University of Notre Dame Sport psychology
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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 has happened in Australia in 2020 with the wild fires. I wish NO-ill will on any animal! However, I hate things that aren’t what they appear to be. It’s why I can’t…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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(VIDEO) The art of the follow-through…
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James Altucher’s podcast and book stated the three types of business that SELL themselves. If you can help others out with one of these three issues, you’ll be rich. We need mental toughness in order to achieve our goals, and…
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(Video) Mental Toughness means we can NEVER do this…
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This 3 minute video explains the one thing that we can never do when it comes to our mental toughness… This skill is the basis of all other psychological skills. Click on Picture to watch… Dr. Rob Bell is…
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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,…
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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…