Burnout and overtraining are two of the biggest reasons why athletes fail to reach their potential. They both lead to dramatic performance declines and they both can lead to injury. In addition, both burnout and overtraining develop because coaches and parents are not paying attention to the physical and mental impacts of an athlete’s schedule. […]
It’s often the case that the best answer is the simplest answer. When it comes to extraordinary people, the answer to how they became extraordinary follows this pattern, it’s simple. The late, great sports psychologist and bestselling author of the classic book Mind Gym, Gary Mack says it best: Extraordinary people live their lives backward. They […]
To help athletes focus on the process, coaches must teach them that the path to success is to control the controllables and not to worry about things that are uncontrollable. Correspondingly, the process is controllable, and the outcome is uncontrollable. Underachievers are the ones who give control of their successes and failures to uncontrollable factors. […]