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Rick Ankiel got the expertise to be among the best pitchers ever before. Then, one day, he lost it. The Trend is the storyline of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch - scheduled not to a personal injury or a bolt of lightning but to a mystical anxiety condition well known as "the Yips". It arrived without warning in the middle of a playoff game, with thousands of people watching. And it has never gone away. The true test of Ankiel's character arrived not on the mound but in the long days and nights and times that implemented, as he searched for ways to get back in the overall game. For four . 5 years, he fought the Yips with every arrow in his quiver: psychotherapy, medication, deep-breathing exercises, self-help books, and, eventually, vodka. And then, after reconsidering his expereince of living at the age of 25, Ankiel made an amazing turnaround, returning to the Major Leagues as a hitter and participating in seven successful periods. This book can be an incredible story about a universal experience - pressure - and what took place whenever a person on the brink got to produce a choice about who he would be.
