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How To Get Back In The Game When Sitting The Bench – Part 1

Craig Sigl2021-02-18T07:53:29+08:00

How To Get Back In The Game Welcome to the Mental Toughness Academy! Many athletes are frustrated by having to sit the bench. In this video, Craig, the Mental Toughness Trainer, explains how to get back in the game when you just sitting the bench... Is your athlete tired of sitting on the bench? Stop worrying! There are many stories of famous athletes who were bench-warmers for quite some time, before they got their chance and all of them had one thing in common...they didn't give up! It is never "fun", but there are lessons that can be [...]

How To Get Back In The Game When Sitting The Bench – Part 1Craig Sigl2021-02-18T07:53:29+08:00

Using Positive Self Talk In Sports

Craig Sigl2014-06-13T02:00:32+08:00

Welcome to the Mental Toughness Academy! Craig, the mental toughness trainer teaches a group of football players the importance of using positive self talk to get their game to the next level. “This is a big deal. I want us really locked in on this meeting. I want us getting better because of it. We all need this. I’m going to introduce a guy here. His name is Craig Sigl. He is a Mental Toughness Trainer. We got to get ready. We got to get better up here. Let’s go and let’s listen to what he said. And let’s take some [...]

Using Positive Self Talk In SportsCraig Sigl2014-06-13T02:00:32+08:00

Dehydration Is A Major Cause Of Loss Of Focus

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T17:53:01+08:00

Do you remember the tragic story of Korey Stringer, the football player from Ohio State who died from dehydration? Welcome to the Mental Toughness Academy! I'm Craig Sigl, the Mental Toughness Trainer for youth athletes. Not drinking enough water is a serious problem in today's society and not just in the sports world. I wanted to make sure I addressed this issue in our blog to emphasize the importance to parents and coaches of the need to pay attention to sports dehydration symptoms. What a lot of people don't know is that Dehydration can be a major cause [...]

Dehydration Is A Major Cause Of Loss Of FocusCraig Sigl2016-01-14T17:53:01+08:00

Mark Herzlich All Amercian Cancer Survivor on 60 Minutes

Craig Sigl2017-10-18T01:10:05+08:00

Here is an amazing example of how mental toughness and hard work will lead to success against the odds... The TV show 60 Minutes featured Mark Herzlich, former All American. Notice in the interview, his single minded devotion to his goal of playing in the NFL - he does not even let cancer stop him! He bets on himself to keep playing football, even when the doctors gave him an easier option for his leg to recover. Beating the odds in a fight against a deadly cancer for most people would mean just staying alive. For Mark Herzlich, who was diagnosed [...]

Mark Herzlich All Amercian Cancer Survivor on 60 MinutesCraig Sigl2017-10-18T01:10:05+08:00

Sometimes It Is TOUGH Being A Sports Parent

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T17:57:43+08:00

Welcome to the Mental Toughness Academy! I'm Craig Sigl, the Mental Toughness Trainer. I have two teenage boys myself that play sports, so I get it how hard parental involvement is in youth sports! It requires a lot of balance between cheerleading them on and keeping your mouth shut, because none of us want to be perceived as those overbearing parents in sports! Do you ever have those times with your young athlete that it seems like no matter what you do or say, it's going to be wrong or make things worse? I've been there myself with my kids. I've [...]

Sometimes It Is TOUGH Being A Sports ParentCraig Sigl2016-01-14T17:57:43+08:00

Motivational Coach Speeches to Pump You Up for Sports

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T18:01:58+08:00

Welcome to the Mental Toughness Academy! I'm Craig Sigl, the Mental Toughness Trainer for youth athletes. We are all are inspired by great motivational speeches, aren't we? Hollywood has done a great job of allowing us glimpses into the locker rooms to see how coaches use motivational speeches to pump the athletes up. We put together this compilation of some of our favorite motivational coach speeches from some of our favorite sports movies. We thought you also could use these motivational coach speeches to help teach your youth athlete's mental toughness... No use in denying it! Hollywood does a great [...]

Motivational Coach Speeches to Pump You Up for SportsCraig Sigl2016-01-14T18:01:58+08:00