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 […]
I would never lie to you and say I know the secret to parenting successful young athletes. First, it’s definitely not one single thing that makes the secret a secret. It’s more like a secret sauce with multiple ingredients that inevitably change with every family and every child. Furthermore, even though I could never tell […]
Mental toughness is one of the most common problems young athletes face. Mental toughness is the ability to maintain maximum effort in pursuit of an objective even when it’s inconvenient. This includes discipline and self-control, as well as the ability to think positive when facing adversity. The reason why so many young athletes struggle with […]