"Nine Innings: Life Lessons Learned, " written for young student athletes and their parents, contains nine chapters, each referenced to coincide with nine innings of a baseball game. This guide provides practical advice from a father, baseball coach, and financial advisor to help you and your child become mentally tougher, relying on confidence, courage, competitiveness, and continued improvement in order to achieve success in school, sports, and life. Learn how to find the inner strength to improve your life with a positive attitude and proper goal-setting techniques, while stepping out of your comfort zone. In order to achieve all that you want, it's important to understand that the behavioral changes that you make today will improve who you are tomorrow. This is best accomplished by focusing your energy on the present. "Nine Innings: Life Lessons Learned" offers practical advice to help young student athletes-and their parents-become more confident, street-smart, mentally strong, positive, focused, and successful.