When an athlete is running laps or sprints to increase their endurance, it’s easy to see the physical effort. However, the physical effort is not what conditions an athlete. An athlete could learn how to master the process of conditioning in practice and still find themselves facing extreme fatigue in a competition. The reason for […]
Athletes who ignore developing mental skills will always have a ceiling lower than their true potential. You just can’t develop elite level muscle memory, clutch abilities, and purpose without training your brain. The stereotype that an elite athlete can be a “dumb jock” is a thing of the past. Once an athlete goes beyond competing […]
Sometimes elite athletes have more discipline, are stronger, and are more explosive. But sometimes they aren’t. The truth is traits like strength, speed, and self-control are just as common among the good athletes as they are among the elite athletes. Simply stated, athletes need traits like these to be elite, but they aren’t what makes […]