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Quickly Improve Your Performance in Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:05+08:00

Although we focus mainly on the mental aspects of the game, our passion is to bring you up-to-date information to help you improve in all areas of playing your sport. So today we have a guest post from Dr. Larry Van Such, a Speed Training Coach, on how to quickly improve your performance. Besides who doesn't want to learn how you can Run Faster, Jump Higher, and Out Hit Your Opponents? Speed is crucial for anyone who wants to advance their athletic career, win more games, or just make the team. However, athletes are often frustrated in their attempts to get [...]

Quickly Improve Your Performance in SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:21:05+08:00

Mental Toughness Quotes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:06:08+08:00

Need inspiration or motivation? Check out these mental toughness quotes... It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ~ Edmund Hillary, was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness. ~ Debi Thomas You have to have the mentality of executing your game when you don’t feel like there’s a lot of hope. I think the best feeling is when somebody pushes you to the limit and you dig down a little bit extra. By the same token, you also need a little luck. Sometimes they come together. [...]

Mental Toughness QuotesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T23:06:08+08:00

Mind Body Training System For Sports Excellence

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:11:26+08:00

As we all know, both athletes young and old face emotions such as stress, anxiety and anger. When these emotions are stirred up, certain muscles stiffen in the shoulders, chest and elsewhere which can interfere with comfortable breathing and lead to performance declines. Today we have a guest post from movement specialist, Ed Barrera who will share with you some information and tips to help you change your bodies response to stress and anxiety. We can use our internal biofeedback system using mind body training exercises of our own sensory motor system to improve breathing, mental sharpness and lead us [...]

Mind Body Training System For Sports ExcellenceCraig Sigl2020-09-30T23:11:26+08:00

Conquering Fear By Letting Go Of “I”

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:28:46+08:00

You may not hear this approach for conquering fear in many sports psychologist offices or read it in a psychology book, because I learned this simple but powerful technique from doing yoga. I am Wendy Lynne, the Director of Mental Toughness Academy. I have been practicing this new approach for conquering fear and anxiety for myself and have found it to be amazingly effective and powerful. So I wanted to share it with you! It could be just another tool or approach you use to deal with any performance anxiety or fear. Yoga is more than just another way to move [...]

Conquering Fear By Letting Go Of “I”Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:28:46+08:00

The Power of Positive Thoughts In Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:31:10+08:00

We hear from youth sports parents all the time at the Mental Toughness Academy, who worry that their child, "uses such negative self talk" or "beats her self up all the time". I think this is an important issue parents need to address. Negative thoughts and beliefs don't normally "go away" without perspective and retraining our minds. Welcome to the Mental Toughness Academy! I'm Wendy Lynne, the Director of the Academy. Today we wanted to share with you the importance of using positive thoughts in sports and some tips you can use to help your child after a mistake or choke. [...]

The Power of Positive Thoughts In SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T23:31:10+08:00

The Power Of Intention

Craig Sigl2014-07-24T06:05:32+08:00

I wanted to share with you a personal story of a friend of mine that illustrates the power of intention and making a decision. I felt so moved by his story, I sent it to my son and suggest you share it with your kids as well... I'm going to confess to you. You won't find me telling this story often except to help out others. In high school I was a "C" student. "C" is an average grade, yet I was in the bottom 1/3 of my high school class. School was not very interesting to me. Martial arts was [...]

The Power Of IntentionCraig Sigl2014-07-24T06:05:32+08:00