carmel sport psychology
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Mental Toughness is a Voicemail Away
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Mental Toughness is a Voicemail Away One speaking event at my alma mater, Shepherd University, I made sure to invite my professor, Dr. Joe Merz. He made such an impact in my life. If not for him, then Sport Psychology and the passion I live out everyday would not have happened. I received a…
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The Human Taproot of Mental Toughness
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The Human Taproot of Mental Toughness The dandelion is an interesting flower. We spend billions of dollars every year to try and rid the dandelion, but it keeps coming back. If flowers possessed Mental Toughness, the dandelion would top the list. It is a very hardy plant. It sprouts very quickly in most types of…
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The Difference Between Arriving & Starting Practice
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The Difference Between Arriving & Starting Practice For Success Head coaches Jim Mora & Tom Coughlin had success at the collegiate and NFL ranks respectively. They are also well known for their policies on meetings. Players arrived 15-minutes early for meetings, because the meetings actually start 10 minutes early. Tom Coughlin even fined players for…
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Why we Should NOT have heroes
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Why We Should NOT Have Heroes. I was a huge B.J. Surhoff fan. He played baseball for the Brewers and the Orioles. I didn’t just meet him, I bum-rushed into him at a bar at the University of North Carolina and I apparently freaked him out. He wouldn’t even let me buy him a…
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Top 10 things I’ve learned from coaches
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My high school baseball coach once praised me behind closed doors but criticized me in front of my teammates. I think he had it backward, but I wasn’t mentally tough at the time. He served as a huge external motivator to prove him wrong later in life. My junior varsity soccer coach taught me the…
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Why I hate koala bears (and you should too)
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Why I Hate Koala Bears It’s awful what happened in Australia in 2020 with the wild fires. I wish NO-ill will on any animal or person. However, I hate things that aren’t what they appear to be. It’s why I can’t stand politics. Nothing is what they make it out to be. I…
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How To End Practice To Build A Better Team
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How to End Practice To Build A Better Team My wife questioned my strategy for leaving any social get togethers. I never said goodbye at any party or wedding. I always left exactly the same way. I would just duck out the door. No goodbye. Like ripping off a band-aid. I hated…
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The Curious Case Of Mental Helplessness
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The Curious Case of Mental Helplessness I asked Archie Manning and Andre Agassi to read our book- “Don’t “should” On Your Kids: Build Their Mental Toughness I even asked if they’d provide testimonials, because they would be perfect for the message to parents. I finally got through to their agents, they said, “no.” Andre Agassi…
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5,000 push-ups & 5,000 sit-ups every day…
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Herschel Walker was made fun at school and never went out to recess because he was afraid of getting beat up. His teacher used to put him in the corner of the room because he had a speech impediment, and called him “special.” His father used to give him a quarter to buy a snack…
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Don’t question your Mental Toughness
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Don’t Question Your Mental Toughness There is “no question” about it. Did this cliche’ emerge in sports? I’m not sure, it’s just where I hear it most often. What I’ll hear from competitors is an indication of their mental toughness. I listen for how often they question themselves. “how did I do that?” “what are you…