Preparing mentally, ... up

Usage examples of psyching.

I know it, they know it, Yanni knows it, it's what he does—he was psyching you.

She was psyching everybody and getting the feel of how they moved and they never knew what she was doing.

So, psyching a punitive force up would take time, a clever program, and sufficient audience saturation.

I know it, they know it, Yanni knows it, it's what he does-he was psyching you.

He stalked rather than walked in from the bullpen, and before beginning to pitch (usually in the ninth inning with the bases juiced and the game on the line), Al Hrabosky would turn from the plate, lower his head, clench his fists, and pump them once, very hard, psyching himself up.