First I will state the obvious. Physical toughness is not the same as being physically strong. You could be physically strong and not physically tough. There is a clear distinction. Physical strength is easy to measure in a weight room. Furthermore, almost anyone can get physically strong in the weight room by simply following the […]
Yesterday I wrote about classifying athletes into four types based on the way the athlete focuses their thinking. These four types are categorized based on the direction of focus being either internal or external and the breadth of their focus being either broad or narrow. The names given to these four styles are as follows: […]
Recently I started a deep dive into a book called The Inner Athlete by Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D. The tag line for this book is Mind Plus Muscle For Winning. So as you could imagine, this book is dense in content focusing on the mental side of sports. One of the concepts the author covers […]