Book - mental toughness or other softball related favorites?

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Nov 15, 2019
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Looking to get my teen daughter a new book or two for Christmas. Anyone have a favorite mental toughness or other softball related book?
 
Apr 28, 2014
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Chop Wood Carry Water- Joshua medcalf

Pound the Stone - Same Author

Check out the reviews. Used by as several D1 softball programs
 
Jan 5, 2018
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mentally tough teens by Justin Su'a He has the 144 character generation down. Each page is a short "chapter" on mental toughness. has a great podcast 5x a week "increase your impact" it's about 2-4 minutes long. I gave this book to every player on my 12 and 14 u teams. They all loved it. My DD looks at it regularly.

and for parents Parent Pep Talks-Justin Su'a
 
Sep 21, 2017
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mentally tough teens by Justin Su'a He has the 144 character generation down. Each page is a short "chapter" on mental toughness. has a great podcast 5x a week "increase your impact" it's about 2-4 minutes long. I gave this book to every player on my 12 and 14 u teams. They all loved it. My DD looks at it regularly.

and for parents Parent Pep Talks-Justin Su'a

I second this one. I’ve had multiple players read it, and as they go through it make lists of skills they do well and ones they need to improve. Justin did a great job writing this for the HS/MS athlete who doesn’t have a ton of time to sit and read in length.

I’m not as big of a fan of Joshua Metcalf’s new stuff as I am his older, but I had quite a few players really enjoy Burn Your Goals, by him.

We read The Hard Hat, by Jon Gordon as our team book last spring, and it went really well.

It’s a basketball book, but Toughness by Jay Bilas is really good. One of my favorites.

Let me know if you’d like more options. I’d be glad to help out.
 
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I haven't had a chance to read it yet, so would be happy to hear opinions before I set out to do so, but I have heard that "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth was excellent.
 
Dec 11, 2010
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DANG! Did you guys buy all the copies of Mentally Tough Teens? Two sawbucks for a used copy!
 

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