What Miley Cyrus Teaches Us About Performance Routines for Athletes I never expected Miley Cyrus to give me material for a mental performance lesson… but here we are. If you listen to “Party in the U.S.A.,” you hear a surprisingly relatable story about pressure, uncertainty, and how the right routine can pull you out of
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Why Mental Training for Athletes Is Never “One and Done” “I’m in my car because I can’t even be in my house. I live with my teammates.” It was as if my client “Jessica” was hiding out in shame. Jessica was ready to meet again after almost a year away from mental performance coaching. Our
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Athlete confidence rarely shows up in one big moment. It gets built in small choices about where a player puts his attention. Here’s what building athlete confidence looked like for one of my clients. “He’s Like a Different Kid” I stood next to my client’s father at his son’s fall league basketball game. (We’ll call
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I had that uneasy feeling. You know the one: the knot in your stomach when you start questioning a decision you already made. As a mental performance coach, I spend my days helping young athletes with reframing negative thoughts. A few weeks ago, I had to do it for myself. Here’s what happened, the three
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Mental Performance Coaching: How Two Hockey Families Found Peace of Mind “I’m sick to my stomach.” A mother told me this on Thursday about her 16-year-old hockey player. A day later, I talked with the parents of another 16-year-old. Same age, same sport, very different situation. Both families came to mental performance coaching wanting the
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A Night at the Fall League 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 high school (even though I wasn’t very good). I loved coaching even more because it was easier for
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Meditation for Young Athletes: Why They Resist It (Until They Learn This) “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. That answer is common. In my work on meditation for young athletes, the resistance rarely comes from the athlete being
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Why “Just Throw It Harder” Doesn’t Fix the Yips in Baseball “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
Why Resourcefulness Is a Game-Changer for College Athletes Resourcefulness for college athletes is the skill that quietly separates the freshmen who thrive from the ones who just survive. I heard it loud and clear when I sat down with Lindsey Hamilton, Associate Athletics Director for Student Success at IMG Academy, in Episode 02 of The
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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 basketball mental training together, I didn’t know he had a girlfriend. Part of me felt like
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