indianapolis 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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Your Three Selves of Mental Toughness
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Your Three Selves of Mental Toughness People have talked about near death experiences and how their life flashed before them, and I’ve had two near death experiences, which were falling off of a cliff and a car accident, but my life never flashed before me. Before I signed up to compete in a ½ ironman…
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11 tested ways to get out of your comfort zone
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11 tested ways to get out of your comfort zone I’ve run 100-mile ultra-marathons, completed an Ironman, numerous 50 mile ultra-marathons and I put everything I had into them. My best road marathon time was a respectable 3:21 and that was running six days & fifty miles a week with speed work. That’ll get you…
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(Infographic) 6 Mental Toughness Hacks for Injured Athletes
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6 Mental Toughness Hacks for Injured Athletes Injuries are unfortunately a part of the world of being an athlete, even a corporate athlete. I feel bad however when I witness so many athletes having the brutal experiences through their injury and especially returning to injury. Inside of the sport itself, and not an outside…
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Are We Testing OR Training Our Mental Toughness?
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Are We Testing Mental Toughness OR Training Our Mental Toughness? On a long run , I passed two people and asked them for what race they were training. She said a half-marathon, but hedged her statement with, “If my speed work is good enough.” I gave her unsolicited advice and told her she was ready…
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My Top 5 Game Changer Albums
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I took my daughter to a Rob Zombie concert because we workout together to his music. She took me to Taylor Swift; I took her to Rob Zombie. Music is an index fossil. You’ll see from this list of my favorite albums, my approximate age, likes, and a specific period of my life. Is it…
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Why I apologized to the guy who ran over my foot!
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I was in Tennessee with a golfer at the PGA tour event. On wednesday afternoon, We were all standing around the chipping green while I was talking with my players’ caddy. From literally nowhere, this guy, drove a gator tractor over my foot with the front tire and then just stopped with the back tires now…
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{Infographic} 11 tested ways to get out of your comfort zone
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Everything we want in life is on the other side of our comfort zone. Building mental toughness means being comfortable getting uncomfortable. Dr. Rob Bell is a Sport Psychology Coach. His company DRB & associates is based in Indianapolis. Some clients have included: University of Notre Dame, Marriott, and Walgreens. Check out the most recent book on Mental…
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5 Ways To Ask For HELP! ! !
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5 Ways To Ask For Help When I first heard the Beatles song, HELP in high school, I loved it, but actually thought it made little sense. Who needs help when they are young and know it all? When I was younger (So much younger than today) I never needed anybody’s help in any…
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Is Mental Toughness Really The Mountain Top Experience?
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Is Mental Toughness Really The Mountain Top Experience? When I lived in Colorado, I met Russ, who was half-way to hiking all of the 14’ers. A “14er” is any mountain top above 14,000 feet. There are 54 of them in Colorado. Some of these hikes are difficult, while others are fairly simple. The mountaintops in…