Goldilocks Anxiety – How to Deal with it in Sports Families

Some parents worry about their kids all the time.  I’m one of those parents. I like to call my worrying Goldilocks anxiety. My routine worry is if I’m doing a good enough job to prepare my kids for their future.  For example, one day I may worry if I’m being too hard on my kids. […]

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How Elite Athletes Become Elite – Learning to Endure Pain

If you want to know how elite athletes become elite, you must first understand how elite athletes learn to endure pain. This is according to author Malcolm Gladwell and elite runner Alex Hutchinson.  These two recently discussed this when talking to each other about what separates top athletes from the rest. Alex Hutchinson states: You […]

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My Secret for Keeping Up with the Best Research on the Internet

Finding the best research on the internet is one of the hardest parts of writing a daily blog. Quality research with reliable data on the topics you care about is without a doubt the best form of inspiration.  However, keeping up with new research published daily can almost be a full time job. Nevertheless, after […]

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