I have a simple warning for parents and coaches of athletes who struggle with mental toughness or confidence problems. Just like most problems, mental toughness and confidence problems don’t solve themselves. In fact, they get worse with time. If you see a young athlete in middle school having problems with mental toughness or confidence, it’s […]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The idea that practice makes perfect is a flat out lie. Practice does not make perfect. Unquestionably, if you practice something wrong you will never be perfect no matter how much you practice. Therefore, only perfect practice can make perfect and the only way to have […]
It’s clearly better to use the power of momentum to your advantage rather than to your disadvantage. Momentum is the motion of moving. Therefore, it takes far more energy to create momentum than it does to sustain momentum. Consequently, the power of momentum provides an advantage once you get it going but it puts you […]