I need help and advice with mental side of sports
I am a 17 year old baseball player that wants to play in college and the thing that holds me back is my mental, I’m a big overthinker and recently been doing better with it but idk if I have sports anxiety or what. I always struggled with the mental side of baseball and it gets in the way of how I play. I have big expectations and always put pressure on myself to perform for my team while having fun and I try to not dwell on my mistakes hitting or fielding but when it happens a lot every game it is mentally draining. In bp my swing feels great, struggled with hitting line drives in games recently and in bp I consistently hit them but in games i’ve been striking out, popping up, or lining out. I don’t know if I should be less hard on myself or just have a better approach while hitting but I don’t think I have the best one and it’s really been a big hitting slump this season. Fieldings not the issue it’s just the mental side of hitting creating a metal barrier of stopping me to be me.