There are three types of practice methods wrestling coaches widely use to teach skills in youth and high school wrestling: Repetitive drilling Video review Structured play However, by far, repetitive drilling is the method that nearly all wrestling coaches not only prefer but rely on almost exclusively. This is a mistake. Youth and high school […]
Rescinding effort is when an athlete’s effort decreases when the challenge increases. Ego orientation causes this because some athletes seek to protect the ego by intentionally not giving their best effort so they can use this as an excuse for losing. If an athlete with an ego goal orientation gave their best effort and still […]
Today I have a few simple recommendations for high school coaches who understand the importance of mental skills training, but don’t know yet what to do. First, don’t try to do too much to start. Mental skills training is a case when doing more of less is better than doing less of more. There are […]