Mental Toughness
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How to know your effectiveness as a consultant
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In early 2000’s, Ken Ravizza was doing one of his impromptus, yet standing room only, presentations at the national conference of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. He was working with the Anaheim Angels at the time and one of his messages was “don’t ask for gear.” In essence, if the team and coaches enjoy…
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Have you played the game: I Love You More?
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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…
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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
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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
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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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The “Safe” Athlete
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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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Athletes Who Play Safe In Sports |
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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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End of the Hinge Dynasty…
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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…
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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…
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Use This Top Gun Technique for Goals…
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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…