When it comes to teaching athletes mental skills, self-awareness must be among the first priorities for coaches. Moreover, to teach self-awareness you must have a baseline. Athletes must know where they are to know where they need to go. Therefore, coaches must start the teaching process with a self-awareness test. Before I talk about the […]
Scientifically, research suggest that athletes who practice more will be better than athletes who practice less. Pop-culture sums this up as the 10,000-hour rule of thumb. But you don’t need scientific research to understand this do you? It seems rather obvious that an athlete who practices more will be better than an athlete who practices less, […]
Psychology professor Dr. Edward Deci is commonly recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers on goals and motivation. Deci is a professor of psychology and director of the human motivation program at the University of Rochester. He is the author of 5 classic books on these topics, all which psychology experts widely accept as […]