Wichita State's Addison Barnard gives herself 10 minutes to ponder a bad game before forcing herself to move on. That may sound surprising for a softball player who seemingly hasn't had a bad moment in her short career.
While tough times seem almost non-existent for Barnard, the first scrimmages of last fall felt that way.
"I was putting so much pressure on myself to do so good every game," she said. "I was being so hard on myself. It was really hard for me to understand 'Addie, it's not your swing, it's up here.'"
Barnard, a sophomore center fielder, went to work on the mental game after a meeting with Wichita State coaches early in the fall.