Athletes Who Hate to Lose More Than They Love Winning Must Learn This

A critical mindset lesson young athletes must learn if they want to progress to college athletics is how to lose. All competitive athletes hate losing. However, if this hate is stronger than the love of winning it will stunt an athlete’s growth. Therefore, athletes must learn how to manage their mindset around hating to lose. There […]

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Are Athletes Who Think Hard Work is Fun Crazy?

Hard work is hard. Blood, sweat and tears. There is no sugar coating this. So how could this be fun? It’s a fact that some athletes have fun through the blood, sweat, and tears of training and competing to be the best. Are these athletes crazy? How could anyone have fun as their body and […]

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Why “Ego” Causes Athletes to Leave Opportunities on the Table

Ego goal orientation is one of two ways to approach goals as defined in goal perspective theory. It’s when an athlete focuses on comparing themself to others instead of focusing on being the best version of themself. For example, measuring personal success against the accomplishments of peers or when an athlete’s primary source of enjoyment in […]

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