Quickly Improve Your Performance in Sports

2020-09-30T22:21:05+08:00

Although we focus mainly on the mental aspects of the game, our passion is to bring you up-to-date information to help you improve in all areas of playing your sport. So today we have a guest post from Dr. Larry Van Such, a Speed Training Coach, on how to quickly improve your performance. Besides who doesn't want to learn how you can Run Faster, Jump Higher, and Out Hit Your Opponents? Speed is crucial for anyone who wants to advance their athletic career, win more games, or just make the team. However, athletes are often frustrated in their attempts to get [...]

Quickly Improve Your Performance in Sports2020-09-30T22:21:05+08:00

How To Stop Bullying In Sports

2020-09-30T22:21:18+08:00

Bullying happens in and out of school and certainly in sports these days. Kids who experience bullying can easily develop an inferiority complex. How To Stop Bullying In Sports is an important question that needs answers fast. According to Alfred Adler, inferiority complex is when "the feeling of inferiority is highly intensified to the degree that the child believes that he will never be able to compensate for his weakness". So how do we stop bullying in sports? Check out Part 3 of the series interview with Raven Magwood, a teenage author, motivational speaker and TV talk show host, who gives [...]

How To Stop Bullying In Sports2020-09-30T22:21:18+08:00

Raven Magwood teaches positive self talk statements

2020-09-30T22:21:34+08:00

Trembling, tremors, unsteadiness, body getting weak, pounding heart and sweating, these are just some of the symptoms that an athlete can feel when they are experiencing anxiety in sports. We all know how this can affect their focus and concentration during the competition causing them to lack confidence and lose the game. In this video Raven will discuss how an athlete can stay positive to overcome anxiety in sports performance. This is Part 2 of the interview series with Raven Magwood, a teenage author, motivational speaker, and TV talk show host. She is the author of the book, "On to Victory! [...]

Raven Magwood teaches positive self talk statements2020-09-30T22:21:34+08:00

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student Athletes

2020-09-30T22:21:50+08:00

Raven Magwood is a teenage author, motivational speaker, and TV talk show host. At 19 years old, she has accomplished more than most do in their lifetime. When she was just 11 years old, she was a national gymnastics champion and published her first book, On to Victory! The Winning Edge. By 13, she had published her second book, Double-Sided that is being made into a movie. At 15, she was a state titleholder in track-and-field competing nationally. At 16, she had graduated from high school number one in her class with a 5.1 GPA. Now, she has a new [...]

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student Athletes2020-09-30T22:21:50+08:00

Overcoming Perfectionism in Youth Sports

2020-09-30T22:22:05+08:00

Perfectionism is often revered in our culture and can be a good thing in small, healthy doses. All too often though, we see athletes who aim to do everything flawlessly and are not happy unless they play the game perfectly. Traits of perfectionism often include being overly critical in self-evaluation, setting excessively high achievement standards and feeling like a failure if certain levels of success are not achieved. What goes along with the belief that you can be perfect is the thought that you can always be doing something “better” or “doing more.” Perfectionists are great at seeing details, but [...]

Overcoming Perfectionism in Youth Sports2020-09-30T22:22:05+08:00

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)

2020-09-30T22:24:07+08:00

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of an athlete’s positive self image and to consider various ways for an athlete to portray a positive image. Whether an athlete is competing in an individual sport or a team sport, his/her image is an essential component of how he/she is perceived by others which may determine whether an opportunity to compete at the next level is offered or not. Aspiring elite-level athletes all across the world are presently training hard and dedicating themselves to reaching mastery skill levels. Although these athletes are most often intrinsically motivated, there is [...]

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)2020-09-30T22:24:07+08:00

Improving Focus In Youth Sports Hockey

2020-09-30T22:24:30+08:00

This article will teach you how to improving focus in youth sports hockey. Whenever an athlete steps inside the arena, the loud roar of the people cheering either for their team or their opponent or coaches yelling at them at the middle of the game can get them out of focus, but it is critcal for them to keep their minds fixed on their goal. Improving Focus in Sports is one of the most important parts of mental training that should be trained during practice so you are ready before playing in the real game. This is Part 5 of a [...]

Improving Focus In Youth Sports Hockey2020-09-30T22:24:30+08:00
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