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What To Do When The Nerves Get To You In Sports Competition

2017-09-28T20:55:18+08:00

Ok, this is part 6 of our series of techniques and strategies for how to play your best game even when under pressure.  Let’s quickly review the first 5 tactics shall we? 1. Mentally rehearse being in pressured situations. Plan how you will think at that moment and imagine perfect execution of your skills. 2. Get in the present moment directing your mind to your senses 3. Use comparisons of bigger things in your life to reduce the importance of the event. 4. Have one thing to lock your eyes and mind onto 5. Build trust by using your phrase to [...]

What To Do When The Nerves Get To You In Sports Competition2017-09-28T20:55:18+08:00

How To Stop Sabotaging Your Performance Under Pressure

2017-09-28T20:53:49+08:00

Pressure tip #5. When athletes or other performers are just about to do their thing under extreme pressure of having to execute their skills, a curious thing happens… A part of your mind tries to take over and guide you to do it correctly. It wants to make sure that you have covered all of your bases and considered everything that needs to be done.   If it isn’t bringing you thoughts about your opponent, then maybe it’s reminding you that you have to hold your arm a certain way or make some specific movement your coach reminded you about last week. [...]

How To Stop Sabotaging Your Performance Under Pressure2017-09-28T20:53:49+08:00

Pressure Tip #1: What The Best Clutch Players Have In Common

2017-09-28T19:18:41+08:00

Michael Jordan Lionel Messi in soccer, Tom Brady in football, Mr. October Reggie Jackson in baseball, Michael Jordan in basketball, Patrick Roy in Hockey… What do these athletes have in common?  They are all clutch players who have come through under pressure more than most. Now, you may think that athletes like this are just blessed with some kind of mental ability the rest of us don’t have…and that’s just not true. Here’s the real truth… When you look at stats of world-class athletes in all sports, even those greats I just mentioned, you will find that they actually [...]

Pressure Tip #1: What The Best Clutch Players Have In Common2017-09-28T19:18:41+08:00

Mind Racing Under Pressure? – Drive It!

2017-09-28T19:19:36+08:00

Trouble with video? Click Here To Watch on Youtube Transcript: Like a race car is designed to drive, your mind is designed to think.  When coaches and others give you well-intentioned advice to "stop over thinking," they don't realize how futile this directive is.  How do you stop over thinking? I guess you could go to the Himalayas and meditate with some Buddhist monks for a few years and you might learn it.  Don't get me wrong, meditation is a good thing and I practice it regularly but it's still very difficult for me to slow or stop over thinking...and that's [...]

Mind Racing Under Pressure? – Drive It!2017-09-28T19:19:36+08:00

Get Perspective to Diminish Pressure

2017-09-28T19:55:27+08:00

Let me remind you from my first pressure tip that pressure affects ALL athletes negatively, even world-class athletes.  It tenses you up and hurts your ability to think strategically.  If you want to perform better, you want to minimize those effects, right? Why do us athletes feel pressure in the first place? What is pressure and where does it come from?  Simply put, as humans, we attach more meaning, more importance on certain events than other events in our life. Here’s a simple example in sports: a baseball pitcher throwing a ball in practice is not near as important as throwing [...]

Get Perspective to Diminish Pressure2017-09-28T19:55:27+08:00

Extreme Focus To Deal With Pressure

2017-09-28T19:54:01+08:00

Today I’ve got Technique #4 for How to perform brilliantly under pressure. Have you gotten the idea from me yet that the key to performing under pressure is to prepare for and practice mental skills BEFORE you ever get to the pressure situation? I’m still amazed that in this day and age there are athletes wanting to get to the next level of their sport and they do next to nothing for their mental game.   Sports psychology is now a science, it’s not a bunch of quotes from successful athletes.  You may be blessed with a mind that is wired to [...]

Extreme Focus To Deal With Pressure2017-09-28T19:54:01+08:00

What Parents Need To Know About College Recruiting

2016-01-14T11:45:09+08:00

The college experience is, in many cases, the most important four years in our children’s lives, as it will shape their personal and professional direction for a lifetime. That being said, securing admission to a college or university that best match a student’s desires, strengths, and aspirations is essential. Student-athletes bring a unique quality to the table when it comes to college admissions. They offer a “special talent” that can improve the institution’s visibility and raise the level of popularity among future attendees. College officials understand this and in many cases, offer strong support to student-athletes both in admissions and financial [...]

What Parents Need To Know About College Recruiting2016-01-14T11:45:09+08:00

3 Best Exercises for Off Ice Hockey Training

2015-04-06T01:57:03+08:00

Coach Nye Talks Hockey… The ‘How To’ to better development of a hockey player can be very complicated.  There are so many off ice hockey instructions and exercises out there we wonder who to believe. When I am speaking to young hockey players I always suggest keeping things to the basic movements in hockey which include certain muscle groups. You can't go wrong with these: The muscle groups I am speaking of are, stomach (core), quads (major muscle in the leg) and your hamstrings. Of course there are minor muscles that are used as well which is explained in each of [...]

3 Best Exercises for Off Ice Hockey Training2015-04-06T01:57:03+08:00

What is a sports psychologist and is coach a decent substitute?

2016-01-14T11:46:52+08:00

In plain language, sports psychologists are coaches who consult and train athletes on improving their mental game. This new type of coaching only began in the 1970’s and has quickly bloomed into a huge part of the sports world.  Professional sports teams often employ sports psychologists to help even the highest level athletes reach their potential. Some coaches are very aware that they are not trained and do not have the skills to be able to work with a player’s mental game.  Most coaches simply do not have the time to deal with it.  You may get excellent advice from a [...]

What is a sports psychologist and is coach a decent substitute?2016-01-14T11:46:52+08:00

What values can our young athletes learn from sports

2016-01-14T11:51:36+08:00

“Hello, this is Craig Sigl, how can I help you?” I said as I answered the phone. The sports mom on the other end of the line went on to tell me about her 15 year old daughter who plays softball for club and high school. She went on to tell me how she has paid a lot of money for private hitting coaching, league fees, transportation and everything else that goes along with today’s select sports experience.  And, how frustrated she was at how her daughter “just doesn’t seem to want to listen to anybody. Her coach tells her to [...]

What values can our young athletes learn from sports2016-01-14T11:51:36+08:00

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