Motivating Athletes with Million-Dollar Dreams and Five-Dollar Habits

 It’s frustrating to coach an athlete who dreams to play in college, go to the Olympics, or go pro but doesn’t show the work ethic to back this up. I call this having million-dollar dreams with five-dollar habits. The go to method to motivate these athletes is to use rewards and punishments to try to […]

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Reaching Your Potential Requires That You Meet Three Requirements

Potential is having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future. Potential implies possibility.  It also implies the existence of undone work. Furthermore, everybody has potential, but not everybody puts themselves in the position to reach that potential. Why? Well, it comes down to one’s ability to meet three requirements […]

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What a Coach Can Do When a Good Athlete Stops Getting Better

When a beginner or average athlete stops getting better, a coach almost always knows why. There is so much room for growth in so many different areas that all the coach must do is pick one and zoom in that athlete’s focus. On the other hand, when a good athlete is pushing to be elite, […]

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