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 […]
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 […]
Training an athlete’s conditioning requires the same process a coach would use to develop an athlete’s discipline. Discipline in sports is a skill, and athletes are not born with skills just like they are not born with endurance. Furthermore, the process of developing an athlete’s discipline is a product of how a coach conditions an […]