doing, why the last ump didn't give the coaches the right information on how to fill out a line-up card, etc. All that stuff has to be totally put out of mind. Easier said then done but, as I said, "in the zone" is intoxicating. There is such a rush when you feel it and you want to feel it again.
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