Youth athletes can learn from success and failure. However, if they win too much or lose too much, they will miss the opportunity to learn. In other words, competition that is too easy or too hard is a waste of time. Youth athletes can only get to their optimal level of performance when they compete […]
One of the most overused clichés to tell young athletes after they lose is that there’s no such thing as losing, only learning. Unfortunately, this statement doesn’t apply to all athletes. For some athletes a loss is just a loss because they don’t learn anything from it. However, there is a reason for this that makes […]
Discipline is the act of pushing oneself to do what it takes to pursue a goal even when it’s not comfortable. Moreover, discipline is an act of consistency. It’s not discipline when you push yourself only when you feel like it. Instead, discipline is the summation of hundreds of small decisions to do hard things […]