Despite popular belief, mental toughness can be taught.  We teach our young players how to handle their mistakes mentally, deal with adversity and many, many other mental hacks (or defense mechanisms).

Mental Toughness is a key part of the game that is overlooked by so many coaches. Championship teams know this and go out of their ways to hire experts like Spencer Wood at Ice Box Athlete Home Page

I have used Ice Box Athlete as a foundation to teach our players and we explore many different defense mechanisms that happen repeatedly throughout the game.