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We are so used to thinking a certain way that changing thought patterns…phew can be difficult! The way you think and talk to yourself has become so ingrained and so involuntary that it [...]

The ASICS Los Angeles Marathon is this Sunday, March 9, 2014. The race begins at Dodger Stadium and ends by the ocean in Santa Monica. This will be my second full marathon and I am fortunate [...]

I wrote this article for Tennis Pro Magazine so it’s geared toward tennis but since these are the basic 3’s for any performer decided that I would use this as information for my blog [...]

John Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was a legend basketball player and coach at UCLA. He was nicknamed the “Wizard of Westwood,” since he led UCLA to ten NCAA national [...]

Yesterday I spoke at the US Play Coalition Conference. There seemed to be so many people there interested in adult play. I have a MS degree in Management of Leisure Services and during that time [...]

In a society where children are growing more accustomed to instant gratification, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to instill a strong work ethic in our youth. Pop culture, technology, [...]

I’ve always worked mainly on mental states and emotions but also include structure and tactics. Currently I am finding that more clients need the latter. I have worked with them on mental [...]

All of my clients are struggling at some level with something that is mental or emotional. The ramifications range from, for example, an Olympian not feeling the amount of confidence she needs to [...]

All of us have our daily routines: wake up, use the bathroom, brush teeth, shower, get dressed, drink coffee, grab a snack and drive to work. Throwing any wrench in that schedule has the [...]

I’ve had many clients who’ve said they’ve read performance related books but struggled to really utilize the information particularly in a consistent way. They may pick up a few [...]