All athletes on a journey to dominate their sport at some point hit a performance plateau. Performance plateaus are those days, weeks, or even months where the momentum once driving continuous improvement fades away. This can happen after winning a big event, after an extended rest period, or after coming back from an injury. It’s […]
One of the most common questions I hear from parents of struggling young athletes is how to help them develop mental toughness. The first time I tried to answer this question I began with the 4Cs model of mental toughness. This is a good framework to understand. Furthermore, I highly recommend it in theory, but […]
If parents and coaches patiently evaluate the confidence of their young athletes over time they will quickly realize that confidence is a variable emotion. This means that on any given day an athlete can be tremendously confident, and on another given day lack confidence completely. With that said, the underlying question a parent or coach […]