15 Steps to Mental Strength in Sports
Step 6 – Setbacks as a Way to Peak Performance
One thing that is certain in your athletic training and performance is you will hit set backs. You might label these as losing or failures and I would suggest that there are no failures, only feedback.
You see the [...]
I recently participated in the Combine360 Trainer Certification 4-day workshop here in San Francisco and it was amazing!
I would like to give a special shout-out to, Peter Twist, Brain Griffin, Brian Nunez, Lisa Herrington, Jen Miramontes, Stacey Daniels BJ Corey and Janice Hutton who inspired us all to go dig deep and “earn it!
Full Disclosure: [...]
Step 5 – Motivation In Taking Your Athletic Training To The Next Level
What’s your athletic dream?
What’s your performance goal?
Where do you want to take your athletic performance?
These are all very important questions to answer, plus a few more, before you can begin to talk about motivation.
With out a big dream and goal there’s no [...]
Step 4 – Building the Self-Confidence of a Champion
Consistent top athletic performers have a strong level of self-confidence. They never stop believing in themselves. This self-confidence creates an almost intimidating sense of presence.
When a top athletic performer shows up, you know it! They aren’t bragging or strutting around like a peacock, they just have [...]
Step 3 – Mastering Negative Thinking and Self Doubt
As you begin your mental strength training you will run into situations that will test you mentally, especially at crunch time…these are negative thinking and self doubts.
In this post I’m going to go over two strategies and specific tactics to help with each strategy.
The two strategies will [...]
When it comes to athletic performance there are only few athletes that understand how the power their mind and thoughts have a direct result on their performance.
The others just haven’t gotten the message yet and continue to turn in subpar or inconsistent performances.
Knowing and using the power of your mind to enhance your athletic performance [...]
Take a moment and think about the way you approach your athletic training. If you’re like most athletes you probably
follow the same old strength and conditioning program you always have right? I bet, except for the weekends, your diet is about the same as well.
If your training and preparation stays the same, your performance will [...]
“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” Tony Robbins
Whether it is focusing on an idea or maintaining proper body position during athletic performance, keeping your [...]
So there you are, you’ve done an easy warm up jog, stretched, and put on your racing shoes. There’s 30 minutes until the gun goes off for the 10k road race. You feel like you’ve done all you can to get yourself ready for the race and now has time to kill.
Seriously…what do you think? [...]
The primary purpose of this post is to make you aware of the importance of being able to manage your arousal levels so that you can achieve peak athletic performance. In addition I hope to provide you with tips and tactics so that you can develop the mental strength skills necessary to elevate your athletic [...]
