Thanks Tequila, much of what you said definitely hit home. Especially about him not having to try too hard up until now. He's also very young for his grade, so he's facing all of these issues earlier than a lot of kids do. He's hoping to earn a starting varsity spot this year which will allow him to face some good HS competition. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that facing guys much bigger/stronger than him is the wake up call he needs. It's just so hard to watch a kid turn down elite hitting/strength instruction when others (even on his own HS team) will never even have those opportunities.