How To Truly Believe In Your Capabilities

2020-09-26T09:52:42+08:00

Have you ever experienced thinking like: You are nothing? That you can never do anything right? That you feel like you’re sole reason for being in life is for you to fail and be miserable for the rest of your life? I have heard many people saying "That's impossible" or "I can't do it". Yes, it is normal for us to be discouraged because our goal seems hard to achieve, but it is never impossible. Things can only be impossible if we will look at it that way, and will stop working for it. The famous actress, Audrey Hepburn said: “Nothing [...]

How To Truly Believe In Your Capabilities2020-09-26T09:52:42+08:00

The Art of Coaching Different Genders in Sports

2020-09-29T03:37:00+08:00

Do female youth athletes and male youth athletes need different kinds of mental strength training? Do they respond better to different coaching tactics? The answer is yes. We need to understand that males and females have differing genetic tendencies passed down from our ancestors as part of our history of successfully dominating the earth. Females place a much higher value on community and getting along with others on their team or anywhere in their sport. Males tend to be more linear and object-oriented. It should be quite obvious to any coach that females also tend to be more emotional as [...]

The Art of Coaching Different Genders in Sports2020-09-29T03:37:00+08:00

8 Great Things About Getting A Bad Youth Sports Coach

2021-02-18T07:43:50+08:00

What To Do When You're Stuck With A Bad Youth Sports Coach "Craig, Any tips to help an athlete "get through" a season when they are stuck with a bad coach (overly critical, aggressive, demeaning, etc) so they don't lose their confidence?" Yes. I often see athletes in this predicament. The secret is in appreciating the fact that the difficult coach pushes you into seeking some help in building mental toughness and having the opportunity to practice it in real life. I have run into many athletes who go through many years of “good” coaches [...]

8 Great Things About Getting A Bad Youth Sports Coach2021-02-18T07:43:50+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

How To Teach Kids Positive Self-Talk: A Child’s Emotional Bulletproof Vest

2020-09-30T22:19:47+08:00

Kids are constantly being bombarded with negative messages from the media, their peers and sometimes even coaches that hurt their confidence and destroy their self esteem. As parents we all wonder what we can and should do about it? Well we have some "easy to implement" solutions for you from Devin Hughes. He is a former college basketball player, motivational speaker and author, who learned from his own life lessons the power of positive self talk. In this article he shares with you how to teach children positive self talk to use as an "Emotional Bulletproof Vest." Let us know [...]

How To Teach Kids Positive Self-Talk: A Child’s Emotional Bulletproof Vest2020-09-30T22:19:47+08:00

Mental Abuse In Youth Sports

2020-09-30T22:19:58+08:00

From time to time I hear about emotional abuse in youth sports in my office and in correspondences with the athletes I work with. Playing sports is definitely much harder on today’s youth than the last generation for many reasons. Chief among them is the overheated competition our kids are facing in all aspects of their lives. 30 years ago, there was no such thing as “select sports” and “showcases.” This extreme competition and the “win-at-all-costs” mentality that comes with it have left some casualties and I see them in my office every week. Unfortunately, many parents feed right into [...]

Mental Abuse In Youth Sports2020-09-30T22:19:58+08:00

Bullying in Youth Sports: Know How to Stop Bullies

2020-09-30T23:15:44+08:00

Here is some tips for What Can You Do To Prevent Bullying In Youth Sports. We have our kids play sports for all the right reasons like to have fun, get exercise, learn to deal with other adults and kids and learn new skills. All our good intentions though get cancelled if kids get bullied. There is nothing worse for kids. Bullying by coaches and/or kids is unacceptable. At Mental Toughness Academy, we want to help empower you with strategies to do something about it. In her article about sports and bullying, Jodi Murphy from SportsSignup shares with you 3 [...]

Bullying in Youth Sports: Know How to Stop Bullies2020-09-30T23:15:44+08:00
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