Tag: athlete
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What is the point of breathing?
Weird title right? But, any athlete, any person who has been told to take a deep breath has probably asked themselves this question. We typically hear, “breathe in your nose and out of your mouth” which is very much correct but the proper way to do so, and why, helps make the technique more effective.…
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Meaning of An Athlete
“What does that mean to you?” Is usually where I get blank or confused looks from athletes talking about experiences and thoughts. The meaning we attach to experiences, shape our automatic thoughts. Our automatic thoughts, form our athlete self reaction and processing of competition and adversity. We need our automatic thoughts to align with our…
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Simple Tricks to Instill Confidence
This is something that I learned while in grad school to become a therapist. We learn tid bits of information along the way that, in the moment don’t seem too big of a deal but as you begin to work with others, it suddenly becomes a growing problem in one’s mindset and inability to face…
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9 Attributes of an Elite Athlete
One of the chapters in my recently finished book (still working on publishing) outlines in detail, nine attributes of elite athletes that summarizes what I have experienced in others that I have played with, worked with and done research on. These nine attributes are things that I eventually help my clients to understand and implement…
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Athlete mindset book?
Yes, I just recently finished a book aiming to help athletes begin the journey of having their mindset and internal athlete help their physical performance. In therapy, the goal is to get the internal athlete to match the needs of the physical athlete. This prevents silly mistakes, emotional blowouts and becoming an athlete that is…
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Athletes and Therapy
It has been a while since I have posted on the site. It comes with a simple but very reasonable explanation: I have been writing a book. This is a collection of personal experience in sports, helping others in sports and the research I rabbit holed myself into. Since writing the book, I have felt…
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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…
