Yesterday I wrote about how Anders Ericsson’s approach to deliberate practice was the key to becoming an expert performer. Today, I want to make an important clarification with respect to youth sports and very young athletes in particular. Ericsson’s research shows the critical ingredient for becoming the best of the best is private coaching. Moreover, […]
The first thing that probably comes to mind when you think about how to make practice fun is playing a game. However, when it comes to making practice fun games are often misused and counterproductive. Why? It comes down to what makes practice, practice. The purpose of practice is to make you better. Therefore, an […]
In sports it’s extremely important that athletes have a growth mindset and not a fixed mindset. Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. in her preeminent book on mindset describes the growth mindset as believing that self-improvement is a product of hard work. In addition, when you have a growth mindset you also believe that the innate talents […]