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

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 [...]

There are a variety of reasons to design practice sessions that set the stage for what you as a coach want to happen in practice – you want to facilitate and ensure everyone gets the most out of [...]

Perfectionism is an obsession in our society right now. Approximately 90% of clients I see struggle with it and it starts around the age of 12, maybe younger. They need to be perfect. So, what is [...]

How do we get clear on what we want to do? – Do we do what coaches, instructors and parents want us to do? – Do we go out and do it without any expectations? – Do we think about [...]

A lot of people search my site for ‘the underdog mentality’. I have had clients ask me about it. It is that feeling they get when they feel they are not good enough or not ranked as [...]

Are you prepared for the holidays? It may be important to take a couple of moments to think about what comes up mentally & emotionally for you around the holidays and figure out better ways [...]

Physical performance changes. You get good at one thing and add something else. You move into a different arena. You change your medium. Most of us are always learning something new, changing [...]

Expectations can get us in a lot of trouble particularly when we don’t know that we have them or what they are. As an elite performer it may important to take a couple of minutes to think [...]

G: Wow..that was perceptive. I never thought of it that way. Why I used to cry that is. Yes that is it. I felt if I spoke up and said what I really felt….well I would cause a major fight! [...]