It doesn’t matter how often you talk to athletes about mental toughness, it will never be enough if you don’t teach them specifically what it means to be mentally tough. Moreover, lacking mental toughness is not a problem that solves itself. There are specific ingredients athletes need to build mental toughness. Yes, sometimes life randomly […]
The first thing coaches must realize about pep talks is that they are 100% mental. So, if a coach gives an athlete a pep talk that doesn’t work, this means that coach is failing to develop an athlete’s mental skills. Let’s say an athlete on the team is having trouble with their mental toughness. The […]
You experience a moment of weakness when you feel pain, fear, fatigue, boredom, temptation, adversity, or trauma. It’s in these moments when you are most susceptible to forming bad habits. Therefore, if you can learn to manage these moments, you can prevent yourself from letting a moment of weakness turn into a moment of regret. […]