Mental Toughness Blog
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Simple Technique to Get Your Athletes Relaxed
Simple Technique To Get Your Athletes Relaxed The question surfaces often by coaches and parents: “How can I help some of my athletes relax before big (games, meets, races, etc.)” Tom Petty said it best, “the waiting is the hardest part.” It’s the amount of time to actually “think” before a competition that causes…
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Eyes on The Path
A young kung fu student travels to meet a renowned sensei… The student tells the master that he wants to train under him to become a powerful samurai and asked “how long it would take”? online payday loans california The master tells him it will take 10 years of training. Unsatisfied, the student says that…
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Athletes Who Play Safe In Sports |
An A.D. that I met with recently discussed how one of their best basketball players always played safe. She was the safe athlete. Athletes who play safe are the new normal On one hand, the point guard made few mistakes and played consistent. However, the point guard also held back and never “took over a…
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The “Safe” Athlete
An A.D. that I met with recently discussed how one of their best basketball players always played safe. On one hand, the point guard made few mistakes and played consistent. However, the point guard also held back and never “took over a game.” They lacked mental toughness… At a swim meet yesterday, I spoke with…
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End of the Hinge Dynasty…
In the 2013 AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens, the New England Patriots held a halftime lead of 13-7. Nothing extraordinary, except that with Bill Belichick as head coach and Tom Brady as Quarterback, the Patriots were 67-0 at home. After the game they became 67-1. This defeat unofficially marked the end of the Hinge…
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The fear of…
You may know the feeling… Cold water and lack of oxygen jolts you: you realize that you jumped in way over your head. Limbs are flailing, lungs are gasping, and your mind can’t focus on anything but the struggle between fighting to breathe, and giving up completely…Maybe it’s just your morning shower or perhaps as…