Category: Psychological

Basketball

When Training Hard Backfires

From someone who loves the following quote, this post might seem out of character.  “The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over,

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Baseball

How to Manage Big Game Nerves

How do the pros handle and overcome those big-game butterflies?  Any athlete in any sport at any level has experienced what nerves can do to our

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Coaches

Squash Pre-Race Anxiety

Let’s all start with a visual exercise: Imagine you’ve trained for months and today is the day that the hours of sweat are on display

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Motivation

5 Reasons Why Habits Determine Your Success

Habits are an unbelievably powerful tool for shaping behavior. But they’re often overlooked as a way to improve your training.

Here’s why you should focus on developing training habits:

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Motivation

How to Push Past Excuses

One of my biggest irritations when it comes to improving in life, sports and everything in between, is the use of an excuse.  Webster’s dictionary

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Psychological

3 Tips to Beat Pre-Race Anxiety

“Eek! I’m having anxiety!” Yep, I’ve been there, I can honestly say before ALL my races. But guess what? Elite runners get the jitters too.

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