For_the_Love_Of_The_Game

For the Love Of The Game For the Love of the Game While watching the movie, For the Love of the Game, many themes arose from the context of the movie. The movie outlined many of life’s hurdles such as dealing with relationships, learning to obtain a mental edge, and balancing life with your career. One of the more interesting points of the film was that of achieving a mental edge in sports. Billy Chapel, the main character and major league baseball player, acquired a mental edge over his opponents by gating out the crowds. In the movie, he would repeat a mantra, “clear the mechanism”, and that would allow him to focus in on that one pitch. Billy’s attention focus allowed him to concentrate on one thing at a time, in order not to overwhelm his head with thoughts, thus allowing him to pitch the best of his physical ability. This technique is very common among athletes due to the enormous amount of pressure put on them to perform right then and there, but it can also be used in the professional world as well. For example, when I was trying to sit down to type this paper I had to billy, movie, life, baseball, jane, one, game, career, over, mental, major, love, focus, film, edge, years, wonderful, while, very, time, things, thing, professional, pitch, out, involved, hand, example, else, come, chapel, catcher, attention, one, world