Talk Back to Your Negative Self Talk
6 Steps to Taming that Devilish Little Voice BY ROB POLISHOOK, MA, CPC All competitive players recognize negative self-thoughts. It
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Focusing Your Attention Effectively to Achieve a Podium Performance
Balancing our focus of attention is a key to performing well, especially when facing competing demands. This is even more important during competition. Focusing on the right things and sustaining that focus is the key to achieving a Podium performance. Find out what it takes.
Read moreConnect Power & Privilege to Form Championship Teams
Building Championship Behavior Using a 360 Degree Point-of-View in Developing Teamwork by Lowell Wightman The team practice today is
Read moreBehaviors that Characterize “Bad Coaching”
Editor’s note: This week the local paper did an expose about a local high school wresting coach who was arrested
Read moreBetween the Pipes: Mental Toughness Tips for Goalies
For Podium Sports Journal by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP and Alec Baker, PsyD What happens when you combine the speed
Read moreRecovery from Distractions Fast: The Thought Pattern Interrupt (TPI)
Athletes in every sport will from time to time lose focus, become self-conscious, have self-doubts to contend with and worry
Read moreP3 Thinking – Conditioning Yourself Mentally
by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Robin Vealey is one of sport psychology’s best. Her book Coaching for the Inner Edge
Read moreThe Inner Game – A Different Approach to Skill Development
Last fall, I attended a UCLA football game with some friends. One couple brought their young toddler. As we tailgated,
Read moreFor the Love of the Game: Motivating Kids
by Brian McCormick, CSCS, MSS At the gym this week, I watched a seventh grader work with a personal shooting
Read moreFight, Flight, FREEZE: The 7 Biggest Fears that Paralyze Athletes in Sports
ROB POLISHOOK, MA, CPC How many times have you heard the following from a coach, parent, or teammate? “If only
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