My heart goes out to athletes who cry tears of inadequacy (literally or figuratively) after a rough performance. Those tears indicate a flawed perspective and a lack of faith. Athletes who think they are bad teammates or bad people just because they had a rough game are, to be blunt, ignorant about how sports really…
RELENTLESSNESS
I like to imitate John Wooden (10 NCAA DI Basketball Championships between ’64-’75) , who said that balance is his second-favorite word, behind love. No disagreements here, but in this article, I am promoting Harvey Dorfman‘s favorite word: relentlessness. Do you want to know my least favorite words to hear during competition? “Nice try.” Arrrgggghhhhhhh.…
In the Words of our Students
We asked student-athletes who completed this course for feedback. Here are some highlights (these are all direct quotes): What is the single most important lesson for YOU from this class? What was the best thing about this course? What was the worst thing about this course? Note: This feedback came before we shortened the main…
Rollout Options for Coaches
When you purchase this course for your team, you may want to copy, paste, and edit-as-you-like one of the following emails to your players. Option #1 – Your players take the course on their own by a certain date In our continuing effort to get an edge over our opponents, we will be participating in…
Output File for Mental Training Course
The quizzes are an integral part of the mental training course on this site. Some questions there are designed to increase absorption of the material presented by the experts. Equally important, other questions increase self-awareness and make the tools in the athlete’s mental skills toolbox concrete. These are then compiled and delivered back to the…