What if the fear of losing didn’t have to be a roadblock, but a doorway to personal growth and mastery? Imagine a young athlete, eyes wide with the terror of defeat, transforming into a champion who seeks out the toughest challenges with a smile. This isn’t just a story of winning or losing—it’s a tale […]
In sports, seeing is believing. What’s more, belief leads to effort and this combination is what increases self-efficacy. Correspondingly, the first step to learning from failure is using video review sessions to get athletes to believe. Specifically, athletes must use video review to believe two things: Renowned psychologist Albert Bandura in his preeminent book on self-efficacy elaborates […]
4x NCAA wrestling champion Yianni Diakomihalis is a big believer in working hard and doing the right things. However, he doesn’t believe that hard work and doing the right thing is enough to be the best. He states: “If it was just about doing everything right, there would be no losers… In an interview with […]