Coaches and parents would be wise not to overlook an unexplained drop in an athlete’s performance. It’s easy to write this off as a one-time event or an anomaly. Instead of reading the proverbial tea leaves, instinctively parents and coaches want to trust the process and just stay the course. THIS. IS. A. MISTAKE. I […]
Managing the pain of fatigue in sports is 100% mental. This is not to say that the physical capacity of one’s muscles and lungs don’t matter. Athletes must be physically capable of enduring the stress of fatigue. However, one’s ability to endure the stress of fatigue changes as their mindset changes. An athlete could learn […]
It’s a fact that elite athletes are a product of both nurture and nature. However, science so far cannot tell us which is more important. Intuitively, we assume sports that require more skill and technique depend more on nurture. While sports that depend more on size and speed depend more on nature. Yet, there are […]