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Beating yourself up can literally beat you out of a win. When you make a mistake or lose a point or don’t win, learn from it and move on.

When you are winning, the hardest part is keeping the lead. Or you take the lead, and now you have to keep it. Or worse, you lose the lead, and now what?

Pain can be perceived as your friend or your foe. Define your pain, acknowledge it, and figure out the next best step to use it to your advantage.

Thinking about teamwork, building it, and supporting differences is the only way to build an effective team. Team of 15 = 15 ways to do something.

Coaching teams and coaching individual athletes can seem different but it many contexts, it is very similar - be heard, feel cared about, and belong.

Positive mental character develops over time from positive conscious coaching and ultimately creates champions. Victory doesn't happen without character.

Intensity is an individual thing. It’s about what works for the athlete and depends on their optimal zone of functioning – where do they perform their best?

Design your competition strategy to include the physical and the mental aspects for your particular "game" day. The combo allows the magic to happen.

Here are some techniques that can create great results for coaches who struggles with parents and how they support their child in their sport.

Injury is so much more than it seems. Most think "physical" trauma, unless you are the one injured. Be aware of the "psychology" that comes with injury.