Some athletes work harder than others. There is no debating this. However, are the athletes who don’t work their hardest lazy? Well, it depends on your perspective. If you view the concept of lazy through the lens of a personality trait, then you might view an athlete who doesn’t work hard as lazy. On the […]
One of the most important jobs of a coach is motivation. When an athlete is struggling with motivation, a coach’s first instinct is to step in and offer an external motivator to kick-start the athlete’s motivation. Most coaches will either default to a carrot or a stick depending on their coaching style. However, the problem […]
Yesterday I wrote about the behaviors of an athlete with a process mindset. Overall, the point of that article was first to remind athletes why a process outcome is better than an outcome mindset. Then to reiterate why mindset is not something you speak into existence, it’s something you live out through your behaviors. That […]