Tag: sports
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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…
