13 03, 2020

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #17-Train like You Compete

By | March 13th, 2020|Categories: Train Your Mind for Athletic Success (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Episode #17: Train like You Compete of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the fourth of six in a series that examines the ways in which you can maximize your training efforts and the benefits that you gain from those efforts. This episode will the consider the conundrum of whether you should compete [...]

24 05, 2016

Deliberate Practice is Overrated (Sorry, Malcolm Gladwell)

By | May 24th, 2016|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

I've never been a big fan of either grit or deliberate practice. Of course, they make intuitive sense and have a lot of appeal because they send the message that if we do the right things, anyone can be a champion. Unfortunately, as I describe in my Prime Performance System (and those are just the psychological [...]

7 07, 2014

Practice Makes Better, But Not Necessarily Much Better

By | July 7th, 2014|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

A great article that further debunks the "10 years, 10,000 hours" theory of deliberate practice. Yes, practice makes you better, but, according to a recent study, not that much better.