Dr. Jim Taylor’s Blog



Welcome to Dr. Jim Taylor’s blog! Its goal is to inspire, inform, and transform with ideas, perspectives, insights, and tools that can change your thinking, your performances, and your life.

1211, 2021

Offer Zoom Parent Education Workshops to Your Sports Program or School

As many of you know, a big part of my passion for sports and education is helping parents to support [...]

1011, 2021

Three Fundamental Goals of Sport Psychology

When most people think of sport psychology, they think about what is typically referred to as mental training. The purpose [...]

211, 2021

Inside the Tri-mind: How to Prevent and Relieve Triathlon Burnout

As a rule, triathletes, whether competing in sprints, Olympic distance, 70.3s, or full Ironmans, aren’t usually known for their reluctance [...]

2610, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: The Psychology of Endurance-sport Technology

You might think that a sport psychologist wouldn’t be interested in technology or hard data. Aren’t we supposed to be [...]

1910, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Create a Slumpbusting Plan to Break Out of Your Triathlon Slump

In my last article, I introduced you to slumps in triathlon; what they are, their causes, and some ways to [...]

1310, 2021

Taylor Interview on Nike’s “Trained” Podcast

I was honored to have been invited to be interviewed on Nike's highly popular "Trained" podcast. In the interview, I [...]