A cohesive team is a successful team. Groups are often composed of a variety of personalities and skill-sets. While it can be challenging to maintain team harmony, doing so is absolutely vital. This is to ensure team longevity and success. Members will not stick around long in a disharmonious environment. The time they do spend … [Read more...]
Hitting The Wall: Time for Personal Growth
Personal growth, also known as self-development, involves the enhancement of all aspects of an individual. The most important realization we can make in our quest for personal growth and achievement is that there is more than one formula that defines our path to success. Each person has different goals as part of their personal story … [Read more...]
Business Sport Psychology – How to Increase Staff Performance
The fields of business and sports psychology are building alliances. It seems sports psychologists might have some knowledge and practices that are well suited to the business and corporate world. This trend began to gain momentum over the past decade and is continuing to grow. Traditionally, sports psychologists worked primarily … [Read more...]
8 Motivational Interviewing Questions to Ask as a Sports Coach
For coaches who want to inspire athletes to perform better, using motivational interviewing questions is a useful skill to develop. Motivational interviewing is an approach used in counseling settings to help people make progress on their goals. The technique is used when people feel ambivalent about change; they know they want to … [Read more...]
How to Become a Sport Psychologist: What You Should Know
Many athletes have experienced a difficult time and questioned whether to keep going or quit their sport. Others sometimes want to to know more about how to manage performance anxiety or increase confidence. These are a few of the reasons athletes work with a sports psychologist (NOTE: not sports but sports psychology is the correct … [Read more...]
How to Motivate Yourself – 15 Effective Tips
How to motivate yourself when you’re not feeling it? What can motivate me when I’m stuck in a rut? We all have days or extended periods of time where we can’t seem to get moving and achieve our goals. While there are a few things that can be postponed, most of the time we are expected to perform certain tasks. “I need motivation, … [Read more...]
Top 10 Sports Motivational Quotes You Have to Love
Sports motivational quotes can be witty and funny but they are, above all else, inspirational. They help athletes push through difficult situations and make the most out of any competition. Motivational quotes can encourage athletes to keep a positive attitude towards their performance and get through tough training sessions and … [Read more...]
Being a Team Player: Three Important Qualities
Being a team player is important in any social situation, such as in a classroom or in a workplace, but it is certainly a requirement when it comes to being part of a team sport. Whether you are actually competing as a member of a team or simply practicing a team sport for fun, you have to be able to communicate with your teammates … [Read more...]
You Can Achieve Anything – Conquer Your Ocean
Two Sets of Oars, Four iPods, 300 Hundred Chocolate Bars By Katie Spotz In 2010, I set off with two sets of oars, four iPods, three hundred chocolate bars, and a lot of determination to row solo across the ocean. No motor, no sail, just oars. After 70 days at sea facing everything from 30-foot waves, sharks and extreme … [Read more...]
Intentions in Sport Help Motivate Athletes to Reach Goals
Many athletes have moments when they decide to commit to see a dream come true. These deep desires to make something happen are known as intentions. Our positive intentions are a combination of dreams and the plan that sets them in motion. They are powerful. Intentions can be very personal and rise out of strong desires. This is … [Read more...]
