To decide if an athlete requires private coaching, you first must understand the fundamental difference between training and practice. The sole purpose of training is to get better. When you train, you are working to build new muscle memory and develop new skills. On the other hand, when you practice you are testing out what […]
Too often coaches think of mental toughness in vague terms instead of its practical application. Yet, coaches understand that athletes can’t follow a vague game plan. So, coaches must not be vague when coaching an athlete to be mentally tougher. With this in mind, I have a go-to research paper I use to formalize mental […]
One of the things coaches must spend more time thinking about is how long is too long for practice. Just because two-hour practice is how you’ve always done it doesn’t mean that’s how you should always do it. The amount of practice time is not something a coach can define once. Unquestionably, every hour of […]