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 […]
On one hand, renowned psychology professor and “expert on experts” Anders Ericsson’s research suggests it takes roughly 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become an expert. On the other hand, author and skills acquisition expert Josh Kaufman’s research suggests that you can go from knowing nothing to being “reasonably good” (i.e. average) at anything in […]
Practice makes perfect right? Well not exactly. But practice can definitely make you better if you don’t waste your time practicing the wrong things the wrong way. There is a reason why some people practice for 10,000 hours and become experts and others stop improving at the point of above average. It comes down to […]