One of the most common questions I hear from parents of struggling young athletes is how to help them develop mental toughness. The first time I tried to answer this question I began with the 4Cs model of mental toughness. This is a good framework to understand. Furthermore, I highly recommend it in theory, but […]
We’ve all seen it before. A successful athlete choke under pressure. So what’s the difference between successful athletes who perform normal under pressure and those who don’t? Obviously, this is a loaded question that I’m not capable of answering in a single blog post. However, there is a simple truism about performance under pressure that […]
I love success quotes. Today I came across one that ties in nicely with the article I wrote a few days ago about confidence. In that article, I made the argument that the main source of confidence is preparation. However, after reading author Susan A. Jackson’s interpretation of the famous quote below, I feel the […]