The Critical Difference Between Tactics and Strategy in Sports

The obvious difference between strategy and tactics in sports is that tactics amount to the rote execution of skills while strategy amounts to the situational execution of a plan. What’s not so obvious is how this difference separates average coaches, teams, and athletes from good coaches, teams, and athletes from great coaches, teams, and athletes. […]

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How Coaches Can Move Athletes from Mental to Muscle Memory

Muscle memory can provide elite athletes with a significant competitive advantage. When an athlete commits a skill to muscle memory, they’re more accurate, faster, and more efficient. The term muscle memory refers to the ability to execute a skill almost flawlessly without thinking. Unquestionably, it takes an enormous number of repetitions before an athlete commits […]

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Why Do Some Athletes Endure Stress Better Than Others?

There is a simple explanation for why some athletes endure stress better than others and it comes down to one word: PERCEPTION… Perception is one of the 5 critical elements of an athlete’s mindset. It’s the element that explains how thoughts create reality and why 10 people can see the same thing and each see […]

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