Mental Toughness Blog
Dr. Rob Bell writes and coaches exclusively about Mental Toughness and Sports Psychology. Subscribe here and receive the weekly mental toughness blog newsletter!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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