Self-assessment is a critical element in getting better at anything that you do. You must objectively look at the good, bad, and the ugly. I am constantly trying to improve as a mental performance coach. My greatest strength is empathy. I can put myself in others’ shoes, whether it is an athlete, performing artist, parent, […]
I am currently supporting a high school basketball player that expects to have a significant role on his varsity basketball team this season. We are specifically working on developing techniques to build sustainable confidence given the challenges he’s expected to face in a highly competitive and very new environment. In one of our recent sessions,
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“Too often, sport psychologists are asked to ‘fix’ struggling athletes with mental problems as they approach major competitions or rebound from poor performances. Although MST (mental skills training) programs may prove beneficial in the short run to develop skills and deal with specific problems, such approaches fail to address athletes’ long-term development goals” (Holliday et
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My last blog post was on the topic of psychological safety and its role in an athlete’s experience. Now, I want to explore the concept of psychological flexibility (PF). Perhaps the primary difference between the two concepts is that psychological safety (PS) is “other referenced” meaning an athlete depends on factors outside his or her
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I have been thinking a lot about the process of change lately. Mostly, I’ve been thinking about how I can best help my mental performance coaching athletes achieve their goals. I take responsibility for a large part of the change process because helping clients to generate their desired results is my job. However, there is
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In Episode 37 of The Freshman Foundation Podcast (https://michaelvhuber.com/podcasts/), my guest is Laurence Halsted, who is a two-time Olympian fencer. Laurence spoke about his experiences as a young athlete in England. He glowingly spoke about his first fencing coach who provided him a great deal of autonomy to explore his sport. This led to a
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How does Mike Huber help young athletes through mental performance coaching?
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Interview with Gena Bradshaw, performance coach, former college track athlete, and cancer survivor
Mental performance coaching, often referred to as sport psychology, has been part of professional baseball for over 30 years. Pioneers like Harvey Dorfman and Ken Ravizza helped make mental skills training accepted in baseball. Since the 1980s, the prevalence of mental skills coaching within major league baseball has grown steadily and significantly. Today, almost all
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Interview with former D1 and Olympic swimmer David Karasek
