Some athletes have all the physical tools but struggle with confidence, focus, or handling failure. What's one thing you've done that actually helped an athlete become mentally tougher?
One of the things we do in scrimmage games is we call terrible third strikes on purpose to get them to be mentally tough and also not to leave it up to the umpire.
You've got two players. One has tremendous talent but a poor attitude. The other has average talent but an incredible work ethic. Who would you rather coach—and why?