Behavior change requires commitment. If an athlete does not commit to the process of change there will be no change, no matter how much a coach or parent talks about it. As one of my favorite authors Dan Millman writes: Decisions are not made with words, but with actions. Experts say it takes anywhere from […]
It’s quite common for athletes to talk to themselves. Mental skill coaches call this “self-talk”. All athletes use self-talk, but some use it in a way that helps them, and others use it in a way that hurts them. When an athlete uses self-talk to hurt themselves, they talk to themselves with language that drives […]
The one question all athletes want to know is how to get better faster without cheating and being completely ethical. I wish I could tell you there was a shortcut for getting better, but I can’t. There is only one proven way I know for sure that will help anyone get better faster and it is […]