I like to define emotional intelligence as a person’s ability to recognize, understand, and manage their emotions and the emotions of others. Psychologist believe that emotional intelligence is a learned behavior. I regularly seek out interesting articles related to emotional intelligence as developing it is a critical part of pursuing most goals. With this in […]
In general, my research has found that the community of sports psychologist identify 13 sources of confidence in sports. Belief in a home-field advantage Belief in other environmental advantages (weather, time of day, etc.) Preparation Coaching Experience Belief in a process Past success Self-Awareness Support network Encouragement Seeing someone similar or close achieve success Recently […]
I don’t have to explain why living vicariously through your children is a problem. It’s pretty obvious. What’s not so obvious is how to overcome this powerful gravitational pull. Especially if you are a former athlete raising an athletic child. As a former athlete who didn’t reach all of my goals, I struggled with this […]