Although I am writing this mental skills tip specifically for wrestling coaches, this insight applies equally for all coaches who teach skills at some level. Wrestling coaches in particular are known for how they teach moves, thus explaining this mental skill concept using the process of teaching wrestling moves as the exemplar is ideal. Typically, […]
The goal of accountability is to help you maintain positive behaviors as they develop into positive habits. Being critical of someone does not help achieve this goal in the long-term. While people do change short-term behavior to avoid criticism, the long-term behavior change that criticism causes is avoidance. Therefore, as sports psychologist Johana Oliver states […]
When you feel like you lack motivation, the first thing I suggest you try is to shift your mindset away from motivation and towards resilience. Motivation is the energy for action. Resilience is the ability to behave competently when facing adversity. The spark that creates this energy for action we call motivation comes from the […]