Oct 022012
 
New Dir. of Mental Strength and Conditioning Announced

TweetI am very excited to announce I will be the new Director for Mental Strength and Conditioning at DeLuca’s Sports Performance in Melbourne, Fl.
Athletes everywhere, especially in Florida, can now gain an unfair advantage in their sports performance. Warrior Mind Coaching has joined [...]

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Nov 082011
 
Body Language And Usage In Self Defense

TweetIn my research for in mental strength and athletic performance and I found many aspects that can cross over to tactical and combat athletes and to some degree to self-protection and self-defense.
In previous posts I have discussed the use of peripheral vision and [...]

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Nov 012011
 
Sleep Deprivation And Tactical Athlete's Performance

TweetCan the amount of sleep really affect a tactical athlete’s performance?   After all, you’re trained for this, right, to go on 4 hours sleep and sometimes less then this for days and expected to perform correctly.
Sure, there are situations where you don’t have [...]

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Oct 112011
 
OODA, Information Processing, and Mental Strength - Part 4

TweetWelcome back!
Last week we finished with the stating that by developing mental strength in the knowledge of the five major premises of highly aroused states a tactical athlete can be in better control of their performance.
In this is last segment on OODA we’re [...]

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Sep 202011
 
OODA, Information Processing and Mental Strength

TweetIn the next few posts I’m  going to take a look at the OODA model from a different perspective and see how mental strength training can assist a tactical athlete understand and utilize this model for effectively.
Tactical athletes in many environments, especially mission [...]

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Sep 132011
 
Mental Strength and Police Stop and Search Behavior

TweetI think assessments are a powerful tool, especially mindset assessments that help in developing mental strength for tactical athletes.
Unfortunately many individuals and departments don’t agree with this and often don’t see the value for mental training.
One mental strength assessment I use is the [...]

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Sep 062011
 
Mental Strength For Tactical Athletes - How to Develop It

TweetIf you’re new to my blog you probably have noticed that I talked a lot about mental strength and not mental toughness.  I’m sure by now you’re wondering, what the difference between mental strength and mental toughness is, right?
You’re probably also curious how [...]

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Aug 302011
 
Goal Setting For Tactical And Combat Athletes

TweetSo far in this mini-series of mental strength strategies for combat, operational and tactical athletes I’ve covered state control, self-talk and mental rehearsal.
Today I’m going to go over goal-setting.
Let’s get this straight, when I say goal-setting I don’t mean “what are you going [...]

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