To prevent choking under pressure, athletes must train 8 mental skills. These mental skills are: 1) acceptance, 2) mindfulness, 3) reframing, 4) visualization, 5) focus, 6) neutral thinking, 7) inhibitory control, and 8) goal orientation. 1) Acceptance One of the most misunderstood mental failures in sports is the act of choking. There is nothing more […]
The obvious difference between strategy and tactics in sports is that tactics amount to the rote execution of skills while strategy amounts to the situational execution of a plan. What’s not so obvious is how this difference separates average coaches, teams, and athletes from good coaches, teams, and athletes from great coaches, teams, and athletes. […]
Muscle memory can provide elite athletes with a significant competitive advantage. When an athlete commits a skill to muscle memory, they’re more accurate, faster, and more efficient. The term muscle memory refers to the ability to execute a skill almost flawlessly without thinking. Unquestionably, it takes an enormous number of repetitions before an athlete commits […]