As a mental skills coach, I always teach clients that managing the pain of fatigue in sports is 100% mental. Yes, of course there is a physical component to pain. However, there is no question that an athlete’s ability to endure the stress of pain changes as their mindset changes. To that end, athletes must […]
One of the primary roles of a coach is to motivate their athletes. However, just like all athletes are not created equal, all motivation is not created equal. Generally, coaches can categorize athletes in two stages of learning: 1) Developmental 2) Mastery For athletes in the developmental stage, motivation is simple. Their motivation comes from […]
All athletes use self-talk, but some use it in a way that helps them, and others use it in a way that hurts them. When an athlete uses self-talk to hurt themselves, they talk to themselves with language that drives pessimism and fear. This is negative self-talk. Negative self-talk is always bad. While it may […]