Terms to Add to Your Mindset Vocabulary: Neutral Thinking and Aggregating

Yesterday I shared an article about Russell Wilson’s mental conditioning coach Trevor Moawad. In this article Moawad discusses some of the details of the important elements of the training program he does with Russell Wilson. Two of those elements were neutral thinking and the aggregate of marginal gains. These are two terms I was not […]

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The Two Basic Types of Behaviors Athletes Must Manage for Success

There are two basic types of behaviors all athletes must manage for success. Push behaviors are the behaviors athletes must force themselves to do because their mind puts resistance in front of them. Pull behaviors are the behaviors athletes innately want to do with no resistance. Common push behaviors include activities like pre-dawn workouts, eating […]

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Teaching Young Wrestlers the Basics of Confidence

One of the things I’ve learned being around youth wrestling over the last 7 years is that confidence comes in many forms. There is confidence in body language. There is confidence in words, and there is confidence in deeds. Above all, the one thing I know for sure is that confidence is not innate. Young […]

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