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Positive reinforcement helps develop mastery in skill and mastery in performance. Athletes are always looking for feedback on how they perform. They work with coaches to learn the best in [...]

Can butterflies really turn into full blown anxiety and create worry, doubt, and fear? Anxiety appears cognitively through worry and fear. It also appears somatically through things like [...]

Two things happened today and it was sad but opportune – I was working on a coach’s presentation on character development and then I was having a conversation with a friend who was assaulted by [...]

Good communication is often the difference between success and failure in the relationship between a coach and their athlete. The impact of verbal and nonverbal communications is the key to how [...]

Coaches can break bad habits and help athletes break bad habits. It's difficult to change what's comfortable and familiar, even if it is negative or not working. Many athletes may not realize for [...]

Mental skills training has a reputation and many labels – sport psychology, coaching, therapy, etc. Why? Is there still a stigma about mental training? In fact, developing a mental skills [...]

Setting goals can be highly misunderstood. But it is critical to get you to where YOU want to be! You can’t get somewhere without knowing how to get there.

Mental toughness is two words commonly used in sport. Athletes need to develop their mind cognitively and the body physically to create peak performance.

With the holidays, balance is always a challenge and there are competitions coming up so it may not be the best time to let go and take time off. Or is it?

Athlete identity transition happens at the end of careers but something similar happens at the end of seasons and events. An athlete may face retirement, or may have a serious injury, or simply, [...]