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How To Stop Bullying In Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:18+08:00

Bullying happens in and out of school and certainly in sports these days. Kids who experience bullying can easily develop an inferiority complex. How To Stop Bullying In Sports is an important question that needs answers fast. According to Alfred Adler, inferiority complex is when "the feeling of inferiority is highly intensified to the degree that the child believes that he will never be able to compensate for his weakness". So how do we stop bullying in sports? Check out Part 3 of the series interview with Raven Magwood, a teenage author, motivational speaker and TV talk show host, who gives [...]

How To Stop Bullying In SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:18+08:00

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:50+08:00

Raven Magwood is a teenage author, motivational speaker, and TV talk show host. At 19 years old, she has accomplished more than most do in their lifetime. When she was just 11 years old, she was a national gymnastics champion and published her first book, On to Victory! The Winning Edge. By 13, she had published her second book, Double-Sided that is being made into a movie. At 15, she was a state titleholder in track-and-field competing nationally. At 16, she had graduated from high school number one in her class with a 5.1 GPA. Now, she has a new [...]

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:50+08:00

Overcoming Perfectionism in Youth Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:22:05+08:00

Perfectionism is often revered in our culture and can be a good thing in small, healthy doses. All too often though, we see athletes who aim to do everything flawlessly and are not happy unless they play the game perfectly. Traits of perfectionism often include being overly critical in self-evaluation, setting excessively high achievement standards and feeling like a failure if certain levels of success are not achieved. What goes along with the belief that you can be perfect is the thought that you can always be doing something “better” or “doing more.” Perfectionists are great at seeing details, but [...]

Overcoming Perfectionism in Youth SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:22:05+08:00

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:24:07+08:00

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of an athlete’s positive self image and to consider various ways for an athlete to portray a positive image. Whether an athlete is competing in an individual sport or a team sport, his/her image is an essential component of how he/she is perceived by others which may determine whether an opportunity to compete at the next level is offered or not. Aspiring elite-level athletes all across the world are presently training hard and dedicating themselves to reaching mastery skill levels. Although these athletes are most often intrinsically motivated, there is [...]

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:24:07+08:00

Daring Greatly Takes Courage

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:25:35+08:00

This article is about of daring greatly takes courage. With all the crazy weather, the shooting tragedies and the stress and strain of the holidays, I thought it was the perfect time to get us all inspired and out of our fears and worries. What better way than to DARE GREATLY. In her new book, researcher professor, Brené Brown explains how the concept of“scarcity thrives in a culture where everyone is hyper-aware of lack and fear.” That causes us to spend unreasonable amounts of time calculating how much we have, want and don’t have, and how much everyone else has, needs [...]

Daring Greatly Takes CourageCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:25:35+08:00

How To Build Self Confidence In Hockey

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:18:24+08:00

Confidence in sports is one of the things that kids struggle against within themselves throughout their childhood. When they lose their confidence, it can causes the child to feel like a failure and lose the game. This can leave them with a painful experience that they can carry with them throughout their entire sports careers. This is Part 2 of a series from an interview with Jamie McKinven, who is the author of the book, "So You Want Your Kid To Play Pro Hockey?" In this video, Jaymie shares with us his biggest frustration as an athlete and how he [...]

How To Build Self Confidence In HockeyCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:18:24+08:00

Character Building In Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:18:43+08:00

Building a young athlete's character is influenced by the people they deal with in their chosen sport, like their coaches, team mates and parents. Character gets further developed along the way as they mature and discover things on their own--which is exactly why character building in sports is important. Every time you are allow yourself to stay in and work through a difficulty, you are building character. When you go these trials and tribulations and things are difficult, try to remember "Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" to help you get in the right from of mind to learn [...]

Character Building In SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:18:43+08:00

The Power Of Your Unconscious Mind: Unlock It, Master it. Now!

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:19:22+08:00

Did you know that only 3% of your brain’s processing power, is used by your conscious mind and the other 97% is subconscious, unconscious, autonomic, automatic. Isn't that amazing! For instance, you don’t have to think about how to breath, blink your eyes or move your arm right? All these things happen on automatic pilot. Scientists have found that the power of your unconscious mind is perhaps a million times greater than that of your conscious mind. So imagine how powerful you would be if you get their unconscious mind onboard with your intention and will. We normally try to make [...]

The Power Of Your Unconscious Mind: Unlock It, Master it. Now!Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:19:22+08:00

How To Teach Kids Positive Self-Talk: A Child’s Emotional Bulletproof Vest

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:19:47+08:00

Kids are constantly being bombarded with negative messages from the media, their peers and sometimes even coaches that hurt their confidence and destroy their self esteem. As parents we all wonder what we can and should do about it? Well we have some "easy to implement" solutions for you from Devin Hughes. He is a former college basketball player, motivational speaker and author, who learned from his own life lessons the power of positive self talk. In this article he shares with you how to teach children positive self talk to use as an "Emotional Bulletproof Vest." Let us know [...]

How To Teach Kids Positive Self-Talk: A Child’s Emotional Bulletproof VestCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:19:47+08:00

Athlete Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn’t Work Hard

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:37:12+08:00

A lot of kids think that an athlete has to have extraordinary talent to get to the top of the sports world. Well you might be surprised by expert strength conditioning coach, Kurt Hester's belief that hard work beats talent, when that talent doesn't work hard. Kurt grew up in South Louisiana and learned a very young age that he would have to work to help his family out financially. Here is his inspiring story... I was raised by a single mom and started mowing lawns and washing cars around our neighborhood at the age of twelve to help buy food, [...]

Athlete Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn’t Work HardCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:37:12+08:00