sport psychology
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Get Rid of Your Mental Baggage
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I noticed this past winter that I had accumulated (hoarded) scores of magazines. I mean I had hundreds of Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and Golf Magazines all stacked up in a corner. Perhaps, I had justified keeping these because “I may refer to an article,” but in reality, they were just taking up space. Most of…
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Current State of Mental Toughness
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Growing up, Mary Towe was the oldest of 8 children, and had to take care of her brother and sisters. For instance, she couldn’t go on any dates as a 16 year old until her newborn brother was asleep. She had mental toughness. The entire family delivered newspapers when they were old enough (10 &…
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How To Tap Into Your Focus Like Pete Sampras
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How to Tap Into Your Focus Like Pete Sampras Pete Sampras was obviously one of the greatest. Personally, I started liking him after Winning the US Open at age 19. He won 14 total grand slams and SEVEN (7) Wimbledon titles. Sampras mentality was one of stoicism, rarely showing emotion, especially negative emotion. Thus, on…
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Three ways professional athletes crush their goals.
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Three ways professional athletes crush their goals The majority of people fail. But, it’s not about the setback, it’s about the comeback! It’s so true that the people at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there. All you have to do is look at how professional athletes crush their goals and follow their model…
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How an Olympic Gold Medalist and I Shared a Hinge Moment
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How An Olympic Gold Medalist And I Shared A Hinge Moment Most of my life, I have been a sport obsessed honk, not only playing, but also following every sport, in every possible venue. For instance, as a kid, I used to watch EVERY SINGLE match of Wimbledon on HBO during the summer. I always…
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10 Everyday Mental Toughness Tests
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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…
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Shocking Ways That Goals NOT Deals Will Improve Your Mental Toughness
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Shocking Ways That Goals NOT Deals Will Improve Your Mental Toughness Click here to receive a FREE FILM On Mental Toughness At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Billy Mills would make history with his iconic sprint to win the gold medal in the 10,000 meters. He was so unknown, that a Japanese reporter asked him…
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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…