Mental Focus
A 4-Step Plan for Building Mental Toughness
Co-Written by: Nathan Berggrun Coaches preach it, scouts savor it, and every athlete wants nothing more than to be the most mentally tough athlete there...
5 U.S. Olympic Sprinters Reveal Their Pre-Race Routines
USA Track & Field put up an impressive performance in the 2012 Olympics, leading all countries with 28 medals. However, the Jamaican team led by Usain Bolt poses a significant [...]
3 Ways Caffeine Improves Your Sports Performance
If you drink coffee, you are very familiar with how caffeine can improve your energy and mental focus. Put simply, caffeine works fantastically—which is why Americans drink an average of [...]
How to Build a Foundation of Mental Toughness
MentalToughness is simple, but it is not easy. However, the brain is a muscle and it can be trained. When I present or conduct workshops with teams and...
3 Ways to Refocus Your Attention During Competition
Too often, athletes are told that they need to re-focus, let go of mistakes, and move on. So true, except that they aren't coached on How-to accomplish...
9 Elite Strength Coaches Reveal Their Tips for Building Better Mental Toughness
Feeling your motivation slip away a bit? Is your New Years resolution fading away? What happened to you being so mentally tough? Don't worry it happens...
LaMarcus Aldridge Shut Down His Social Media Accounts, and His Game Got a Whole Lot Better as Result
The "Twitter" tab on Google Chrome has remained untouched for hours. Every few minutes, you click "New Tweets," spilling a handful of previously unread, 140-character thoughts onto your timeline. Every [...]
How to Improve Mental Focus on the Baseball Diamond
What is mental focus? We all have experienced a situation in which is difficult to find focus in our daily life. Every athlete must be able to find that...
How Kickboxing Can Improve Your Game
When you hear the term kickboxing many people will think about punching and kicking. There is a lot more to kickboxing than just throwing punches and...
Extreme Focus: Victory Begins With Preparation
XF Sneaks: It All Begins With the Prep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLh0Sd9LtKs Go out and ask any athlete if they want to play at the pro...