It’s a fact that most coaches spend less than 5% of any given youth or high school practice on developing mental skills. This means that during a typical 2 hour practice, a coach may spend about 6 minutes tops on mental skills. Even with that 6 minutes, it’s still likely only touching the surface with […]
If a coach does not spend a lot of time working with athletes on their mental skills, it’s difficult for that coach to assess that part of their game. When coaches only focus on the physical side of sports, every problem is a technical or tactical problem. As the saying goes, if the only tool […]
One of my primary objectives of writing each day on this blog is to make the case for why the mental side of sports is more important than the physical side. Recently I wrote two articles to specifically provide details on the “why” behind this. The first article shares specific evidence that proves why the […]