Prime Sport: Triumph of the Athlete Mind (Podcast)
Drawing on his own elite athletic experience and decades of consulting with professional, Olympic, and junior-elite athletes, Dr. Taylor demonstrates the importance of mental preparation for sports performance. This podcast, based on his book, Train Your Mind for Athletic Success: Mental Preparation to Achieve Your Sports Goals, focuses on five mental “muscles” that most influence […]
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How to Support Your Young Ski Racers at the End of the Season
The conclusion of a race season can be a time of excitement, relief, and suffering for parents. The excitement comes when your young ski racers have just concluded a season that exceeded their expectations. The sense of pride and satisfaction can be palatable and reinforces why you have your children in our oh-so-demanding sport. The […]
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Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child (Podcast)
Based on his first parenting book of the same name, this podcast introduces parents to the use of positive pushing that is very different from the kind of pushing with which most of us are familiar. Dr. Taylor shows parents the Three Pillars of Successful Achievers: self-esteem, ownership, and emotional mastery, and their essential role […]
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Let Your Young Athletes Be Disappointed
As parents, you hate to see your children disappointed. They are sad, downtrodden, and seem to have the weight of their lives on their shoulders. Your hearts ache for their pain and you want to do everything you can to relieve them of that disappointment. But that would be a mistake! Certainly, disappointment is not […]
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Podcasts Coming Soon!
In keeping with the times, I will be launching a Podcast page in the next week or so in which I will share my ideas through recorded podcasts of varying lengths. My goal is to offer my ideas through a medium that is most easily accessible in the busy lives that so many of us […]
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Disappointment is a Good Thing
The 2018-19 race season is approaching its conclusion. The Nor-Ams, Regional Championships, and other big races are now in our rearview mirror. Many racers are heading into the final stretch of races hoping to continue a successful season of high results and improved points and rankings. This group looks back on the race season with […]
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Another Blogging Milestone: 6,000,000 views!
I’m pleased and gratified to announce that I have reached a new milestone in my blogging: 6,000,000 views on psychologytoday.com. I am so appreciative of the opportunity I have been given to share my knowledge and experience and connect with those who value my ideas. See you in another million views!
Read MoreMental Tips for Performing Your Best in Your Championship Season
Regardless of what sport you participate in, you have a championship season within your competitive season in which the stakes rise and how you perform counts the most. Yet, this is also the time of year when many athletes and teams aren’t performing at all well because of fatigue after a long regular season and […]
Read MoreTips for Skiing Fast in Your Championship Season
It’s that time of the race season when results REALLY start to matter, the championship season. For many racers in the U.S., the REALLY important races of the year—Divisionals, Regionals, and Nationals—are upon us and it’s REALLY important that they ski their best. Yet, this is also the time of year when many racers aren’t […]
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What Kind of Sport Parent are You?: Rate Yourself
In addition to working with young athletes in many sports, I also consult with sport parents to help them to provide to their young athletes the most positive support they can. Being a great sport parent is no small feat or easy task these days for several reasons. First, we live in a youth-sport culture […]
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