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A collection of 13 posts

How To Deal With a Disruptive Player Before They Ruin Your Team’s Culture
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How To Deal With a Disruptive Player Before They Ruin Your Team’s Culture

The first question to ask yourself is, “Does the player feel dismissed or undervalued by this new culture?” There has to be a reason why they’re acting out, and it could be because they’re feeling sidelined, excluded, or minimized.

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
  • Phil White
    Phil White
3 min read
6 Ways Mindset Training Will Boost Your Team's Game Day Performance
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6 Ways Mindset Training Will Boost Your Team's Game Day Performance

“Everyone has access to the same equipment and similar coaching and facilities, so it’s only our players’ mindset that can set us apart.”

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
6 min read
5 Things to Look for in a Mental Skills Program for Your Team
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5 Things to Look for in a Mental Skills Program for Your Team

You wouldn’t leave your team’s physical game to chance or circumstance, but unfortunately that’s often what happens to the mental game. You probably do what you can here and there, but do you have a cohesive plan that you’re able to follow day in and day out?

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
5 min read
How Positive Self-Talk Powered this Tennis Player to a College Title
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How Positive Self-Talk Powered this Tennis Player to a College Title

"I’ll say something to remind myself that I’m here for a reason and am capable of beating this person." - NCAA champion Brienne Minor

  • Phil White
    Phil White
  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
4 min read
How an NCAA Tennis Champion Stays Confident and Committed
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How an NCAA Tennis Champion Stays Confident and Committed

"It’s in those times when you’re tired that you have to really push yourself, and if you have people to do it with you, you’re all in it together." - Brienne Minor, NCAA tennis champion

  • Phil White
    Phil White
  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
5 min read
Mental Toughness Exercises for Athletes
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Mental Toughness Exercises for Athletes

One way to practice being mentally tough is to reframe things that you might normally think of negatively in a positive way. Take a situation you’d usually just try to get through and turn it into something to grow through.

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
7 min read
How Great Coaches Model Mental Toughness
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How Great Coaches Model Mental Toughness

As a coach, you’re a leader who sets the tone for your entire team. So when it comes to mental toughness, it’s important that you display the 4 Cs: composure, confidence, commitment, and concentration.

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
7 min read
An Olympic Champion’s Comeback
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An Olympic Champion’s Comeback

"If you approach every day like it’s the Olympics, when you actually get there, you’ve already dealt with that kind of stress on a daily basis. So now it's normal." Steve Mesler, Winter Olympics gold medalist.

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
6 min read
How Daily Mental Skills Training Made Michael Jordan the G.O.A.T.
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How Daily Mental Skills Training Made Michael Jordan the G.O.A.T.

Mental skills aren't magic skills. That’s why we designed the Champion’s Mind app to help your players hone their mental game in just 5 minutes a day.

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
4 min read
The Competitive Advantage of Daily Mental Skills Training
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The Competitive Advantage of Daily Mental Skills Training

Developing a daily mental skills practice requires a tiny time commitment from athletes – just five minutes – yet yields enormous performance dividends.

  • Jim Afremow
    Jim Afremow
5 min read
A Brazilian Soccer Star's Pre-Game Mindset Routine
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A Brazilian Soccer Star's Pre-Game Mindset Routine

Brazilian Soccer Star Shares Her Pre-Game Routine Real Madrid’s men’s soccer team is known for transcendent players like Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos, and, before he moved to Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo. But

  • Phil White
    Phil White
2 min read
Build Mental Toughness On and Off the Field
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Build Mental Toughness On and Off the Field

Using the Champion’s Mind app is one of the first things I do in the morning. I think it benefits me by improving my mental training skills and it helps me to be consistently confident. And most importantly, it helps me to build mental strength just as much as I build physical strength every day.

  • Phil White
    Phil White
3 min read
Finding Your Flow State on Race Day
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Finding Your Flow State on Race Day

Finding Your Flow State on Race Day In the first part of this revealing Q+A with sports psychologist Jim Afremow, NCAA college champ turned pro runner Síofra Cléirigh Büttner shared how she

  • Phil White
    Phil White
4 min read
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