Craig Sigl, Author at Mental Toughness Trainer

Need To Boost Your Confidence In Sports?

Craig Sigl2017-09-28T19:52:45+08:00

I know exactly how an athlete feels when coach says you need more confidence if you want to be a valuable player. I have worked with hundreds of athletes who come to me with “lack of confidence” or “low confidence” in their sport. How is someone supposed to overcome that? Is low self confidence something that can be "fixed"? Well, what if I told you that the truth about Confidence is... You don’t need it. Not even a shred of it is necessary for brilliant performances in any sport or field. Yep, that’s right, you don’t need any confidence in order to [...]

Need To Boost Your Confidence In Sports?Craig Sigl2017-09-28T19:52:45+08:00

Coaching Confidence In Young Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:25:30+08:00

We have a guest post today from a renowned author and coach – John O’Sullivan. He is the man behind the book, Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids. His two decades of experience as a soccer player and coach for youth, high school, college, and professional level makes his book very valuable and informative. Hence, today we are lucky to hear words of great value from this very credible author. A lot of coaches see their young athletes improve and excel during practice games but all the [...]

Coaching Confidence In Young AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:25:30+08:00

Tips For College Athletic Scholarships

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:25:49+08:00

Ever wonder if your child has what it takes to get a college scholarship or even play at the college level? I bet the answer will surprise you. Learn from our expert college athletic recruiter, Tim Ryerson, what it takes. It is probably one of the most important things an athlete needs to figure out when they start the process before they start. Discover Are You Good Enough To Apply For An Athletic Scholarships? by watching the video below. You want to use some of the resources that you have available to you, so your high school coaches, [...]

Tips For College Athletic ScholarshipsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:25:49+08:00

How To Develop Confidence in Baseball – Learn from Pro Player

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:33:28+08:00

Most of us think that we already know what does mental toughness is, but the truth is we still needs to develop and learn. It's not about how young or how old you are, the real deal is have you develop your mental toughness on its peak. Discover Learn from Pro Baseball Player: How To Develop Mental Toughness by watching the video below. What mental toughness means is being able to overcome adversity, being able to be honest and truthful with yourself during failure. At the end of the day, youas a player want to be successful. You [...]

How To Develop Confidence in Baseball – Learn from Pro PlayerCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:33:28+08:00

How To Motivate Your Child Out Of A Slump

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:38:31+08:00

If you have a child in youth sports, then you know that kids sometimes get into a slump. The question is how to motivate your child out of that slump. The following is an excerpt from The Football Momʼs Survival Guide, but the truths are for every parent of a young athlete who struggles with lack of motivation. Itʼs not fun to watch your son struggle, fail, and suffer discouragement. If youʼre like me, you want to ﬁgure out how to make it better right away. Like putting a Band-Aid on a scrape, we want to ﬁnd an emotional Band-Aid [...]

How To Motivate Your Child Out Of A SlumpCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:38:31+08:00

Girls In Sports: Coming To Grips With Being Competitive

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:39:32+08:00

We, at the Mental Toughness Academy, want to support girls in sports and those girls owning their power! Today, we have a guest post from Dr. Andrea Corn, a sports psychologist and Ethan Skolnick, a sports columnist to give us some insights into the minds of female athletes they have worked with. As a child growing up outside of Pittsburgh in the 1980s and 1990s, Swin Cash wasn't that different from the boys of that time: She idolized Michael Jordan. Not only did she idolized him, she imitated him. "I remember him having these fierce, competitive eyes," she said recently. "I [...]

Girls In Sports: Coming To Grips With Being CompetitiveCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:39:32+08:00

How To Find Your Courage In Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:39:56+08:00

Taking risks is essential for a youth athlete's development and success at his or her chosen sport! Doing so will open up new opportunities to greatness! In every sport, there are times when you have to show up and perform under pressure or do something you don't normally do. This is the time to find your courage. It's there and you don't need any special superhero abilities to access it. Discover How Taking Risks Makes You A Better Youth Sports Athlete by watching the video below. In this video, Peter Vidmar, the highest scoring American gymnast in Olympic History, will [...]

How To Find Your Courage In SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:39:56+08:00

How To Build Self Esteem By Building Trust

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:40:14+08:00

Youth athletes need to build trust in themselves and their coaches to move up to the next level in their sport! Without trust, development is impossible! Just ask Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar. In this video, Peter shares how trusting his coach fully to teach him how to acquire new difficult moves and skills helped him gain self-esteem and confidence. We'd love to hear your thoughts about How To Build Self Esteem By Trusting Your Coach, please do leave a comment below! Early on I started to realize that Makoto Sakamoto, my coach, would never ask me to [...]

How To Build Self Esteem By Building TrustCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:40:14+08:00

Advice For Parents Involved In Sports By Olympic Gold Medalist

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:41:09+08:00

As a parent, you always want the best youth sports experience for your child. But do you often ask yourself where you should draw the line when it comes to your involvement in your youth athlete's sports training? Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar, who is also a parent of 5 athletes shares with you How Involved Parents Should Be In Youth Sports Training. He has his own kids in school and I'm sure it would be tempting for someone as accomplished as Peter to want to step in and tell your kids what you think they need to do before [...]

Advice For Parents Involved In Sports By Olympic Gold MedalistCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:41:09+08:00

How Goal Setting In Sports Training Makes You A Better Athlete

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:12:03+08:00

Yes, your youth sports athlete knows how to prepare for competition, but can you say that they are mentally-equipped to face the monotony of everyday training? In this video, Peter Vidmar, the highest scoring American gymnast in Olympic history, shares his experience on how goal setting has helped him be a more effective gymnast both in training and in competition. Read on to know more about How Goal Setting In Sports Training Makes You A Better Athlete. The best mental preparation is physical preparation. If I prepare physically and do everything I am supposed to do, I earn [...]

How Goal Setting In Sports Training Makes You A Better AthleteCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:12:03+08:00

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