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The Mental Edge | A Different Way to Think About Sports Parenting
Let me ask you something.
When your son or daughter gets in the car after a tough game, who is more upset — you or them?
When they ...
In youth sports, we talk constantly about confidence.
We want athletes to believe in themselves. Trust their training. Step onto the field expecting success. Play without fear.
Confidence matters.
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Introduction
Psychological safety is the belief that it is safe to take risks, make mistakes, ask questions, and be vulnerable without fear of humiliation, embarrassment, or punishment. For young ath...
The Transformational Power of Growing Together
Over the past 27 years, I have had the privilege of working with thousands of athletes. I've coached athletes who won championships, earned scholarships...
What does it mean to believe in somebody?
There are many athletes pursuing some kind of dream. This dream could be to go to college and play their sport, move on to play professionally, and finally, ...
You hear people talk about confidence all the time. Rarely are "they" talking about confidence correctly. Let's dig in and I'll break it down for you in this video.
There are many questions athletes ask when they ponder the possibility of working with a Mental Skills Coach. Sometimes, many questions can be answered by simply unpacking some of the most common myth...
I first thought of this concept when I was on the pool deck of a club swimming team working with individuals as they, one by one, jumped out of the pool for a short mental-skills coaching session. (fo...
There isn’t a day in my coaching practice where a question about confidence doesn’t come up.
Confidence is often seen as the CORE DEFICIT when performance is sub par.
I have never heard an athlete s...
We ask ourselves questions all the time. Most of these questions start with the word WHAT.
“What should I wear today?”
“What should I say when asked a question?”
“What should I eat?”
We also ask o...
