When the games really count, emotions get louder. The athletes who thrive are the ones who’ve prepared their minds long before the pressure hits. I recently went to watch three of my basketball clients in New Jersey’s high school fall league. It was a treat because I love the game. I loved playing basketball in […]
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“My dad told me to do it.” That’s what my client, “Tyler,” said when I asked if he’d ever tried meditation. He hadn’t. Why? Partly because his dad told him to. But mostly because: No one explained how meditation could help his performance. No one showed him how to do it. When you don’t know
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“Just throw it harder…” This is advice that my mental performance coaching client, “Johnny,” got from one of his baseball coaches. Johnny is a catcher who received the advice to “just throw it harder” from his coach after gingerly skipping a ball to first base. He felt every eye in the park on him. Hearing
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When I sat down with Lindsey Hamilton in Episode 02 of The Freshman Foundation® Podcast, Associate Athletics Director for Student Success at IMG Academy, one theme stood out above the rest: The most successful college athletes are resourceful. But what does that really mean for a high school athlete preparing to transition to college? More
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“Did (client’s name) bring up that his girlfriend left for college?” the father of one of my high school basketball clients asked me. “No,” I said. “I didn’t even know he had a girlfriend.” After nearly two years of working together, I didn’t know he had a girlfriend. Part of me felt like I missed
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“If I can pass the fitness test, then I can prove I’m a good player…” That’s what my client Anna told me 48 hours before she had to run the infamous “Beep Test,” a brutal measure of endurance that can make or break a college soccer player’s season. Or, in Anna’s case, her career. Anna
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I first met Steven in early 2022 when his mother was referred to me by another client. At the time, he was a high school freshman, swimming competitively for his school and a private swim club. Steven was following in his mom’s footsteps, a former collegiate swimmer. After I started working with Steven, his desire
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Eminem as Slim Shady. Beyoncé as Sasha Fierce. Deion Sanders as Prime Time. These famous alter egos highlight something powerful: The ability to tap into a different version of ourselves to meet the moment. According to Dictionary.com, an alter ego is “a person’s secondary or alternative personality.” In sport psychology, alter egos can be a
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“I’m a little bit worried. It’s the start of summer ball. I want to start off strong.” One of my high school baseball players shared this with me during our regularly scheduled session this week. He just finished his high school baseball season after being knocked out in the semifinal playoff round. However, there wasn’t
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In early 2024, I was contacted by the concerned parent of a high school swimmer. We’ll call him Sam. Unfortunately, Sam needed to have his first-ever surgery a few months earlier. The expected three-month recovery came and went, but Sam still felt pain and discomfort despite being medically cleared by his doctor. The gap between
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