sport psychology
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The WRONG WAY to Win the Locker Room
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The WRONG WAY to Win the Locker Room A team locker room is a sacred place. Basically, what is said there, when you leave there, leave it there. Sorry, but here’s the wrong way to win over the locker room. New Buffalo Bills Head Coach Sean McDermott felt that setting the tone of the locker…
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(Video) Mental Toughness is built off of the field?
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Mental Toughness is built off of the field? Not only does our best change as we get better, but Mental Toughness also becomes more about what takes place off the field than on the field. We are who we are when we are alone. What happens when the door comes off the Hinges? If you…
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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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A participation trophy actually hurts more than it helps
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A participation trophy does not build mental toughness FOX 59 interviewed me… click on the image above to watch the story… Kids are not to blame. We, the parents are. We’ve become obsessed not with their own medals, but our own. We run a 5k and expect a medal. A coach even told me a runner…
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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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Parenting is Contagious
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When it comes to parenting, your example isn’t the main thing, it’s the only thing. As a professional speaker and author who studies and writes about what the best do better than the rest, I was blown away by what was possibly the most amazing audience I’ve ever spoken to. I recently spoke at the…
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Sport Parents: The Ultimate Critic
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As a parent of an athlete, there is really only one responsibility, support your son or daughter. Problem is many parents get the tonic of support mixed up with liquor of critiquing the game or practice. Tonic is fine, Liquor, never sicker…I wonder do kids lose the passion for sports or do their parents kill…
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5 ways to dominate that FEAR!
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5 Ways to Dominate that FEAR [Tweet “Fear takes us further than we want to go and keeps us longer than we want to stay.”] Fear takes us further than we want to go and keeps us longer than we want to stay. Fears underline almost all emotions, disappointment, sadness, motivation, and even anger. Because…
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The Negative YOU
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I was told early on in life to use “I” statements. I was also instructed to use feeling words like frustrated, upset, and agitated. Yep, those seem accurate descriptors when I am pissed. The key is to train and remember this linguistic skill during stressful times especially when having arguments (growth moments) with my wife.…
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A Huge Myth About Trust…
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There’s a Huge MYTH about Trust The best part about sports is that it is NOT like life. In athletics, A team or player won or lost, period. Wash and wear. There is little ambiguity, because the Ball Don’t Lie. Life on the other hand has tons of ambiguity to it. It is not as…