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How To Develop Perseverance For Youth Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:30:20+08:00

Hard work in sports? It is tough for most young athletes to understand the benefits of hard work. In the next video, in the series of interviews with Raven Magwood, she shares her secrets to getting herself to put in the hard work to be successful in sports and in life. You definitely have to work on perseverance. I tell parents and student athletes this all the time, "Do not try to make your life easy. Put yourself in situations where you are forced to grow and you are forced to learn something about yourself. " We do [...]

How To Develop Perseverance For Youth AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:30:20+08:00

Addiction To Energy Drink Health Risks

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T16:37:45+08:00

Addiction to Energy Drink Health Risks Courtesy of: Therapeutic Boarding Schools For Teens - TheFamilyCompass.com If you missed the article on Healthy Meals To Feed Your Athletes Before A Big Event, by sure to check it out by clicking here.

Addiction To Energy Drink Health RisksCraig Sigl2016-01-14T16:37:45+08:00

Are You Mentally Tough?

Craig Sigl2021-09-30T03:11:40+08:00

What is the biggest hurdle for student athletes that holds them back from performing and achieving their best? When an athlete is experiencing a lot of things that are too much for him/her to handle they become overwhelmed, it easily affects their performance, either in school, sports or in other aspects of their life. Sometimes, this overwhelm of life causes him/her to give up or perform less in all areas and their response will depend on how mentally tough they are? Today we are featuring Part 7 of a series of interviews with Raven Magwood, a teenage author, motivational speaker, and [...]

Are You Mentally Tough?Craig Sigl2021-09-30T03:11:40+08:00

Lacrosse Mental Game Tactics

Craig Sigl2022-09-20T09:26:33+08:00

The sport of lacrosse is exploding across the country in popularity and so we wanted to share with you an article by Gavin Kent, a sports hypnotist who coaches junior and professional athletes on mental game tactics for lacrosse. Why Mental Toughness Is Important For Lacrosse... The wide-open, fast paced nature of lacrosse rewards creativity and ingenuity. A variety of different looks, plays and schemes, require an adaptable game plan and dynamic strategies and tactics. Above all, lacrosse demands explosive athleticism combined with a high level of Mental Toughness! I interviewed a wide range of high school and college lacrosse coaches, [...]

Lacrosse Mental Game TacticsCraig Sigl2022-09-20T09:26:33+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

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

How To Trust Your Skills – Pressure Tip #6

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:21:23+08:00

Our final Pressure Tip of the series is about developing trust even under pressure for better sports performances. In this final video of the Pressure Tips series, we share a technique to TRUST your skills right at the moment of competing... You start by coming up with a sentence to say or sing out loud while performing your desired action. What you say doesn't have to have anything to do with your sport. You could sing your favorite line from a hip-hop song or repeat a phrase. Sound crazy? Watch the video to learn why it works! Click on [...]

How To Trust Your Skills – Pressure Tip #6Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:21:23+08:00

How To Focus Better In Competition – Pressure Tip #5

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:27:26+08:00

Today's pressure tips help you learn how to focus better in competition. When you do that, your mind is occupied and distracted away from the pressure. This video gives you ideas on how to direct your focus... Can you keep your focus in the moment of pressure and ignore distractions? The first step is to pick a small target and then put your center of attention completely on it. That means focusing all of your mental energy on the spot you want the ball/puck to go or in some cases, the ball coming at you. You can practice this at home [...]

How To Focus Better In Competition – Pressure Tip #5Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:27:26+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 Importance of Being Mentally Strong to Get a Sports Scholarship

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T23:32:23+08:00

As parents of athletes, we all have in the back of our mind "Wouldn't it be great if Johnny could get a sports scholarship to college" - right?!? Having the right natural abilities is definitely the first step, but there are a lot of gifted athletes competing for athletic scholarships. The following is a guest post discussing how mental toughness is the key ingredient. The Importance of Building Mental Strength to get a Sports Scholarship If you are looking to learn more about scholarships and how you can train your student athlete to receive one, you need to realize that [...]

The Importance of Being Mentally Strong to Get a Sports ScholarshipCraig Sigl2020-09-30T23:32:23+08:00

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