Are you on a quest to be your best? Every athlete WANTS to be the best athlete they can be, but not all athletes DO what is necessary to achieve their potential. Intentions may set the tone for athletic improvement. However, athletic excellence requires intentional action. An athlete who responded to one of our surveys
Top Mistakes Golfers Make With Preshot Routines How many times has indecision and self-doubt interfered with playing good shots? Spending extra time standing over the ball questioning your shot strategy, thinking of last second adjustments and possible outcomes is a surefire method to interfere with making a good swing. When you overthink, over-analyze or have
In sports, what does it mean to have a short memory for mistakes? “Memory” refers to the length of time an athlete dwells on mistakes. Some athletes have difficulty overcoming mistakes during a competition. They think about the mistake repeatedly, replaying the error in their mind. The mistake becomes a distraction, taking the focus off
Do you have to focus on mistakes to learn from them? There is a fine line between recognizing and dwelling on mistakes. You need to be able to identify miscues or missed opportunities from a competition to learn from them. The key is how long you think about those mistakes. Let’s look at the following
How To Define Your Athletic Success Often, athletes allow other people (with good intentions) to define success for them. For example, your parents may see success as earning a college scholarship, becoming a starter, or competing for a highly competitive team. Likewise, your coach may see success as you achieving a national cut, having a
When does thinking become detrimental to athletic performance? Is it even possible to replicate good technique in competition without thinking? Technique and mechanics are crucial for both confidence and success in sports. However, mechanics are quite detailed. There are a lot of moving parts. For a baseball pitcher to throw strikes, there are many