Marcus Bell's DISC Profile

Like all DISC Styles, your style has certain traits that can work for you, or might hold you back, depending on how you manage them. Examples from your profile are listed below. Keep in mind that a strength can be "over-done" and become a weakness.

Working For You	Could Hold You Back
Competitive & Determined: Marcus is a very determined player, and usually puts forth a strong effort throughout the game.	Competitive & Determined: Marcus's determination can sometimes lead to playing "tight" and trying to force good performance.
Open To Change: Marcus will be open to trying new strategies and techniques for improving his skills.	Open To Change: Marcus might lack the patience needed to fully grasp his coaches' instructions the first time.
Assertive Communicator: Marcus can use his assertive communication style to be a positive influence for his team on and off the field.	Assertive Communicator: Marcus's assertiveness might sometimes go overboard and come across in a negative way.

Motivators & Temperament

Competitive & Determined Marcus's competitive nature is at the core of your baseball temperament style. You thrive on competition and look forward to getting on the field and going up against the other team. You feel being a "winner" is the ultimate motivation for an athlete, and hates to lose, especially if you feel you and your team did not give their full effort.

Results-Oriented Marcus is very results-oriented, and tends to have high expectations for how he plays. At times, he can become quite frustrated if he is not playing up to his expectations. To be at your best: his natural "can-do" attitude is ideal for using short positive self-talk phrases as a mental game strategy to help quickly turn frustration back into positive energy.

Strong-Willed Marcus is strong-willed and sometimes feels he is "giving in" to some degree if an opposing pitcher, batter, or baserunner gets the best of him. How he reacts to these situations can influence how he grows and develops as a baseball player. To be at your best: if he maintains his composure, he can learn and grow from these experiences. On the other hand, if he responds with frustration and anger, this will likely limit his growth and development as a player.

Playing Style

Intense Playing Style You are a strong competitor and usually play hard throughout the game. You're not easily intimidated by high-performing players and teams, as you feel going up against this type of competition is part of the overall competitive challenge of the game.

Very Determined Marcus's strong determination is a strength towards helping him make the best of his athletic skills on the field. On the other hand, his determination can sometimes go overboard, and lead to playing "tight" and trying to force good performance. To be at your best: being intentional with deep breathing on the field, can help his stay loose, and be ready to play his best baseball.

A Bold Decision-Maker Marcus's natural decision-making style tends to be fairly bold and aggressive. At his best, he plays smart, and makes good decisions that work in his team's favor. At other times, he might have a tendency to make overly-aggressive decisions that have little chance of being successful. To be at your best: taking time to assess his decisions after each game will help his reinforce good decision-making and contribute to his ongoing development as a player.

Interaction With Teammates

Openly Expresses Feelings Marcus's teammates will see him as a competitive and determined teammate. When it's game time, he feels his team should be ready to compete hard, and he might openly express these feelings with his teammates.

Assertive Communicator Marcus has an assertive and direct communication style. At his best uses it to be a positive influence with his teammates. On the other hand, Marcus needs to understand that if his assertiveness goes overboard, it can come across in a negative manner. To be at your best: be sure to value the opinions and thoughts of all his teammates, including those with less assertive communication styles.

Independent & Self-Reliant While Marcus has an independent and self-reliant streak, he enjoys being part of a team-oriented environment. His determined nature can provide a spark of competitive energy for his teammates, especially for those with more relaxed personality styles. Likewise, he benefits by being around these more relaxed style teammates, as they provide a nice balance to his more intense nature.

Approach To Improving Your Game

"Pay The Price" Marcus feels working to become a better player is part of the competitive challenge of being a baseball player. He is very results-oriented, and will expect the work he puts in towards improving his skills to pay off at a faster pace than some of his more patient teammates. He'll also feel strength and conditioning training is part of paying the price for moving his game to a higher level.

Open To Change Marcus will be open to making changes he feels might lead to improved performance. He tends to think and move at a fast pace, and sometimes might lack the patience to fully grasp his coaches' instructions the first time. He will expect to see progress with new changes faster than players who have more patient and methodical learning styles.

Need To Set Priorities Marcus's natural sense of urgency influences how she thinks about improving his game. He is the type player who might try to work on too many things at one time, and get in the way of making significant progress towards improving any one skill. To be at your best: he would likely benefit by asking his coaches to help him develop a list of specific priorities for improving his game, and work on one priority at a time.