What if the fear of losing didn’t have to be a roadblock, but a doorway to personal growth and mastery? Imagine a young athlete, eyes wide with the terror of defeat, transforming into a champion who seeks out the toughest challenges with a smile. This isn’t just a story of winning or losing—it’s a tale […]
In sports, seeing is believing. What’s more, belief leads to effort and this combination is what increases self-efficacy. Correspondingly, the first step to learning from failure is using video review sessions to get athletes to believe. Specifically, athletes must use video review to believe two things: Renowned psychologist Albert Bandura in his preeminent book on self-efficacy elaborates […]
In this essay I aim to unravel the two faces of mental toughness, comparing its manifestation in team sports with its counterpart in individual sports. I leverage studies, like those referenced by Trine University and TCU, which highlight how athletes in team sports experience less depression and anxiety than their counterparts in individual sports, owing […]