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Mental toughness is the ability to consistently play at or near your best regardless of circumstances.

Coaches and players generally agree that the mental game is the most important element of baseball, yet most coaches know much more about the mechanics of the game than the mental aspects.

In this report, I discuss one way to help coach baseball mental toughness in your players. (Look for more articles on this topic from me – there are lots of ways!)

Coaching a team is complex: much more art than science.

It would be arrogant (and foolish) of me to come up with a list of things to do and tell you “Do this and this and this and you’re team will be mentally tough.”

The ideas I’m presenting in this report are just that – ideas. You need to know yourself, you need to know your team to determine what you need to do.

Listen To Your Team’s “Level 3”

Three levels of conversation are now taking place on your team. Level 1 is the conversations each person is having in his head. We are always talking to ourselves. Yours is the voice you hear as you read these words.

Level 2 conversations are the words that are spoken out loud. This is what you usually think of when you hear the word “conversation.” It’s what people are saying.

Level 3 conversations are what is there but people aren’t saying. It’s the unwritten rules, values and assumptions of the team. It includes the team’s mood, energy level, level of respect and the expectations the team has for success.

All three have important implications for mental toughness, but I want to highlight Level 3 because it’s the least familiar.

Level 3 is like radio waves.

Think of how a radio works. We can’t see the sound waves, but we know they are there because our radios can pick them up and give us music and news.

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