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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 [...]

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, [...]

Large scale goals can seem unattainable and overwhelming when you are standing at the starting line looking for the finish. Many times people choose to ignore ambition and pursuit of a goal [...]

One of those elusive concepts that is easier to discuss than it is to achieve. Focus and attention is often difficult since many of us have a thousand ideas racing through our mind at one time: [...]

There are days when I am not sure it’s possible to come up with another blog but somehow I do it! Today I am going to talk about my version of elite performers eat, pray, love. Awareness [...]

I have written several blogs on the power of music. Years ago I was a contributor to an article in the London Times about the power of music to working out. I read an article in the NY Times [...]

Athletes and sports psychologists use the mental toughness a lot but what does it mean? Generally when I work with athletes I ask them what that means versus defining it for them because [...]

It’s one thing to be able to initially focus during competition but it’s another thing to learn to refocus particularly when pressure increases. An increase in pressure usually brings [...]

I’ve developed a new tactic for helping my athletes become more aware of cognitive and somatic ‘feelings’. It is called the ‘timeout’. What is it The timeout is a [...]