* * * Stay in the know Big news! We've grown so fast that we're moving warehouses. Stay tuned all this month as we run a Moving Sale on select items—we want you to get in on special deals as we pack up our inventory. We're doing our best to make sure the transition is seamless. Watch your inboxes and stay tuned! We're working on exciting things...
As a mental skills coach, I define high performance this way: High performance is the ability to execute the task at hand when the situation requires it. This execution happens in the present moment, and the most valuable mental resource to make it happen is attention. The brain’s default is to SQUIRREL… wait, what was I saying? Oh yeah, it’s the brain’s tendency to wander off. For an athlete, there are 3 unconscious processes that pull attention from the task at hand. Stay in the know Number 1: Assessing the Current Experience as Bad This is mindfulness 101, as I...
The Ralph S. O’Connor Center for Recreation and Well-Being, located on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, closes at midnight during the week—a reflection of the culture at the elite Baltimore college where many students hit the gym only after long days and nights of hitting the books. One student, about a decade ago, pushed those limits even further. “If you could get in before midnight, our baseball facility was in the basement,” Raul Shah recalled in a recent conversation. “So I could go down there (at about 11:45) and stay there the whole night. Nobody would ever check. I...
* * * * * Stay in the know 1st round draft pick and new BRUCE BOLT Pro, Reggie Crawford (@reggiecrawford) has become known for being both a left-handed pitcher and a first basemen. What many don't know is that he only started playing travel baseball just before his senior year high school. Find out how Reggie still got recruited, drafted, and ended up with BRUCE BOLT in the full interview. Subscribe and listen to the full interview via podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts as well.
Besides being a mental skills coach, I’m a volleyball dad. My kid is in college out of state, so she Facetimes from the bus or locker room to debrief her games. I want to talk about how many kills she got, a great dig she made, or some other achievement-oriented thing that happened. I can’t wait until the next day when her stats are online so I can see how well she did. I know better, but it’s hard to resist. It’s my ego! Clearly, I’m the best dad in the world if my kid did well, right? As good...
In last month’s article, I asked you to pay attention to the way language is used in your system and your head through the self-talk challenge. This month I’ll add texture to the challenge by explaining how self-talk influences EVERYthing. Sports, life, and what you have for lunch are all managed through self-talk. A refresher: Self-talk is how we “hear” our thoughts. It is a collection of statements, phrases, and cue words that direct our actions and provide a running commentary on our experiences. Self-talk starts from the way our primary caregiver talked to us as we were figuring out...
