My upcoming Prime Sport 101: Train Your Mind like a Champion online mental training course will explore five mental "muscles" that you must strengthen to perform your best and achieve your athletic goals. The first mental muscle and the one that acts as the foundation for the development of all mental strength is motivation. Without your desire and [...]
A recent study has demonstrated that mental training, even when used briefly online, does, in fact, work. The study, involving more than 44,000 participants, found that both self-talk and imagery, whether focused on the process or the outcome, improved effort, intensity, the experience of pleasant emotions, and performance on a competitive online task. From the [...]
The Mind is the Final Piece of the ‘Athletic Success’ Puzzle You spend a lot of time on your physical conditioning and technical development. How much time do you devote to your mental training? Get your mind in the best shape of your athletic life! I’m excited to announce the launch of my Prime Sport 101: Train [...]
In part one of my two-part series on risk taking (the good kind) in sports, I looked at what risks are for athletes, the upsides and downsides of taking risks, and how risk taking should be a choice that athletes incorporate not only in their sports lives, but also in their broader lives as well. [...]
I was recently interviewed by Bicycling magazine about the role of stress and enjoyment in cycling. If you're a roadie or an MTB rider, you may find it interesting. The article offers six stressful cycling habits and how to fix them. Here's the introduction: Cycling—like most exercise, we’re told—should ease stress. But sometimes we psych [...]
This article will explore the essential role that risk taking plays in athletic success. Before I continue, though, let me preface this discussion by saying that, when I talk about taking risks, I don’t mean taking stupid risks such as texting while driving, jumping off the roof of your house, or taking drugs. That’s not [...]
Most sport psychologists work with athletes on the mental side of their sport in an office setting (usually one hour per week), providing them with mental tools that they can use during training and competitions. This approach makes about as much sense as a coach offering their racers technical instruction in an office and then [...]
I'm excited to announce that I have just signed a contract with the publisher Rowman & Littlefield to write my 15th book, tentatively titled, Train Your Mind for Athletic Success. This book will be based on my Prime Performance System which is my framework for the role of the mind in athletic performance that I have [...]
If you do anything to work on the mental side of your ski racing during this off season, it better be mental imagery. Why, you ask. Because there is no more powerful mental tool than mental imagery and it can have a huge impact on your ski racing. And here’s my challenge to you: If [...]
Just a quick reminder that my new Prime Ski Racing online mental training course has held its first session, but there's still time to enroll (I've had several people sign up since the Wednesday class). When you enroll, you can catch up by watching the first session on the course's private YouTube channel. Here's what [...]