Recently I trained two national level players. I was amazed at how much they had improved in such a short amount of time. At one point in the session I asked them if they noticed I had not mentioned much in terms of mechanics. Then I asked them why I had not corrected them. They both sought answers that were really guesses. It never occurred to them they had improved so much I did not have to go back and correct mechanics like I did in our first lessons.
Both of these athletes have left their comfort zones and embarked in improvement. It is not easy. Once all in, the players get better. We did a ton of drills and some cool game simulation things to work on pressure play. Speaking of pressure play, to be able to perform under pressure, you have to practice under pressure. Putting that pressure on yourself is hard but having the ole ball coach giving some negative and positive feedback creates pressure.
Now here is the cool part. You have hired this coach but your voice will go internal and becomes your inner voice! Then the best coach in the world is coaching you! You are coaching you! That is the plan-to create a creative internally coached, independent player, not a dependent player!