All athletes on a journey to dominate their sport at some point hit a performance plateau. Performance plateaus are those days, weeks, or even months where the momentum once driving continuous improvement fades away. This can happen after winning a big event, after an extended rest period, or after coming back from an injury. It’s […]
We’ve all seen it before. A successful athlete choke under pressure. So what’s the difference between successful athletes who perform normal under pressure and those who don’t? Obviously, this is a loaded question that I’m not capable of answering in a single blog post. However, there is a simple truism about performance under pressure that […]
Today I am continuing my deep dive into one of the seminal books on optimizing performance, Flow in Sports. This time, I want to share a few unique nuggets of wisdom the authors explain about the difference between self-awareness and self-consciousness. The key points the authors highlight are that: Self-awareness is internal and self-consciousness is […]