One of my favorite metaphors for pursuing difficult goals is the story of the compass and the map. I first heard the story retold by Seth Godin, as he retold the account retold by Steve Pressfield. It’s the story of an escaped soldier during World War II: A Ghurka rifleman escaped from a Japanese prison […]
Confidence coaching is all about improving an athlete’s ability to perform when it counts. In my experience I have found that confidence is the #1 reason why an athlete or an athlete’s parent seeks out private coaching. Athletes can only get so much help with their confidence in a group coaching session with a generic […]
Have you ever heard a coach or parent tell an athlete that they need to be ‘tougher’? Have you ever told your child that he or she must ‘toughen up’? If you have, then you didn’t hear what you thought you heard and /or say what you thought you said. What you thought you heard […]