- Feb 13, 2018
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Do you regret it? There is a lot more opportunities for people who are going through mental stress or burnout now, I'd feel so bad just letting her give up without at least trying to help her fight through it.I am about to bore you here. I grew up in a small town that was a part of a bigger metro area. Even back then, we traveled on the weekends and had our own little league. I was the top pitcher in my town and often threw "up" with the older team. To add to this, I had a coach who cheated and threw me almost every league game. Since we played our league at 3 venues, no other team could keep up with which pitchers pitched when in the league. My mom and dad didn't know better and were almost always at work. By the time I reached the equivalent of 14U, I felt so much pressure from all of the coaches and teammates. I never had a sore arm and I could pitch and pitch. It was the mental game, as mentioned previously in this thread, that I lost control of. It got to the point that my mom would carry Pepto Bismo for me to drink before I pitched. In high school, the HC asked me if I pitched. He knew that I did but I didn't put that down for one of my positions. I told him no. I say all of this because I consider myself mentally very strong and yet, I broke down. I didn't pitch after my 15-year-old season. My dad told the coaches I was done pitching.