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3 Tips For Creating Sports Confidence

2015-05-12T04:46:20+08:00

How to Build Confidence as a Young Athlete, by James Leath   First of all, let’s decide something right now. You are not competing with anyone else, ever again. Starting now, your primary strategy is to make everyone else around you play at your level. You won’t make excuses; you’ll cause others to make them. You won’t play down to an opponent’s level; it’s up to them to play at yours. You won’t stop until the final whistle blows; you’ll go all out until the time runs out. If you can commit to that mentality, in practice and in competition, please keep reading.   [...]

3 Tips For Creating Sports Confidence2015-05-12T04:46:20+08:00

Craig Sigl Story: The Gift Of Pressure

2017-04-04T17:02:28+08:00

Have you had a major setback you need to come back from? Maybe facing a huge obstacle right now? I’m going to tell you a true story about overcoming adversity that turned into the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I began my toughness trainer career as a manager at a Fortune 500 company.  Now, Before becoming a manager, I was an hourly worker.  One day I’m a worker and the next day I’m a manager, just like that.  No training yet, no instructions, just these phrases from my boss: “Here’s your desk and office!” and "I’ll see you at [...]

Craig Sigl Story: The Gift Of Pressure2017-04-04T17:02:28+08:00

How To Handle Not Winning

2017-06-06T23:50:47+08:00

Before watching the video below, you should know that I don't believe in using the word "Losing" except to reference, FOR OTHERS, events when you don't win (so they know what you're talking about).  The  truth about a game, match or meet is that there is no real reason for athletes to use the word.   When asked (like by a parent) how an athlete did in a competition, they could easily answer with some of what I call "Deadly Accurate Truth" that sounds like this: "Our team didn't play as well as we normally do but I made some stellar plays, [...]

How To Handle Not Winning2017-06-06T23:50:47+08:00

4 Things Coaches Look For In Volleyball Tryouts

2015-04-12T00:16:55+08:00

What do volleyball coaches look for in team tryouts?  From my experience of coaching at the high school, club and collegiate level, there are three important categories at all levels: athleticism, skill and will. 1. Athleticism This has elements that can be trained and others that cannot.  For example, height cannot be affected by training regimens.  While height has its advantages in volleyball, it is never enough if the person does not possess the other elements, such as quickness, strength, and power. Also, it is no substitute for skill and will.  There were times when our club team, who’s tallest player [...]

4 Things Coaches Look For In Volleyball Tryouts2015-04-12T00:16:55+08:00

Gymnasts and Cheerleaders: Getting Over Fear

2015-04-05T19:25:44+08:00

Fear is a tricky subject all trackers, free runners, gymnasts, or any athlete has to face. Let me introduce myself. My name is Raven McCarthy from The Colony, TX. I do Freerunning, coaching, music, and run a parkour team in Dallas. I was a gymnast for nine years and a freerunner for five. Within those fourteen years I've seen and done a lot of things that aren't really about skill, but just a state of mind. As a coach I've developed a system for fear that I even use for myself. First thing is first; I go the mental route. I [...]

Gymnasts and Cheerleaders: Getting Over Fear2015-04-05T19:25:44+08:00

Mental Cross Training For Performance Breakthroughs

2015-04-04T22:23:17+08:00

As an athlete looking for tips and advice on how to get to the next level in your sport, you might be missing out on a very powerful resource that could give you an edge over your competition. You see, the typical athlete that I work with has a coach who has experience in that sport...great! Typical athlete also gets specific tutoring or classes in how to acquire certain skills. Also great! Here’s where I think athletes are missing out. They ignore lessons and learning that can be had from OTHER sports. For example. You may not really care about the [...]

Mental Cross Training For Performance Breakthroughs2015-04-04T22:23:17+08:00

Avoid overtraining. Relaxation is necessary for performance improvement

2017-04-04T20:23:28+08:00

Every athlete serious about getting to the next level is working hard on improving in their sport.  Most of the athletes I work with are students in high school and college with a full academic load on top of their practice and training regimen.   Many of them have packed schedules with barely enough time to eat 3 healthy meals and often short themselves on sleep hours during test crunch times. I have heard it and I get it. We are built for short-term periods of super productivity, yes.  When obligations and commitments are overwhelming, we have some built in mechanisms to [...]

Avoid overtraining. Relaxation is necessary for performance improvement2017-04-04T20:23:28+08:00

How To Coach U8 Soccer Practice

2015-02-22T20:15:53+08:00

Each age group of youth soccer teams comes with its own set of challenges and rewards. Here we will focus on a typical session for under 8 players, addressing their needs and learning styles in order to optimize their learning whilst maintaining a fun, engaging environment. Before we look at some practice session examples it’s important to try and understand the players we are working with a little bit better. So I will list some typical traits of players in this age bracket: In the early development stage of their soccer motor skills Short attention spans/ Easily distracted Learn best through [...]

How To Coach U8 Soccer Practice2015-02-22T20:15:53+08:00

3 Biggest Mistakes Volleyball Players Make In Training

2015-04-12T00:27:32+08:00

Training for any sport is a huge factor determining whether or not an athlete will be successful.  One of the biggest mistakes an athlete or a coach can make is not utilizing the principle of specificity, where the training must match the physical demands of the specific sport.   Volleyball is an anaerobic or stop and go sport requiring quickness, jumping, agility and explosiveness.   These types of activities require fast reaction time; movement speed and utilizing fast twitch muscle fibers. The physical training for volleyball needs to match these demands, so jumping activities, sprints and agility drills are important for success. [...]

3 Biggest Mistakes Volleyball Players Make In Training2015-04-12T00:27:32+08:00

The One Best Lesson a Coach Can Give the Team for the Season

2018-04-26T02:11:31+08:00

It has been said that athletics is a great developer and teacher of character. There is a great deal of truth in that statement, but it also is a great revealer of character. I’m sure there are numerous examples that come to mind when you think of high profile What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player -John Wooden athletes, in the professional, collegiate and the high school ranks with regard to this both positively and negatively.   With that being said, what is it that would seem to [...]

The One Best Lesson a Coach Can Give the Team for the Season2018-04-26T02:11:31+08:00

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