|
|
 |
Mental Training
Welcome to the Mental Training Get tougher on the field or on the court. Find everything you need for sports psychology right here.
|
The Curse of Knowledge
Michael Boyle - December 19, 2012
How could knowledge be a curse? Don't we talk at length about the value of continuing education? Unfortunately, knowledge can be both a blessing and a curse. In fact, too much knowledge can so . . .
keep reading
|
The Confidence of Restraint
Allan Phillips - November 12, 2012
I'll begin with a poignant quote from the great Alberto Salazar, one of history's most accomplished distance runners and now coach of dual gold medalist Mo Farah at the 2012 Olympics (5000m and 10000m . . .
keep reading
|
Learn, Use, and Remember Names
Matt Smith
There's a great coach I know who is quickly able to get a deep connection with his athletes better than just about anyone. I was told this story about his father, who worked for FedEx or somewhere like that and managed about a thousand employees. Apparently, when this coach was little . . .
keep reading
|
Time Allocation
Jonathan Chaimberg
Being a workaholic, I've always had a tough time allocating time. Years have gone by, and I'm still poor at it, but learn from my mistakes as I'm slowly trying to improve. . . .
keep reading
|
Thanks Dad: 5 Youth Development Lessons From My Favorite Coach
Anthony Donskov
I love the game of hockey! I've been involved in the sport my entire life! It's my passion! I've had the unique opportunity of playing at all levels (mite-semi-pro). My passion these days involves giving back to the game, both working with youth, pro and Olympic level athletes in the confines of the gym and stepping on the ice to help run our family hockey school (Donskov Hockey Development). My brothers also enjoyed relatively long playing careers (college, semi-pro). My father often gets asked how three children growing up predominately in Mid-West Ohio all went on to have relatively long hockey careers. I love my father's response. In my opinion it's a motto that should be embraced by all coaches involved in youth sports. . . .
keep reading
|
Work!
Anthony Donskov
Work! The bedrock of success is hard work. I'm not talking about force x distanceor any other quantitative calculation. I'm talking about good old-fashioned roll your sleeves up, pack yourlunch box a . . .
keep reading
|
My Revolutionary Thought
Brandon LaRue, CSCS
This may or may not be a revolutionary thought. I say this because every time I feel that I have a fantastic idea or thought, someone has already beaten me to the punch. Regardless, this thought proce . . .
keep reading
|
Five Questions Every Athlete Should Ask Themselves
Jonathan Conneely
Article and Audio Interview
How bad do you want to be a great athlete? So many people talk about it but very few actually do it. I once heard a quote that I will never forget and that I use on a weekly basis while working with athletes: "A great athlete does every day what a good athlete does occasionally." You see, a great athlete does whatever it takes on a daily basis, while a good athlete does it when it is convenient. A great athlete trains every day, while a good athlete trains when it's comfortable. A great athlete goes out of his or her way to eat right so that his or her body recovers faster, while a good athlete eats whenever and whatever is available. . . .
keep reading
|
Training Youth "Old School"
Brett Klika
As the Chargers battle through a seemingly "uphill" season, the post game chatter on the wires is amuck with camparisons of the Chargers' new coach, Norv Turner, and the former Marty Schottenheimer. "Marty was an old-school guy, discipline, emotion, expectations, authority". I have to ask myself if I'm alone when I wonder "If those attributes are "old school", what does "new school" mean?" In my opinion, if my coaching style was described as any form of antitheses to these above attributes, I would consider it a significant slander. When did themes of respect, authority, hard work, discipline, honesty, accountability, and fundamentals get cataloged into "sport history" under the genre "old school"? . . .
keep reading
|
Mental Training for Warriors: Success Is All In Your Head
Martin Rooney - Director, Parisi Speed School
"They conquer who believe they can" - Emerson
For the last 7 years I have written one article per month for Gracie Magazine about how to improve performance. Although many people have enjoyed the physical exercises and workouts delivered over that time, I have had more responses about the personal development resulting from working the most important area of the athlete for performance: the mind. This article delivers a 5 step program on how to take a look at the ceilings you may currently have created for yourself and how to smash through them to another level in both your physical preparation and martial skill. . . .
keep reading
|
|
|
