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How To Get A Confident Shooting Hand In Basketball

Craig Sigl2020-09-29T03:36:32+08:00

Michael, a 16 year old basketball player has finally made the varsity team at his high school. He lives, eats, and breathes basketball following his favorite stars in the NBA and College. His dream is to play for UNC like his hero Michael Jordan whom his parents were inspired to name him after. Michael has everything going for him - height, speed, quickness and a great shot that he has practiced for uncountable hours since he started specializing in basketball 2 years ago. In pickup games, Michael is amazing and nobody can guard him as he makes just about everything [...]

How To Get A Confident Shooting Hand In BasketballCraig Sigl2020-09-29T03:36:32+08:00

8 Great Things About Getting A Bad Youth Sports Coach

Craig Sigl2021-02-18T07:43:50+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 CoachCraig Sigl2021-02-18T07:43:50+08:00

The Secret To Coming Back From Defeat

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T02:38:27+08:00

Why do you think some athletes can suffer defeat after defeat and never let it slow them down, while other players lose all confidence over one mistake? Here is the article of The Secret To Coming Back From Defeat. The true answer is that there are many variables BUT, the most common reason for this difference can be summed up in one word: FEAR. Particularly, fear of failure in all its forms. I often teach that the difference between elite athletes and lesser athletes is that elite athletes want to win and they might even hate losing…but they aren’t afraid of [...]

The Secret To Coming Back From DefeatCraig Sigl2020-09-30T02:38:27+08:00

The Ways Athletes Improve Confidence

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T13:07:39+08:00

Do you lack of confidence in your sport? Learn from our guest Mental coach expert, Gene Zanetti, "The Ways Athletes Improve Confidence". Coaches always tell you to just be confident and to just believe in yourself, but they never tell you actually how to do it. A lot of it is because they were not formally trained in how to do it themselves. The first thing is to realize it is not something you have to have it or you don’t. You can learn it. Most people don’t realize that, yes, you can build confidence with the right exercises. [...]

The Ways Athletes Improve ConfidenceCraig Sigl2016-01-14T13:07:39+08:00

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

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

The Importance Of Setting Goals

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:22:58+08:00

The Importance of Setting Goals - You talk to just about anyone who is very successful in sports and they will tell you the importance of setting goals…objectives that dictate the direction you want to travel. Goals are an important aspect of success, as they represent not only the starting point of one’s journey but also the end result after all the hard work, dedication, commitment, sacrifice, etc., one puts in. In short, goals are a point in the future where one wants to be; a firm place to reach for even higher levels of accomplishment—one’s next goal…or set of [...]

The Importance Of Setting GoalsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:22:58+08:00