Pressure in the context of sports rears itself in the form of stress and anxiety. For young athletes who have their whole lives ahead of them, pressure situations should be few and far between. However, the truth is young athletes feel pressure all the time. Young athletes feel pressure to win, pressure to make a […]
The lesson of the promise and the prize is a lesson in commitment to success. This commitment starts with a promise to take action, and ends with fulfilling that promise with a prize of success. What athletes must learn about the promise and the prize is to control the controllables and not to worry about […]
Coaches where many hats. However, the most important hat they where is that of a teacher. In that role of a teacher, there is one lesson above all that coaches must find the time to teach their athletes about preparing for practice. This is the lesson of mind and body harmony. While the idea of […]