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STAY AWAY FROM HAVING AN OUTCOME FOCUS! The BIGGEST mental trap that athletes, coaches, and parents fall into that generates performance-disrupting stress for the athlete and leads to choking and other performance problems is going into a performance and carrying a future or outcome focus! Athletes who think and worry about the “what ifs,” the

Pairing one’s performance on the field with how they feel about themselves will lead to a ride better than any modern rollercoaster. If an athlete plays long enough and at a high level, that athlete will experience every level of performance (if they’re lucky) – from winning championships and being named MVP to finishing last

To be a successful athlete, there is no more important mental skill to have than mental discipline to overcome a setback and stay focused on the process of competing. Here are some actions for athletes to complete that will help them with their resiliency. Start seeing resilience as something they can develop and improve. Work

Once upon a time, there were two psychologists called Steve De Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg. While working in their clinical practice, they noticed something curious about the people they were treating who were experiencing addiction and mental health problems. They noticed that the ‘problem’ wasn’t always present. For example, those with alcoholism didn’t always