The Difference Between Mental and Physical Errors
1) While physical errors are part of the game even at the professional level, every player should strive to minimize mental errors at all levels.
2) The two biggest mental errors are:
a. Not being mentally ready to hit, run, or field (which includes
knowing what to do in various situations).
b. Letting a previous error, bad call, fans, other team, strikeout etc.
affect how you play going forward. (You would be surprised how well kids understand this once you explain it to them.)
3) Like any other skill-set, minimizing mental errors needs to be practiced through coaching and repetition.
