Pressure in the context of sports rears itself in the form of stress and anxiety. For young athletes who have their whole lives ahead of them, pressure situations should be few and far between. However, the truth is young athletes feel pressure all the time. Young athletes feel pressure to win, pressure to make a […]
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Yesterday I wrote about teaching athletes the lesson of the promise and the prize. In short, this is a basic lesson on commitment to process instead of focusing on outcomes. It just so happens that this morning my favorite blogger Seth Godin is covering a very similar point in his post Confusing effort, preparation and […]
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The lesson of the promise and the prize is a lesson in commitment to success. This commitment starts with a promise to take action, and ends with fulfilling that promise with a prize of success. What athletes must learn about the promise and the prize is to control the controllables and not to worry about […]