Reply to "Teaching your son to control his emotions in a ball game."

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Mine has had trouble with this, too. He expected himself to be perfect and when he wasn't, he fell apart. He was left off an all-star team at age 9 because of his attitude - that about killed him. When he was 12U-14U, his nickname was Mr. Furious because he was "a ticking time bomb of fury."

(If you haven't seen Mystery Men, it's warped and funny).

It was during this time that I read the Mental Game of Baseball. It didn't help him - he just wasn't ready - but it helped me understand things better. What seemed to help him was being around older, more accomplished players that he could look up to. He has pretty well grown out of it, but will still pound his glove if he makes an error. Sometimes I feel like coaches want him to be a robot. But as long as he's ready for the next play, I don't mind the fire at all. He cares.

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