What We Should Learn From Archers And Pool Players

2020-09-26T09:51:02+08:00

Modern sports psychology focuses on the correlation between winning and the ability to relax, concentrate, and play one's best game under the pressures of competition. This often involves quieting the mind and increasing awareness, so that the body is free to do the things that it does so well when we allow it to act spontaneously. Sports mental toughness is known by immensely increasing the performance level of athletes. This kind of training or program involves a different kind of approach in sports. For example, in pool billiards and in archery or "kyudo" in Japanese, mental toughness is widely used here. [...]

What We Should Learn From Archers And Pool Players2020-09-26T09:51:02+08:00

Ethics In Youth Sports

2015-11-09T10:51:03+08:00

Good physical health has to be the top most priority for every human being. Engaging oneself actively in sports activities helps us to stay fit. Sports activity does not only help us to maintain fitness, but it also refreshes us a lot. It is one of the best ways of relaxation as well. Like any other field of human activity, sports also has certain codes of conduct, and work ethics. It does help to develop our personality and for character building. Let us look at some general provisions of youth sports: Personality should develop human values like integrity, respect, responsibility, and fairness [...]

Ethics In Youth Sports2015-11-09T10:51:03+08:00

What Does It Take To Win?

2020-09-26T09:52:05+08:00

"Compete each time with yourself to be a great athlete of all time." Ever wondered why even the best athlete will end up losing a match at a certain point of their career? This is because there is more to an athlete than just getting the best training by the best coaches using the best of the available facilities. There is the aspect of having the mental strength to compound all these factors and channel them towards a win for the athlete and even the team. However much an athlete is prepared for an event, if the athlete is one who [...]

What Does It Take To Win?2020-09-26T09:52:05+08:00

Daniel Jahn Maximum Sports Conditioning

2015-05-13T04:11:01+08:00

Daniel Jahn - Former D1 Baseball Player and Now CEO & Director of Instruction for Strength and Conditioning Programs I tend to think about athletes who never quit or give up. I think about athletes who love working hard and welcome any challenge presented to them. Mentally tough athletes can deal with adversity and struggle in a way that ends in positive outcomes for the individual and his/her team. Athletes who set high standards for themselves and their teammates, then hold themselves accountable to those standards show mental toughness as well. To know the definitions of mental toughness are important, but [...]

Daniel Jahn Maximum Sports Conditioning2015-05-13T04:11:01+08:00

3 Tips For Creating Sports Confidence

2020-09-27T20:00:43+08:00

How to Build Confidence as a Young Athlete, by James Leath First of all, let’s decide something right now. You are not competing with anyone else, ever again. Starting now, your primary strategy is to make everyone else around you play at your level. You won’t make excuses; you’ll cause others to make them. You won’t play down to an opponent’s level; it’s up to them to play at yours. You won’t stop until the final whistle blows; you’ll go all out until the time runs out. If you can commit to that mentality, in practice and in competition, please keep [...]

3 Tips For Creating Sports Confidence2020-09-27T20:00:43+08:00

4 Things Coaches Look For In Volleyball Tryouts

2020-09-27T20:03:04+08:00

What do volleyball coaches look for in team tryouts? From my experience of coaching at the high school, club and collegiate level, there are three important categories at all levels: athleticism, skill and will. 1. Athleticism This has elements that can be trained and others that cannot. For example, height cannot be affected by training regimens. While height has its advantages in volleyball, it is never enough if the person does not possess the other elements, such as quickness, strength, and power. Also, it is no substitute for skill and will. There were times when our club team, who’s tallest player [...]

4 Things Coaches Look For In Volleyball Tryouts2020-09-27T20:03:04+08:00

Gymnasts and Cheerleaders: Getting Over Fear

2020-09-27T20:03:25+08:00

Fear is a tricky subject all trackers, free runners, gymnasts, or any athlete has to face. Let me introduce myself. My name is Raven McCarthy from The Colony, TX. I do Freerunning, coaching, music, and run a parkour team in Dallas. I was a gymnast for nine years and a freerunner for five. Within those fourteen years I've seen and done a lot of things that aren't really about skill, but just a state of mind. As a coach I've developed a system for fear that I even use for myself. First thing is first; I go the mental route. I [...]

Gymnasts and Cheerleaders: Getting Over Fear2020-09-27T20:03:25+08:00

How To Coach U8 Soccer Practice

2020-09-27T20:03:52+08:00

Each age group of youth soccer teams comes with its own set of challenges and rewards. Here we will focus on a typical session for under 8 players, addressing their needs and learning styles in order to optimize their learning whilst maintaining a fun, engaging environment. Before we look at some practice session examples it’s important to try and understand the players we are working with a little bit better. So I will list some typical traits of players in this age bracket: In the early development stage of their soccer motor skills Short attention spans/ Easily distracted Learn best through [...]

How To Coach U8 Soccer Practice2020-09-27T20:03:52+08:00

The One Best Lesson a Coach Can Give the Team for the Season

2018-04-26T02:11:31+08:00

It has been said that athletics is a great developer and teacher of character. There is a great deal of truth in that statement, but it also is a great revealer of character. I’m sure there are numerous examples that come to mind when you think of high profile What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player -John Wooden athletes, in the professional, collegiate and the high school ranks with regard to this both positively and negatively.   With that being said, what is it that would seem to [...]

The One Best Lesson a Coach Can Give the Team for the Season2018-04-26T02:11:31+08:00
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