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  • Sport Parents: The Ultimate Critic

    As a parent of an athlete, there is really only one responsibility, support your son or daughter. Problem is many parents get the tonic of support mixed up with liquor of critiquing the game or practice. Tonic is fine, Liquor, never sicker…I wonder do kids lose the passion for sports or do their parents kill…

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  • killing your mental toughness

    Three Things KILLING your Mental Toughness |

    Three Things Killing Your Mental Toughness We can’t connect the dots in our lives moving forward, we can only connect them looking backward. That means we don’t know how things are going to turn out. In our lives, there will be these small moments that make all the difference. These Hinge moments will connect who we…

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  • dominate that fear

    5 ways to dominate that FEAR!

    5 Ways to Dominate that FEAR [Tweet “Fear takes us further than we want to go and keeps us longer than we want to stay.”] Fear takes us further than we want to go and keeps us longer than we want to stay. Fears underline almost all emotions, disappointment, sadness, motivation, and even anger. Because…

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  • 10 ways to forget about the outcome

    10 ways to forget about the outcome

    10 ways to forget about the outcome It is what is. It’s only uttered by people who experienced a setback or are just miserable. I’ve never heard it by someone holding up a trophy. Although, my goal is to have an athlete hold up a trophy and is so consumed by the process that they…

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  • Why Your Coaching Style Should Be Intentionally Left Blank | MetaCommunication

    Why Your Coaching Style Should Be Intentionally Left Blank… Every so often, when I receive an important document, there is always This Page Intentionally Left Blank.   I was naive, so I didn’t bother to figure out why, until I realized the importance! Imagine if that document had a printing issue, then there might be…

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  • The worst answer you can get…

    We are having our annual SuperBowl party and sure enough I get a few online responses of Maybe. So, maybe eight (8) more people are coming to the party OR maybe not! Am I rejected for a better party, or what? Either scenario I play out sounds downright negative. Maybe sounds more like NO, but it…

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