Sports Psychology
Coaches Can Maximize the Impact of Their Feedback by Saying Less
Swedish psychologist Anders Ericsson said that deliberate practice (meaning practice that maximizes learning) requires certain elements. One of those crucial elements is immediate feedback. Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean it [...]
3 Tips to Help Injured Athletes Recover Mentally
All athletes at some point experience an injury.
How Young Athletes Can Productively Push Past Mistakes
Mistakes. We all make them, even without the stress of competition looming. We make wrong turns, we drop things we didn’t intend, and we say things without filtering our thoughts. [...]
How to Make Training Fun for Kids
This much I know: Young athletes thrive off fun. There is nothing more fulfilling than watching a kid leave a training session with a beaming smile before exclaiming to their [...]
Coaching Youth Speed Training
Much debate in the strength and conditioning world concerns how young athletes should begin a development program. However, experts agree that speed and agility drills can be part of any athlete's training, [...]
3 Crucial Principles of Kobe’s Mamba Mentality
“If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear.” This was a quote favorited by the late Kobe Bryant as it encapsulated his Mamba Mentality. [...]
5 Types of People Who Never Get Results in the Gym
The road to being fit is never linear. You will encounter bumps and bruises along the way toward your peak potential, but most people fall short of achieving even half [...]
How Kids Can Tell If Their Coach Cares
Every athlete wants to play for a coach who cares. Not just cares about winning, but cares about them. Dr. Mary Fry, Director of the Sport and Exercise Physiology Lab [...]
The No. 1 Statistic for Long-Term Athletic Development
We live in a data-driven society. People want to find knowledge in numbers to ensure they're making the right decisions. In strength and conditioning, data is an important part of [...]
Turn High Expectations Into Tangible Goals You Can Smash
Do you ever feel like you carry a weight of expectation on your shoulders, but you're not sure where it came from? As if you're supposed to achieve something, but [...]