Why Anxiety Drives Both Peak Performance and Poor Performance

Anxiety is a feeling of pressure, worry, or stress usually caused by an important upcoming event with an uncertain outcome. In sports, almost every competition has elements of importance and uncertainty. As a result, anxiety is a normal feeling all athletes must learn to deal with. Typically, when an athlete has anxiety before a sporting […]

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The Mental Balancing Act We All Must Manage

There is one mental balancing act we all must manage if we want to become the best version of ourselves. It doesn’t matter if you are a parent or a child, a coach or an athlete, a boss or an individual contributor. Everyday of our life we must learn to effectively balance boredom and anxiety. […]

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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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