Mental toughness is a character trait one must earn by successfully completing activities that require mental toughness. These activities include those that cause emotions that deal with pain, discipline, boredom, repetition, fear, and fatigue. Moreover, it’s through the process of completing these types of activities that an athlete develops mental toughness by learning the behaviors […]
Have you ever heard a coach or parent tell an athlete that they need to be ‘tougher’? Have you ever told your child that he or she must ‘toughen up’? If you have, then you didn’t hear what you thought you heard and /or say what you thought you said. What you thought you heard […]
There are several mental techniques that steal most of the hype of mastering the mental side of sports. Typically, techniques such as mindfulness, visualization, and self-talk get most of the attention. Don’t get me wrong, these techniques work and deserve the attention they get. However, there is one technique that people rarely mention that deserves […]