Craig Sigl, Author at Mental Toughness Trainer

Leading Your Basketball Team To Victory

Craig Sigl2015-01-09T08:30:16+08:00

As a coach you must provide the necessary leadership in order for your team to be victorious and to create a long-term climate of success. In order for a leader to be followed they must have a winning philosophy and system that can be articulated with passion to the team. In order for the team to commit 100%, they must see, through the coach’s passion and by example, how much you are committed to each player and the team’s victory. There are three major components to developing a winning mindset and program. Foster Team Chemistry For Consistent Victories The first [...]

Leading Your Basketball Team To VictoryCraig Sigl2015-01-09T08:30:16+08:00

How To Close Out The Win When Leading In Volleyball

Craig Sigl2015-01-03T22:32:13+08:00

As a volleyball athlete and coach, I have seen numerous situations when teams who are leading a game or a match become complacent allowing the momentum to shift to the opponent. This is by far, the worst way to lose because the win was almost in the palm of your hand. I’m sure we have all seen teams come back from incredible odds. I remember one of our teams being down 14 to 1, (side out scoring) and they came back and won the game 16-14. Our team was ecstatic, while the other team was understandably devastated. So the game is [...]

How To Close Out The Win When Leading In VolleyballCraig Sigl2015-01-03T22:32:13+08:00

3 Reasons Your Athletes Should Practice Active Visualization

Craig Sigl2017-10-18T22:54:10+08:00

I’ve written extensively on “How” to visualize and the actual steps. This is actually the easy part. The hard part is developing the discipline to do it on a regular basis. In my work with athletes, I’ve discovered that those who don’t do it much, it’s because they are basically not convinced enough that it will actually improve performance. They are convinced that physical practice, training and drills will improve their performance and so they do that. Think about this for a minute. You are driving a car to go somewhere and you get a flat tire. The car will not [...]

3 Reasons Your Athletes Should Practice Active VisualizationCraig Sigl2017-10-18T22:54:10+08:00

4-Step Visualization Techniques For Sports

Craig Sigl2021-03-06T06:46:38+08:00

If you have been an athlete for any amount of time you have undoubtedly heard from a coach or trainer that you have to “visualize” good performances before you ever go out there to do it for real! Well...this is good advice except that very few coaches actually teach their athletes HOW. So, what exactly is this "visualization?" To put it simply, it’s taking some time to imagine yourself performing the thing you want to do in the game. “Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.”-Brian Tracy [...]

4-Step Visualization Techniques For SportsCraig Sigl2021-03-06T06:46:38+08:00

Helping Your Child With Sports: 3 Tips For Parents

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T12:19:19+08:00

What can you do, as a parent to help your child build confidence in sports? All parents want our children to have more confidence and lack of it is the second most common issue parents bring their kids to me for. (The first is fear of failure). When I work with young athletes in my office, I often have one or both parents with us for the first part of the session. I do this to find out with our interactions how much of an influence the parent has on the young athlete. Sometimes I get the helicopter sports parent who [...]

Helping Your Child With Sports: 3 Tips For ParentsCraig Sigl2016-01-14T12:19:19+08:00

5 Tips For Avoiding The Crazy Parents and Sports Dilemma

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T12:21:29+08:00

All over the world, every day, a scene plays out in the sports world: Dad (or mom) is a helicopter parent or living their dreams vicariously through their kid. Parent spends a lot of time and energy to advocate for the kid with the coaching staff. Parent has as his highest value in life - “success” and he usually defines it by wins and losses, good and bad performances. Parent desperately want the child to get a college scholarship and maybe go pro or to the Olympics and will do whatever it takes to help child get there. (All of that [...]

5 Tips For Avoiding The Crazy Parents and Sports DilemmaCraig Sigl2016-01-14T12:21:29+08:00

The Key To Building Confidence For Sports

Craig Sigl2017-12-03T08:01:02+08:00

In this video below, Craig teaches the most powerful key to opening the door to your hidden natural confidence. Confidence is a thought that something can be accomplished. Craig reminds athletes that you have to clear the mental baggage patterns that prevent athletes in maximizing their confidence thus, athletes should clear underlying limiting/ destructive beliefs at the power (subconscious) level of the mind. You will find out that a simple belief acts like a virus in a computer and before you know it, your files are all gone. I’ve written and taught athletes and teams a lot about how to gain [...]

The Key To Building Confidence For SportsCraig Sigl2017-12-03T08:01:02+08:00

Coaches: One-size-fits-all philosophy doesn’t work

Craig Sigl2018-02-27T09:14:10+08:00

Coach, your job is one of the most important authority positions a young person will encounter and you have tremendous power to influence them...if you use it wisely. I know you care a lot about winning and I want you to keep that desire...it's a good thing! The video below is your first step toward that end. And when you're done with this video, go to this one where I will give you the shortcut secret to getting much more out of your athletes than you currently get. In this Article/Video you will learn about the Coaches: Develop Mental Strength In [...]

Coaches: One-size-fits-all philosophy doesn’t workCraig Sigl2018-02-27T09:14:10+08:00

Top Strategies To Replace Negative Thoughts In The Athletic Mind

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T12:24:13+08:00

Every athlete deals with negative thoughts or self talk as it's sometimes called. Even the best competitors on the planet have had their moments of fear, worry, and anxiety. You can take some comfort in the fact that you are in the same boat as your sports idols when it comes to doubting yourself and your abilities. Knowing that, don’t you feel better that your negativity is normal? But is it useful for you in sports? Obviously not so we need a plan and a mental game to conquer that and move ourselves into confidence or at least neutral consistency. I’ll [...]

Top Strategies To Replace Negative Thoughts In The Athletic MindCraig Sigl2016-01-14T12:24:13+08:00

Believing You Can Win Makes All The Difference

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T12:24:48+08:00

"Mental Toughness Academy" for youth sports. CLICK HERE for confidence for kids. "How To Be A Fearless Competitor"CLICK HERE Next-level training for adult athletes Transcript I once worked with a world class athlete who had competed at and then fallen out of the pro ranks and was trying to get back in. In fact, she had been going against the top players in the world in her sport 2 different times in her life. Both of those periods were for only a year or so and then her performances dropped and she was out. Everybody told her [...]

Believing You Can Win Makes All The DifferenceCraig Sigl2016-01-14T12:24:48+08:00

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