Sports Psychology
Kobe Bryant Reveals How He Handled Starting Just 7 Games in His First Two NBA Seasons
18 All-Star selections. 11 All-NBA First Team appearances. 5 NBA Championships. With all the incredible accolades Kobe Bryant accumulated over his 20-season NBA career, people tend to forget that it [...]
Youth Sports Coaches Need to Take the Negativity out of ‘Accountability’
Every coach I’ve ever met talks about accountability at one point or another. However, many of them use it largely in negative terms: "You did something wrong, now you must [...]
What Athletes DON’T Do Matters, too
Athletes tend to have a very active mindset. What do we need to do to win? We've gotta train. We've gotta watch film. We've gotta practice the right way. We've [...]
Time Machine Advice: What 8 Pro Athletes Would Tell Their 16-Year-Old Self
Over the past year, I've interviewed dozens of current and former pro and olympic athletes. One of my favorite questions to ask these accomplished people? If they could go back [...]
How the NCAA’s Best Wrestlers Win the Mental Battle
Similar themes came up time and time again during the post-match interviews of the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships. For the 125-pound champion to the heavyweights, there were clearly some common [...]
Nebraska Football Coach Scott Frost Reveals How Cussing and Yelling at Players Can Be Poisonous to Success
If Scott Frost is able to turn around Nebraska football, it won’t be through an endless tirade of red-faced shrieking. Frost, who led the University of Central Florida to an [...]
Nearly Every NFL Team Asked Players This Question at the Combine. Here’s What You Can Learn From It
The 2018 NFL Combine is in the books, and the most important part of the event was not televised. I’m talking, of course, about the interviews. Every night at the [...]
These Three Words Helped Ben Simmons Stay Focused During His Rehab
It’s been 455 days since the Philadelphia 76ers made Ben Simmons the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. He has yet to play a single minute. Last September, [...]
Lessons All Athletes Can Learn From Mayweather vs. McGregor
I think everyone that took out a loan to watch the Mcgregor vs Mayweather fight wound up being surprised, likely pleasantly, by what took place. Me, as...
3 Breathing Techniques for Athletes to Improve Focus and Relaxation
3 Breathing Techniques for Focus and Relaxation Adrienne Langelier, MA, LPC Relaxed intensity. What in the world does that mean? As contradictory as it...