Mental Toughness Blog
Dr. Rob Bell writes and coaches exclusively about Mental Toughness and Sports Psychology. Subscribe here and receive the Puke & Rally weekly mental toughness newsletter!
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Two Specific Mental Health Tips for Success
Two Specific Mental Health Tips When you HEAR mental health, do you automatically think Mental Illness or depression? Mental Health = Health = Mental Strength If you look up Mental Health, the first listings have to do with mental illness. If we define mental health, it is the LACK of mental illness. When I hear…
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Your Footprint of Mental Toughness Needs a Blueprint
Footprint of Mental Toughness Needs A Blueprint Repetition is the blueprint—Success is the footprint! As a child, I threw a tennis ball against the outside steps of my house countless number of times. I did it to practice my baseball fielding. Sometimes the ball would catch the corner of a stair and it would shoot…
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Three reasons why SMART goals are stupid
I completely failed the first time as a young Sport Psychology coach. I started working with the a University baseball team. I had my mental toughness session all planned out and we were going to set S.M.A.R.T. goals. The word still makes me cringe. Of course, the team session went well, we did the song…
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Best Sports Parents: 6 ways you’re doing it wrong…
I love my kids more than anything. So, I get it, how they perform is important to me. But their performance is not a reflection of my parenting, just a shadow. As the best sports parents, it’s important to remember this distinction. The most important element of youth sports is passion- a love for their…
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(Infographic) 6 Mental Toughness Hacks for Injured Athletes
6 Mental Toughness Hacks for Injured Athletes Injuries are unfortunately a part of the world of being an athlete, even a corporate athlete. I feel bad however when I witness so many athletes having the brutal experiences through their injury and especially returning to injury. Inside of the sport itself, and not an outside…
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Why An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth |
An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor. His immediate family died in the concentration camps, but he survived. He talks at length in the amazing book- Man’s Search for Meaning -about how he survived while others did not. He concluded that we actually find meaning through our suffering.…