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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19 Ways to Practice Humility
19 Ways to Practice Humility My mom took a friend and I to the beach for the weekend….at the time was working her way through nursing school and was exhausted because she had worked several consecutive shifts. This wasn’t a family vacation, those were sadly over after my parents split-up. This was just a mom…
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Signing The Eyeball Contract Of Mental Toughness
Signing The Eyeball Contract Of Mental Toughness One summer, I spoke to a group of 30-40 elite divers every week. This particular session, I brought along my son and daughter, ages 6 & 4. They enjoyed sharing the stage with daddy, (I think my daughter loved selling the books), but this time they were particularly…
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Top 10 things I’ve learned from coaches
My high school baseball coach once praised me behind closed doors but criticized me in front of my teammates. I think he had it backward, but I wasn’t mentally tough at the time. He served as a huge external motivator to prove him wrong later in life. My junior varsity soccer coach taught me the…
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3 Ways To Prevent The Big Meltdown
3 ways to prevent the big meltdown I took a few steps to my right at second base to field a simple ground ball. I dropped it… Run scored, game over! I then proceeded to punch the brick wall of the dugout before getting on the bus, I probably broke it (my hand, not the…
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Don’t “Should” on Your Kids: Build Their Mental Toughness
Parents & coaches.This book will build your child’s Mental Toughness. You can check out all of the media on the book here. OR buy it here— Don’t “Should” on Your Kids: Build Their Mental Toughness Dr. Rob Bell is a Sport Psychology Coach. His company DRB & associates is based in Indianapolis. Some clients…
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Why I hate koala bears (and you should too)
Why I Hate Koala Bears It’s awful what happened in Australia in 2020 with the wild fires. I wish NO-ill will on any animal or person. However, I hate things that aren’t what they appear to be. It’s why I can’t stand politics. Nothing is what they make it out to be. I…