Mental Health
Mental Health: How To Be a Team Player
Today’s young athletes face more pressure than ever to perform—whether in interscholastic games, camps, or showcases that can give them a leg up for scholarships or elite competition. [...]
How To Manage Student-Athlete Stress
Growing up is stressful. Competing in organized sport is stressful. Balancing schoolwork, life, and competitive sport is stressful. Watching your child experience the joys and despairs of their young lives [...]
Predicted 2023 Fitness and Wellness Trends- Not Your Usual Trends!
In stark contrast to years prior, the trends of 2023 appear to be more distinct. The pandemic and generational shift have caused a restructuring of society's wants and needs. As [...]
How Athletes Can Play & Stay In The Present
"In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way." Phil Jackson, Sacred [...]
Workout on Game Day? Yes, It’s Beneficial
Game day workouts have caused some controversy with both young athletes and their parents. There are some who believe in it, and others who do not. While it may be [...]
Mental Health in Young Athletes
A recent study of 17,000 adolescent athletes in the USA found that levels of anxiety and depression were higher than before the Covid restrictions and that overall quality of life [...]
How To Manage Daily Stress
“Stress is a scientific concept which has suffered the mixed blessing of being too well known and too little understood.” - Hans Selye. Stress is an aspect of life that [...]
How Athletes Can Develop A Mind-Body Connection
Things are happening beyond your consciousness that you cannot see, hear, or even feel. Often, situations and experiences unconsciously condition and program you through life, leading to poor health, diminished [...]
Creating an Athlete for Life
I can't stress enough the value of sport in the development of a child. It offers a litany of invaluable lessons and attitudes that transfer into life skills – things [...]
How Coaches Can Help the Mental Health for Youth Athletes Post Covid
Mental health issues were already prevalent among the youth. However, after covid, they spiked alarmingly high. Indeed, the children are not to blame. The kids had no choice but to [...]
