In Corvallis, suddenly there came a tapping

Monday, June 18, 2007

OMAHA, Neb. I f you saw Jorge Reyes sitting in the dugout Saturday, tapping his temples and face when he wasn’t on the mound, you saw what might be the secret to the Oregon State baseball team’s success.

It’s called Emotional Freedom Techniques, and it’s an alternative healing method that uses tapping on the body’s "energy meridians" to banish negative emotions and restore balance. It’s been called acupuncture without needles.

Greg Warburton, a mental health counselor and a friend of Oregon State associate head coach Dan Spencer’s, brought EFT to the baseball team in the middle of last season. He provided his services essentially for free — save two free tickets to home games that Spencer gives him — and several players have responded by taking up EFT.

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Sports Performance Coaching & E.F.T. at the College World Series

Sports Performance Coaching & E.F.T. at the College World Series

If you were watching the defending CWS Champions, Oregon State, beat Cal State Fullerton Saturday night on ESPN, you may have noticed a great deal of attention being paid to some of the players in the Oregon State dugout because of their “interesting” behavior. The camera caught winning pitcher Jorge Reyes (pictured below)– a freshman – tapping on his face, with his fingertips, while sitting in the dugout between innings; and that brief camera shot sparked a great deal of discussion between the announcers and the on-field analyst, who tried to explain to viewers why some of the Oregon State players were tapping on the same spots around their face, chest, and hands. The tapping became one of the focal points for the rest of the game.

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