Craig Sigl, Author at Mental Toughness Trainer

How To Overcome Fear And Build Confidence For Youth Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:49+08:00

Today we have another article from Ethan J. Skolnick Lead Sports Writer covering the Miami Heat and the NBA and Dr. Andrea Corn a licensed psychologist. In this video, they share tips on how to overcome fear and build confidence for youth athletes. You want to be able to motivate youth athletes to overcome fear and build confidence by being helpful and making constructive suggestions, because intimidation and belittling is not going to be effective at all. It is very important for parents who may believe their child is talented, or even for the coach who is trying [...]

How To Overcome Fear And Build Confidence For Youth AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:49+08:00

Success In Sports – Smell The Roses

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T02:51:14+08:00

When talking about winning in sports, it seems like all the messages are about struggle, fight, win! Yes, you hear about how the “struggle” brings you happiness and fame. But how often do you hear the message find the happiness and joy in what you have right now. I recently read an article that talked about how so much of life is about finding the lemonade in the bag of lemons that you are handed right now. The difference from all the other inspirational messages is that it stressed seeing your successes in sports in the here and now. Success [...]

Success In Sports – Smell The RosesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T02:51:14+08:00

How To Use The Power Of Visualization In Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T02:51:36+08:00

Visualization is one of the most powerful techniques an athlete can use on a regular basis. Discover techniques from Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar How To Use The Power of Visualization In Sports by watching the video below. Every morning I would always do a little workout. A little run, a little jog, I'll talk more in detail about that later. At the end of that, I would mentally review my routines. I would close my eyes and here is another thing about mental preparation. You can visualize yourself performing a skill in two different ways. One is to [...]

How To Use The Power Of Visualization In SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T02:51:36+08:00

10,000 Hour Rule – The Talent Code

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T02:52:22+08:00

We watch professional athletes and anyone who has made it to the top of their profession and they make it look easy. I was amazed to learn when I first read Malcom Gladwell's book about the 10,000 hour rule. Many coaches, parents, and athletes have heard at some point throughout their involvement in sport that 10 years and 10,000 hours of practice are required in order to become an elite athlete. The 10 year / 10,000 hour rule, as it has come to be known, is prominent in popular “talent” books such as Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, The Talent Code by [...]

10,000 Hour Rule – The Talent CodeCraig Sigl2020-09-30T02:52:22+08:00

The Outlier Effect: Building Confidence in Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T02:52:51+08:00

In our first article, we defined athletic confidence, and discussed many forms of interference when building confidence in sports, including excessive praise, lack of competence, fear of failure and poor adult mentorship. One additional hidden factor, coined “The Outlier Effect” by author Malcolm Gladwell, can be one of the most devastating confidence crushers, through no fault of your athletes at all. One of our biggest problems in youth sports, and early education for that matter, is that we have institutionalized and streamlined our registration protocols into yearlong time blocks. We organize children chronologically instead of developmentally. While this certainly makes it [...]

The Outlier Effect: Building Confidence in SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T02:52:51+08:00

Effective Communication Skills Is The Key To Success

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T02:55:42+08:00

Today we have a special guest post from Ethan J. Skolnick Lead Writer covering the Miami Heat and the NBA and Dr. Andrea Corn a licensed psychologist to talk about effective communication skills. They offer some excellent advice and insights some that is shared in the Effective Communication Skills video below. There’s going to be good reasons why children do leave organized sports at the age of 13. It is a pivotal age. You are shifting from elementary to middle school. You are at the cusp of adolescence, early adolescence and puberty. There are many changes going on, [...]

Effective Communication Skills Is The Key To SuccessCraig Sigl2020-09-30T02:55:42+08:00

What Grades Do I Need For A Sports Scholarship?

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:02:48+08:00

Your athletes definitely need to be physically qualified to be eligible to play on college and have a sports scholarship or athletic scholarship. But there is a big competition among athletes for scholarship, so academics is very important too. If you have low grades on your high school, you are cutting your chances in half right off the bat. Learn here on what exactly the grades you need to qualify on a college sports scholarship by watching this video. Please share your thoughts at the comments box below, we’d love to hear what you have to say! We [...]

What Grades Do I Need For A Sports Scholarship?Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:02:48+08:00

Are You Good Enough For A College Sports Scholarship?

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:05+08:00

Almost every athletic child is aspiring to have a college sports scholarship. It is very important to prepare at very early age and examine oneself if deserving to have a certain opportunity. Now, evaluate yourself if you are good enough for a college sports scholarships by watching this video. Please share your thoughts at the comments box below, we’d love to hear what you have to say! It is probably one of the most important things an athlete needs to figure out when they start the process before they start. You want to use some of the resources [...]

Are You Good Enough For A College Sports Scholarship?Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:05+08:00

Why Mental Skills Training Is Critical to Become a Pro

Craig Sigl2015-09-04T06:57:35+08:00

The confidence that comes from being mentally tough is so important in any sport, including baseball. And like any other skills, you will have to work on mental skills training. Without it, it is very difficult to overcome those failures, which obviously, nothing in life is failure. It is all a stepping stone and lesson to be learned. To be in professional sports and to have so many athletes who are jealous of where you are at or in direct competition with you to make the big leagues; where obviously, there is big money to be made when you [...]

Why Mental Skills Training Is Critical to Become a ProCraig Sigl2015-09-04T06:57:35+08:00

What Does Being Mentally Strong Lead To?

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:27+08:00

Being mentally strong really means you are able to overcome adversity, able to be honest and truthful with yourself during failure, and able to overcome coaches or players who do not have your best intentions at heart or in mind. You’re going to get a lot of coaches who have the mentality of dealing with players in an abusive manner – mentally abusive, emotionally abusive, and psychologically abusive. Neither does this abuse create successful athletes nor does it build confidence. All such techniques just make the player mentally weak. You really have to have a strong core to be [...]

What Does Being Mentally Strong Lead To?Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:03:27+08:00

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