Rob Bell

  • How To End Practice To Build A Better Team

    How To End Practice To Build A Better Team

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           How to End Practice To Build A Better Team  My wife questioned my strategy for leaving any social get togethers. I never said goodbye at any party or wedding. I always left exactly the same way. I…

  • The Curious Case Of Mental Helplessness

    The Curious Case Of Mental Helplessness

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    The Curious Case of Mental Helplessness  I asked Archie Manning and Andre Agassi to read our book- “Don’t “should” On Your Kids: Build Their Mental Toughness   I even asked if they’d provide testimonials, because they would be perfect for the…

  • A participation trophy actually hurts more than it helps

    A participation trophy actually hurts more than it helps

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    A participation trophy does not build mental toughness  FOX 59 interviewed me… click on the image above to watch the story… Kids are not to blame. We, the parents are. We’ve become obsessed not with their own medals, but our own….

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    Why I Quit Drinking

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    Why I Quit Drinking My son has me under his thumb. It was always my daughter before he was born. The funny thing about boys is how much they emulate their daddy. I love coffee, so he loved coffee. A…

  • 5,000 push-ups & 5,000 sit-ups every day…

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    Herschel Walker was made fun at school and never went out to recess because he was afraid of getting beat up. His teacher used to put him in the corner of the room because he had a speech impediment, and…

  • Top Mental Toughness Quotes

    Don’t question your Mental Toughness

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    Don’t Question Your Mental Toughness There is “no question” about it.  Did this cliche’ emerge in sports? I’m not sure, it’s just where I hear it most often. What I’ll hear from competitors is an indication of their mental toughness.  I…

  • Ending practice early to building mental toughness in young athletes

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    Ending Practice Early to Building Mental Toughness in Young Athletes?  There are not many secrets to success. There is also no short-cut.  However, one secret that I think holds true is the ability of one more. When we are tired and fatigued,…

  • End practice early to build mental toughness?

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    End Practice Early to Build Mental Toughness? There are not many secrets to success. There is also no short-cut.  However, one secret that I think holds true is the ability of one more. When we are tired and fatigued, the key is…

  • Winners, Losers, & At-Leasters

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    Excerpt from book: Don’t “Should” on your kids: Build Their Mental Toughness  Wade was a very talented 12-year-old hockey player, but he was a coach’s nightmare. He would only play hard when he felt like it, which was, unfortunately, only…

  • Parenting is Contagious

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    When it comes to parenting, your example isn’t the main thing, it’s the only thing. As a professional speaker and author who studies and writes about what the best do better than the rest, I was blown away by what…