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Quickly Improve Your Performance in Sports

2015-09-04T06:53:46+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 Sports2015-09-04T06:53:46+08:00

How To Stop Bullying In Sports

2016-01-14T16:40:43+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 Sports2016-01-14T16:40:43+08:00

Raven Magwood teaches positive self talk statements

2014-09-05T06:52:21+08:00

Trembling, tremors, unsteadiness, body getting weak, pounding heart and sweating, these are just some of the symptoms that an athlete can feel when they are experiencing anxiety in sports. We all know how this can affect their focus and concentration during the competition causing them to lack confidence and lose the game. In this video Raven will discuss how an athlete can stay positive to overcome anxiety in sports performance. This is Part 2 of the interview series with Raven Magwood, a teenage author, motivational speaker, and TV talk show host. She is the author of the book, "On to Victory! [...]

Raven Magwood teaches positive self talk statements2014-09-05T06:52:21+08:00

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student Athletes

2017-10-18T21:06:11+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 book [...]

Raven Magwood – The Seven Practices Of Exceptional Student Athletes2017-10-18T21:06:11+08:00

Overcoming Perfectionism in Youth Sports

2016-01-14T16:42:32+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 have [...]

Overcoming Perfectionism in Youth Sports2016-01-14T16:42:32+08:00

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)

2016-01-14T16:42:49+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 some room [...]

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)2016-01-14T16:42:49+08:00

Improving Focus In Youth Sports Hockey

2016-01-14T16:43:14+08:00

This article will teach you how to improving focus in youth sports hockey. Whenever an athlete steps inside the arena, the loud roar of the people cheering either for their team or their opponent or coaches yelling at them at the middle of the game can get them out of focus, but it is critcal for them to keep their minds fixed on their goal. Improving Focus in Sports is one of the most important parts of mental training that should be trained during practice so you are ready before playing in the real game. This is Part 5 of a [...]

Improving Focus In Youth Sports Hockey2016-01-14T16:43:14+08:00

Sports Visualization

2016-01-14T16:43:31+08:00

Sports visualization is a one of the most powerful tools an athlete can use to play with a strong, focused mindset. Learn how to play ahead mentally, before the game starts and to execute your strategies in your mind before you actually play the actual game. This is Part 4 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 Jamie will share to us how he used sports visualization as an effective tool in improving his actual game performance. Before the [...]

Sports Visualization2016-01-14T16:43:31+08:00

Daring Greatly Takes Courage

2014-05-23T03:53:42+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 Courage2014-05-23T03:53:42+08:00

Performance Goal Setting for Youth Hockey

2015-04-06T01:58:48+08:00

Performance goal setting has a very important role in a kid’s preparation towards the game. As we all know, the goal is to win, but how they achieve it, depends on their attitude and determination. This is Part 3 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 will share with us what determination means and how it fueled him as a young player. “I ended up playing figure eight hockey, I had a couple of setbacks in minor hockey [...]

Performance Goal Setting for Youth Hockey2015-04-06T01:58:48+08:00

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