One of the things coaches must spend more time thinking about is how long is too long for practice. Just because two-hour practice is how you’ve always done it doesn’t mean that’s how you should always do it. The amount of practice time is not something a coach can define once. Unquestionably, every hour of […]
Once a coach decides they need to help their athletes with mental toughness, they must first start with how they think about mental toughness. Mental toughness is not just an idea, it’s a practice. So, just like any form of practice it must have meaning and purpose as this quote suggest. He who has a […]
Folkstyle wrestling is one of the hardest sports for kids to play because kids don’t actually “play” wrestling. They just wrestle. Moreover, wrestling is extremely physically demanding and it’s often more satisfying than fun. Therefore, when a youth wrestler first starts in the sport their parents are usually doing a lot of pushing. Other than those […]