"The bottom line is you can't be afraid to fail" Jerry Colangelo Emotions in sports can be a BIG game changer. There are times when emotions like anger can produce great focus and determination....
Category: Mindfulness
Your A-Game: The Big 3 Steps for Building Mindfulness in Sport: Awareness, Acceptance, and Action
Mindfulness. Meditation. These are big buzzwords in the world of sports. It may seem odd that elite athletes engage in meditation to improve performance but modern research shows that...
The last time I went to the dentist’s office I, as many do, had conversation with the woman who was cleaning my teeth. We talked about my schoolwork, her children, and many other usual things. To...
Imagination Imagination, or imagery practice, is a powerful way to enhance a sport performance because it recruits various senses. It is the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch,...
In a recent TED talk Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a Brazilian neuroscientist, discussed the development of human brains and how they differ from the brains of other species. As part of her explanation,...
A Disappointment Can Be Handled We have all been challenged by an athletic disappointment. Those moments when you wish you could rewind time and do it over: A dropped pass, a missed free throw, a...