Telling your coach you’re scared of a drill is information, not weakness. They’d rather know.

Coaches plan with the information they have. A fear you keep to yourself does not stay hidden; it surfaces as hesitation on the approach, and from the sideline hesitation looks like laziness or not caring, so you get coached for the wrong problem. Saying it turns a mystery into something with a known fix, which is usually a progression rather than a pep talk.

Name the specific part that frightens you, not the whole drill. The height, the landing, the moment you cannot see where you are going. Then ask for the smaller version first.