"Will you give up batting practice when you are hitting well? Will you stop throwing bullpens when you are pitching well? Of course they respond that they will not give up these physical-skill practices, so I suggest that they keep up the mental and emotional training practices, too."

Greg Warburton is a mental conditioning training coach and had a 39 year career in counseling. We also co-wrote the book Ask More Tell Less for Coaches: The practical guide to mastering coach-athlete communication.