I often like to remind athletes that not all performance enhancers are illegal. In fact, I would argue legal performance enhancers are more beneficial than the illegal ones. Case in point is pain tolerance. Athletes forget that pain tolerance is a performance enhancer. Those athletes who can condition their body longer in the face of […]
When some athletes lose, they become extremely motivated. These athletes have their mindset oriented on growth, and use losing as fuel for their growth mindset. On the other hand, some athletes react with devastation after a loss. These athletes have a fixed mindset and losing indicates to them that they either lack talent or have […]
When it comes to teaching athletes mental skills, self-awareness must be among the first priorities for coaches. Moreover, to teach self-awareness you must have a baseline. Athletes must know where they are to know where they need to go. Therefore, coaches must start the teaching process with a self-awareness test. Before I talk about the […]