Category: Sports

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Vlog: Strengthen Your Confidence Muscle

In my fourth of 12 vlog segments devoted to athletes and coaches, I show you the essential role that confidence plays in your athletic success. Confidence is so important because you may have all of the ability in the world to perform your best and achieve your goals, but if you don’t believe in that […]

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6 Ps for Sports Success

With Thanksgiving approaching, you’re either in your competitive season or preparing for it in the season and spring. Hopefully, you’ve spent the off season working out in the gym, putting time in on the field, court, course, track, hill, or whatever venue you train in for your sport, and hopefully working on your mental training […]

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Make Your Sports Goal Setting S.M.A.R.T.E.R.

Goal setting is a simple and practical mental tool you can use to maintain a high level of motivation in your sports participation. For some very elemental reason, people respond to goals in a very deep and personal way. The experience of setting a goal, working toward a goal, and achieving a goal has a […]

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Vlog: Find Your Motivation Every Day in Your Sport

In my third of 12 vlog segments devoted to athletes and coaches, I show you the immense impact that motivation has on your athletic success. Motivation is the foundation of everything that you do in your athletic life because without it, you wouldn’t go to the gym in the early morning, you wouldn’t put in […]

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Vlog: Develop Emotional Mastery in Your Young Athletes

In this week’s vlog segment, I focus on how sport parents can help their young athletes to gain emotional mastery in their sports lives. As I’m sure you realize, emotions play an essential role in the lives of children both on and off the field. At practice and in competition, their ability to recognize and […]

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Vlog: Train Your Mind like You Train Your Body

In my second of 12 vlog segments devoted to athletes and coaches, I show you why and how you should treat mental training the same way you do your physical conditioning . I describe three aspects of your conditioning that make them effective and without those elements you wouldn’t be in the best condition you […]

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Don’t for Sport Parents

Some time ago, I shared with you my list of Dos for Sport Parents. In general, I much prefer to focus on the positives of behavior and, in that article, emphasized what parents can do to help their young athletes achieve their goals and have a great experience in their sport. At the same time, […]

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Vlog: Build Self-esteem in Your Young Athletes

In this week’s vlog segment, I turn our attention to what parents can do to support the healthy development of their children as athletes and as young people. I focus on the essential topic of how to build self-esteem in your young athletes. Self-esteem involves how children come to view themselves and whether they feel […]

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Four Online Courses for Athletes, Coaches, and Parents (Non-Ski Racing)

With the fall sports season upon us, now is a great time for athletes in all sports to get their minds in great shape, coaches to sharpen their skills, and parents to be the best sports parents they can be. Good news; I can help! I’m pleased to announce the launch of my updated and […]

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Video Blogs Coming Soon!

As many of you know, I’ve been blogging for almost 10 years during which time I’ve published more than 600 articles on my own web site as well as on HuffPost.com, PsychologyToday.com, and many others. It has been both a pleasure and a privilege to share my ideas with millions of people and it is […]

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