The mental side of fatigue starts with body language and self-talk. If you don’t work on the mental side of conditioning against fatigue, the physical side is less effective. This is not to say that the physical capacity of one’s muscles and lungs matter less. Unquestionably, athletes must be physically capable of enduring the stress […]
One of the biggest mistakes parents and coaches make when trying to help an athlete build their confidence is to treat confidence as a single skill. However, confidence is not a single skill, it’s the culmination of multiple mental skills. Specifically, there are six mental skills that form the building blocks of confidence. 1. Goal […]
To go from good to great is difficult work. Whether it’s the 10,000 hours concept that Anders Ericsson explains, or the hedgehog and flywheel concept that Jim Collins explains, it takes both an extreme amount of time and effort to rise from good to great. Overcoming the difficult hurdle of time and effort is the […]