To find another gear, you have to develop the ability to push past your best effort. Then, you can go places where you (mentally) thought you couldn’t go.
Be thankful and celebrate what you do. Recognize your accomplishments and know you can continue to get better. You just have to take that chance and do it!
Teach grit - courage and resolve; and strong character. Not perfectionism. Kids are afraid to make mistakes. Kids who are afraid to fail, don’t succeed.
Traditional flow is the ability to freely move through a performance with little to no thought - fully immersed, focused, and enjoying their performance.
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 [...]
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?