mental toughness 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.
mental toughness 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.
Champion's Comeback 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.
Olympian mindset A Gold Medalist’s Olympic Mindset "Having an Olympian mindset means that the Olympics are today, tomorrow, last Monday, and last November. You wake up and approach every day as if the Olympics are right now."
mental toughness How Mental Toughness Made a Good College Athlete Even Better "Mental toughness might not come naturally, but every athlete can develop it." Oregon Ducks pitcher Jordan Dail talks daily mental skills training.
athlete self-talk The Power of Positive Self-Talk The most powerful words we'll ever hear are the words we say to ourselves. You can either be your own worst enemy or best friend.
athlete visualization Seeing the Strike Out: How a Pitcher Uses Visualization on the Mound "The visualization part is huge for me, because the more I can see it and the more I can see myself doing it, the more successful I become. Then I have my best games." Softball pitcher Jordan Dail tells Champion's Mind creator Jim Afremow how she uses mental rehearsal to play her best and win.
daily mental skills training 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.
COVID-19 coaching Student-Athletes: The COVID-19 Shutdown is Your Chance to Develop a Champion's Mind It’s easy to think of your sport’s season getting closed down by the coronavirus as a chance to take your foot off the gas. In fact, this unprecedented period isn’t down time, it’s crunch time for your daily mental skills training.
COVID-19 coaching Can’t Coach Your Athletes’ Physically? Help Them Be Mentally Tough. You can’t control many things that happen to your team but you CAN help your athletes foster resilience, perseverance, and a warrior spirit.
daily mental skills training Student-Athlete Stuck at Home? Use Mental Skills to Win The Game. Self-isolating and social distancing might lead to loneliness. To make sure this doesn’t happen, reach out to one of your coaches and/or teammates daily.
vulnerability The Power of Athlete Vulnerability "Self-pressure and expectations from fans can crush a player. We need to improve their ability to perform in an emotionally healthy way."
pre-race mindset Nail Your Pre-Game Routine Like These Track + Field Stars "I try to be a lot more relaxed during the day leading up to the meet. I listen to calm, peaceful music earlier and then put on a faster playlist 30 minutes before I vault. This way, I’m getting amped up at just the right time."
