Category: Athlete Mindset
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Attachment to Sports (Therapy)
In general therapy, there is a concept called “Attachment” that develops from the time you are born and shapes how you view and navigate relationships well into your adulthood and beyond. There are four kinds: Secure, Anxious, Avoidant and Disorganized. They all characterize vastly different ways of viewing both you and others in relationships of…
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Parents in Sports – A Role More Important Than You Know For Developing A Young Athlete
As I observe and help individuals and teams, there is one thing that I can bet on: harmful parents making themselves more important than the game being played. More times than not, there is a parent yelling at their kid as if they do not know how to play the game, or coach them from…
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Why Have My Kids Do Mental Training For Sports?
I sat with this question after talking to one of my former college football coaches. I reflected on my time in sports coming up and mapping out the state in which sports are now. The bottom line is more times than not, the sport is more of a job, than a life enriching aspect of…
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Growth Vs. Fixed Mindset
Let’s get to the basics… I mentally walked through all of my conversations at the end of the week and realized a theme of processing style was underlying a lot of them. Furthermore, I stated to pull apart what was beneficial to these people and what was not beneficial in terms of progress and development.…
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For the Athletes: How Important Is the Mental Side of the Game?
Have you watched interviews of players in the last year? One thing that has stood out, is mental health and the mental side of sports has become more important to the game and player development. These are pro athletes, who are at the top of the game, giving insight into something they do to put…
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Football Season Is Upon Us
I played football through most of my life up to this point. As I begin to study the deeper parts of athletic mindsets and all that it involves, I realize how useful support systems are when helping an athlete through camp and even more through season. As a support system, the most helpful or damaging…
