Just because one athlete can push through pain better than another does not mean their future pain tolerance is a fait accompli. Research shows that it’s possible to increase pain tolerance. The first way to increase pain tolerance is to use positive training pain. Positive training pain is training to intentionally create non-threatening pain to […]
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The foundation for teaching all mental skills is a simple yet profound concept about the mind and body. The mind and body are not automatically in sync. Moreover, when your mind and body are not in sync you can’t be at your best. The mind carries out your intentions and the body carries out […]
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When an athlete’s effort decreases when challenges increase this means this athlete has an ego goal orientation mindset. Moreover, this ego centric behavior is what sports psychologist call rescinding effort. Rescinding effort is when an athlete seeks to protect their ego by intentionally not giving their best effort. These athletes do this so they can […]