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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Use This Top Gun Technique for Goals…
Use This Top-Gun Technique For Goals… In the movie Top Gun, Tom Skerritt, (VIPER) tells the fighter pilots, “You are the best of the best, the elite,” and “we’ll make you even better.” The Top Gun school made them better fighter pilots, by flying, not by trying to make them fisherman or painters. Stay with…
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The ONE word to say to a referee…
The One Word to Say to a Referee? When I worked with HOF baseball coach, Tommy Pharr. He would use this one word all of the time….It later dawned on me, It really worked! This is the one word to say to a referee. Surprisingly, it is the same word to say to a police…
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Pain of Discipline OR Pain of Regret
Pain of Discipline OR Pain of Regret I encountered a painful reminder on the 5k race. I ran and pushed my daughter in the stroller. My mileage and tempo was no longer where it needs to be to set PR’s, but I figured I could still win at least the stroller division! Here’s where I…
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What Golden Tee can teach us about Entrepreneurship
I met with a successful entrepreneur and coach, Tony Scelzo, over a game of Golden Tee. You know, the arcade game that is nothing like real golf…until you take a double bogey. removed Of course we had something on the line, so it was a competitive 18-hole skins game. Tony Scelzo’s story and journey is…
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5 Things I Hate About Myself
5 Things I Hate About Myself Life is not a garden. We can’t pull out the weeds and leave all the nice flowers. Our mentality and identity doesn’t work like that. Instead, we have to recognize our defaults of character and make peace with them. Striving to slowly improve upon them and allowing others to…
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Improve your mental game by watching The Olympics
A mental toughness article I wrote previously for Stack magazine…How to Improve your mental game just by watching the Olympics Enjoy…. Dr. Rob Bell is the author of Mental Toughness Training for Golf, an AASP certified Sport Psychology consultant, and caddy on tour. He consults with athletes, coaches, and teams at all levels helping build and enhance their own mental…