Coaches, listen up. If you’re still banking on rewards and consequences to push your athletes to the limit, you’re skating on thin ice. Let’s get real—inspiration beats extrinsic motivators every single time. Why? Because while dangling a carrot or brandishing a stick might give you a quick fix, it’s the fire of inspiration that fuels […]
Instincts trump strategy, period. Coaches obsess over game plans, but it’s the athletes with raw, unscripted intuition who often snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Yet, dismissing the strategic groundwork that shapes champions would be a mistake as colossal as ignoring the gut instincts that define them. The real magic happens at the crossroads […]
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 […]