Success in sports articles about sports psychology and mental performance coaching for young athletes and youth coaches.
How to be a Team Player Like Kevin Durant Are you willing to do whatever is needed for the team? Are you a team player? What Does being a Team Player Mean to you? Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors to a 4-0 win in the championship. And he led the team to a … Sport Psychology Article>>
Turning Athletic Failure Into Growth How do you respond to losing or failure? What sort of emotions does failure evoke within you? How have you recovered from failure in the past? Your perspective on failure affects your thoughts and impacts your emotion. These three components, perspective, thoughts and emotions, will determine how you respond to … Sport Psychology Article>>
Are You a 24/7 Athlete? Be a Balanced Athlete “Train, Eat, Sleep, Repeat”… And if you’re a student, Study between. The phrase has been written on t-shirts, emblazoned on locker room walls and printed on posters. Many athletes are singularly focused on their sport more with the goal of reaching the pinnacle. The belief of … Sport Psychology Article>>
How Team Culture Impacts Team Success What is the leadership like on your team? How is the culture within your team? Does the leader influence and support the culture? Leadership, or effective leadership can often be hard to find on a team. Many times, the best player on the team might be designated as leader … Sport Psychology Article>>
Have Successful Practice Habits for Athletes “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” This quote is profound and is particularly true for athletes. Yet so many athletes engage in bad practice habits. In baseball, many hitters will not run out ground balls… In gymnastics, many gymnasts will … Sport Psychology Article>>