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  • 10 Everyday Mental Toughness Tests

    10 Everyday Mental Toughness Tests

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    Rob Bell

    10 Everyday Mental Toughness Tests We may think of Mental Toughness as a huge culminating, you have it or you don’t event or thing. However, these Mental Toughness tests are really about doing what others aren’t willing to do, pushing ourselves in all areas of our lives, and simply getting better. Thus, since you’re reading…

  • re-ignite your confidence

    3 simple tips to improve sports confidence |

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    Rob Bell

    3 Simple Tips To Improve Sports Confidence Show me a successful athlete, or person and I’ll show you someone who is confident. It is without a doubt, the most important mental skill. It impacts all of the other skills inside of being mentally tough! There are many ways to build it,  and several ways to…

  • The first unseeded player to win USTA Nationals

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    Rob Bell

    Collin Altamirano won the 2013 USTA Nationals—the most competitive junior tournament in the United States and an invite into the coveted U.S. Open. In doing so, he became the first unseeded player to win USTA Nationals. One of Collin’s strengths evident at the USTA Nationals was his ability to hit the best ball. His years…

  • How a Reader's Digest Became The Hinge Moment

    How a Reader’s Digest Became The Hinge Moment

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    Rob Bell

    How A Reader’s Digest Became The Hinge Moment The Hinge connects who we are with who we become. It is the one moment, event, or person that makes the difference in our lives…We just don’t know when or who that person or event will be.  I’ve had many Hinge moments, some good and some tragedies.…

  • How to get FRONT ROW any any show!

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    Rob Bell

    This is what (we) did at the Tom Petty show. There is a mental toughness component to it (of course). They don’t give front row seats away, you have to pay for them or win them. One Rule On How To Get Front Row   A colleague  of mine,  Tom, was part of our group of…

  • Caddying on the PGA Tour

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    Rob Bell

    A caddy is the closest thing to being a sideline head coach. It provides amazing insight into the game that no one else can get, and caddies save a professional golfer, in my opinion, about one shot a round. Here’s my take, since I loop a few tour events each year for my clients that…

  • The “Safe” Athlete

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    Rob Bell

    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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    Rob Bell

    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…

  • The fear of…

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    Rob Bell

    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…

  • Use This Top Gun Technique for Goals…

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    Rob Bell

    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…