Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #29-Mindset
Episode #29: What is Mindset? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast explores the impact of mindset on sports performance. “Mindset,” is an essential and little addressed contributor to athletic success and a mental area that has only come to light in my work with elite athletes during the past few years. This […]
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #28-Focus Tools
Episode #28: Focus Tools of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of two episodes in which I explore the impact of focus on sports performance. This podcast will introduce you to a variety of focus tools that you can add to your mental toolbox that will help you to stay focused […]
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #27-What is Focus?
Episode #27: What is Focus? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes in which I explore the impact of focus on sports performance. Focus is the most misunderstood mental factor among athletes. Most athletes think of focus as concentrating on one thing for a long time. Simply […]
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A New Vision of Mental Training as Part of Ski Racing LTAD
This article, the third in a four-part series that is part of the conversation about development in U.S. ski racing initiated by Dan Leever and Ski Racing Media, will focus on how, based on my 35+ years of specializing in the psychology of ski racing, our sport can best leverage mental training as part of […]
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Inside the Tri-Mind: Why Doesn’t Mental Training Get the Respect it Deserves in Triathlon?
This question has been a source of frustration for me and others who work in sport psychology and mental training for years. If everyone in triathlon says that the mind is so important, why does it receive so little attention or the respect it deserves? To be sure, sport psychology does have a presence in […]
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success: Episode #26-Psych-up and Psych-down Tools
Episode #26: Psych-up and Psych-down Tools of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of two episodes in which I will explore the impact of intensity on sports performance. Your awareness of your level of intensity and your ability to adjust your intensity to its ideal level is essential for performing your […]
Read MoreWhat Prevents Mental Training From Being a Key Part of Ski Racing Development
As I noted in my previous article as part of SRM’s important conversation about how to drive U.S. ski racing toward its mission of “Best in the World,” I believe that mental training can be an essential piece of the athlete-development puzzle in our country. Unfortunately, as I also noted, training the mind holds second-class […]
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Mental Preparation is a Key Piece of the Ski Racing Development Puzzle
I would first like to express my appreciation to Dan Leever and Ski Racing Media for initiating this essential conversation about how the U.S. Ski Team can live up to its vision: “Best in the World.” I would also like to thank Dan and SRM for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this exchange […]
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #25-What is Intensity?
Episode #25: What is Intensity? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes in which I will explore the impact of intensity on sports performance. The topic for today’s episode is: What is Intensity? What I mean by intensity is the amount of physiological activity you experience in your […]
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #24-7 Tools for Building Confidence
Episode #24: 7 Tools for Building Confidence of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes that examines the impact of confidence on sports performance. This episode introduces you to what confidence is in the context of sports, how it affects athletes, why athletes lose confidence, symptoms of low confidence, […]
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