There is a dirty little secret in youth and high school wrestling practice that’s uncomfortable for parents to talk about. Unfortunately, wrestling coaches have their favorites. Moreover, most teams don’t have the resources to have enough coaches to monitor every athlete on the team. So, when one of a coach’s favorites makes a mistake in […]
Every athlete goes to practice, but every athlete does not get better at the same rate from practice. Two athletes could have the same coaches as well as practice the same skills for the same amount of time, but one will get better faster than the other. Why is this? The easy answer is to […]
Anders Ericsson, who sadly passed away at the age of 72 in 2020, was the expert on how to become an expert. He was a renowned cognitive psychologist, and the author of the seminal book on how to become elite, Peak. If you are familiar with the research of Ericsson, then you know a little something about […]