The confidence that comes from being mentally tough is so important in any sport, including baseball. And like any other skills, you will have to work on mental skills training. Without it, it is very difficult to overcome those failures, which obviously, nothing in life is failure. It is all a stepping stone and lesson to be learned.
To be in professional sports and to have so many athletes who are jealous of where you are at or in direct competition with you to make the big leagues; where obviously, there is big money to be made when you make the big leagues. I think you really need to have a grasp or a full understanding of what creates mental toughness, what creates true confidence, and without that I think you don’t have a chance. I really don’t. I think it is next to impossible without a true understanding about those things.
Matt Bruback played professional baseball for nine years and created a weighted sports called the Miracle belt to help improve balance for athletes. In 2006 this application was found to help infants and children with developmental disabilities including autism, ADHD, and many other sensory related disorders. The sports belt was redesigned at Community Haven with the help of occupational and physical therapists.