Competition Strategy = Your Mental Plan + Your Physical Plan
Design your competition strategy to include the physical and the mental aspects for your particular "game" day. The combo allows the magic to happen.
What Do Tennis Coaches Really Want?
Tennis coaches have so many elements to work on with their players from a physical standpoint as well as from a mental perspective. So, what do tennis coaches really want with regards to the [...]
The Role of Stress In Our Lives
Every day we constantly face small events that elevate our overall stress level. It usually comes about one domino at a time until one misplaced, teetering domino starts a stressful cascade. Your [...]
Self-Esteem versus Self-Confidence: What’s the Difference?
When we read about Sports Psychology, Performance Psychology, or any Psychology for that matter, the terms “self-confidence” and “self-esteem” often get scattered haphazardly about the articles. [...]
Making Positive Changes
In her last couple of blogs, Dr. Michelle Cleere was talking about the importance of visualization. Although it may seem like an abstract concept at first, with a little practice, like any skill, [...]
Motivation
We all have something in our lives we would like to change or to move toward. This can be simple goals like learning Spanish or finding more time for international travel. This could also be [...]
Maintaining
After training for a big race or an important event, it is very tempting to give your body a break. After working so hard to get your physique into top condition, now it is time to just [...]
Los Angeles Marathon
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 [...]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
At this time, there are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. As many of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. If you turn on the television to any [...]
Mental Toughness
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 [...]