Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #2-Ownership
Episode #2: Ownership of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast explores the essential role that ownership plays in your sports efforts. Ownership means taking responsibility for every area that impacts your athletic performance including conditioning, technical and tactics, equipment, nutrition, sleep, and much more. Your ability to maximize every aspect of your sports […]
Read MoreTrain Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #1-Mental Training and Prime Performance
In this podcast, I explore the psychology of sports performance. Drawing on my own elite athletic experience in ski racing, karate, running, and triathlon and decades of working with junior-elite, collegiate, Olympic, and professional athletes, I describe the essential role that the mind plays in athletic success regardless of your sport, age, or level of […]
Read MoreA Powerful Message to Young Female Athletes
In an era in which young women are receiving so many mixed messages about who they can be and who they should be. In a time when so many young women are spending too much time staring at screens that are shaping the way they think and feel about themselves, mostly for the negative. At […]
Read MoreDon’t Violate the Laws of Insanity and Stupidity as You Prepare for Your Next Sports Season
Every sports season comes to an end whether you want it to or not. After a long and demanding season, if you’re like most athletes, you’re probably tired of your sport (regardless of whether the season was a triumph or a disappointment). You just want to hang up your gear, kick back, relax, and forget […]
Read MoreDon’t Violate the Laws of Insanity and Stupidity as You Prepare for Next Season
The race season is finally over for most racers (for others, a few more weeks to go). After a long and demanding winter, you’re probably tired of skiing (regardless of whether the season was a triumph or a disappointment). It’s time to hang up your skis, pack away your gear, kick back, relax, and forget […]
Read MoreSprint, Don’t Stagger, to the Finish of Your Sport Season
I was speaking to an Olympic athlete with whom I work after his country’s national championship recently and he told me that all he could think about before the event was how much he didn’t want to be there. He was burned out and just wanted the season to be over. Yet, this athlete also […]
Read MoreSprint, Don’t Stagger, to the Finish of Your Race Season
I was speaking to a World Cup athlete after his country’s national championship recently and he told me that all he could think about in the start was how much he didn’t want to be there. He was burned out and just wanted the season to be over. Yet, this athlete also said that he […]
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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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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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