t sure is a great time to be a winner in sports (and everything else, for that matter). Being perceived as a success has always had its rewards. But these days, the upsides are far greater than ever before. Success has always been a part of the sports dream, whether competing collegiately, competing internationally, finding [...]
Happy New Year! Amazing that it’s now 2020 and we have another year of excitement, challenges, and progress ahead of us. After two weeks of no work during which I spent time with my family, I’m ready to get back to work with new blog posts and podcasts. Given the new year, I thought I [...]
Whether you're an athlete, coach, or parent, you want to be the best you can be... especially during the holiday season! I’m excited to announce the launch of my updated and improved Prime Sport and Prime Ski Racing online courses for athletes (ski racers), coaches, and parents. These courses offer the same information that I [...]
I’m a big believer in creating a mental toolbox that is filled with tools you can use in practice and on game day to fix the inevitable “flat tires” you will experience as a competitive athlete. Usually when I talk about mental tools, I mean tools such as imagery, routines, breathing, and self-talk. But there’s [...]
Trust is one of the most important “muscles” you need to develop for sports success. All of your efforts related to conditioning, sport training, nutrition, and, of course, mental training is devoted to established a deep level of trust that you can perform your best and achieve your goals in your sport. Your goal is [...]
You already know that I believe mental imagery is one of the most powerful tools athletes in any sport can use to maximize their competitive performances. I call imagery the Swiss Army knife of mental training because it can strengthen so many aspects of your athletic performance. Then why doesn’t EVERY athlete use mental imagery? [...]
I just read a fascinating article by David Epstein, the author of The Sports Gene, that further supports my position that early specialization in sports (or any achievement area, for that matter) is not the path to later success. He recounts research and anecdotes in which children who didn't specialize early went on to have [...]
It’s one thing to say that you want to be the best athlete you can be. It’s an entirely different thing to actually do the things necessary to achieve that goal. In other words, talk is cheap! You have to want it and you have to want it bad! Why? Because the chances are that [...]
The New York Times just published a revealing article about Norway's approach to youth sports that provides a painful juxtaposition to the often-times toxic "youth sport industrial complex" that currently has gone off the rails in the U.S. The article offers some valuable insights into how youth sports can be returned to its original health [...]
In an era in which young women are receiving so many mixed messages about who they can be and who they should be. In a time when so many young women are spending too much time staring at screens that are shaping the way they think and feel about themselves, mostly for the negative. At [...]
