Mindfulness
How To Teach Youth Athletes To Set Goals
One of the most commonly overlooked skills in youth sports is goal setting. Many youth coaches stress fundamentals, teamwork and sportsmanship, but leave themselves little time to teach young athletes [...]
5 Lessons Coaches Can Learn From Teachers
Good teachers and good coaches are usually the same people. However, there has been an increasing trend in high school sports utilizing more community coaches than teachers/coaches because it is [...]
Three Ways To Incorporate Mindfulness Into Your Tennis Game
The concept of mindfulness is one that’s grown in popularity over the years. It’s the practice of bringing yourself into the present moment without judging yourself, using various tactics, including [...]
How Many Calories Yoga Burns—and Why Its Potential for Weight Loss Goes Way Beyond That Figure
Yoga has gone mainstream. Once thought of as a training routine reserved for soccer moms and granola-crunching free spirits, yoga offers mental and physical benefits can no longer be ignored. [...]
Why Mindfulness Is the Athlete’s Secret Weapon
The phrase "sports are 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical" is often said—but how often do we take it to heart? Generally, the mental strength of an athlete will [...]
Why Every Athlete Should Read ‘The Power of Now’
Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now is “a guide to spiritual enlightenment” as the book leads readers on a journey to find peace in the present moment through discovering their [...]
Solidify Strength Gains With This 3-Minute Cooldown Routine
Gains are not made in the gym. Gains are made hours after the gym, when your body is in recovery mode, refueled, and rested for optimal adaptation. So...
How to Stay Mentally Strong on the Golf Course
Golf has an ironic relationship with time. While it takes around 3-5 hours to complete a round, you're only actually performing a fraction of that time....
How Alex Morgan Gets Her Mind Right Before Games
U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team forward Alex Morgan is known for making plenty of noise with her play on the field. The speedy scorer has a penchant for big plays, [...]
3 Strategies to Reduce Stress and Increase Athletic Performance
Sometimes the most difficult opponent an athlete faces is stress. Armed with the ability to attack quickly and powerfully, stress can hinder an...
