Average athletes are average for a reason. It’s not luck, it’s not nature, and it’s not nurture. It’s one thing and one thing only. CHOICES! Simply stated, average athletes make average choices. It’s not that hard to do the research it takes to identify the behavior patterns of elite athletes. There are books like Peak […]
Some athletes will only review video when they do something well. These athletes will only review the video of their mistakes if a coach deliberately sits them down and plays the video directly for them. Moreover, these same athletes struggle learning to learn from their mistakes. If you know an athlete like this then what […]
One could argue that motivation is a must to get anyone to do anything uncomfortable. Indeed, the first thing I tell clients who hire me to work with an athlete is that mental skills training must start with motivation or it won’t work. However, I don’t approach motivation the way you would think. The way […]