‘Behavior’ Is the Simplest Way to Explain a Winning Mindset

Too often mindset and mental skills coaching is viewed as too complex for the average athlete. The truth is, it’s very simple. It’s about creating a winning mindset and developing the mental skills to sustain that winning mindset over the long-term. Moreover, the simplest way to help an athlete develop a winning mindset is to […]

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Counterpoint: The Voice of Self-doubt is a Gift

Some mindset coaches teach that you must eliminate the little voice in your head that raises self-doubt. The thinking is that this little voice of self-doubt amounts to negative self-talk, which ultimately leads to negative outcomes. While it’s true that negative self-talk contributes to negative outcomes, it’s not a fact that the voice of self-doubt […]

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What Wrestling Coaches Say to Wrestlers During a Match Matters

A good friend who happens to be a wrestling coach shared a tweet with me this morning so juicy I had to write about it today. It was a video of Olympic bronze medalist and current wrestling coach Tervel Dlagnev talking to an audience about what wrestling coaches say to wrestlers during a match. Dlagnev […]

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