Mental Toughness Blog
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Have you played the game: I Love You More?
Have you ever played the game— I love you more? Choose from the following three choices, which relationship most describes you. 1) Your partner loves you more than you love him or her. Or 2) You love your partner more then he/she loves you. Or 3) You love each other equally, but it’s boring. Now,…
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The ONE PLAY that demands team buy-in…
Recently, a collegiate basketball game displayed that the starting forwards scored 41 of the team’s 66 points, 62% of the total points. Without seeing the game, one might imagine that these individuals were either dominating post players or excellent shooters. Numbers don’t lie, but they don’t tell the whole story either. It is often the…
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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…