There is one mental skill that rarely gets recognition when it comes to identifying what makes an elite athlete an elite athlete. Research from renowned psychology professor, author, and “expert on experts” Anders Ericsson highlights this mental skill but doesn’t call it out specifically. In addition, sports psychology researchers and the authors of the ground […]
There is a very fine line that separates a bad sports parent and a good sports parent. What’s more, every elite athlete whose parents have become famous because of the way they pushed their child at a young age tiptoed this fine line. Earl Woods, Richard Williams, and LaVar Ball are a few of the […]
Over the last 35 years there have been more than 600 studies on goal setting in sports. In addition, out of all these studies more than 90% show that goal setting is an effective mental skill for improving an athlete’s performance. Because goal setting is so common, this may be slightly obvious. However, because it’s […]