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Return Strong After Injury: A Guide for Athletes, Parents and Coaches

You are a hard working, dedicated, serious athlete. You want to be the best you can be and you are willing to consistently put in the time and energy, day after day to make this happen.

You have a passion, a drive to train and compete in your sport that not many understand.

Your friends think you are crazy. Instead of late nights socializing, you need to get to bed for early training. Instead of 2 weeks off at the end of the year, you take 3 days.

When someone asks you what you do, you say, “I am a competitive athlete.” This is your identity. This is who you are.

Comeback Strong After Injury

You are a hard working, dedicated, serious athlete. You want to be the best you can be and you are willing to consistently put in the time and energy, day after day to make this happen.

You have a passion, a drive to train and compete in your sport that not many understand. Your friends think you are crazy. Instead of late nights socializing, you need to get to bed for early training. Instead of 2 weeks off at the end of the year, you take 3 days.

When someone asks you what you do, you say, “I am a competitive athlete.” This is your identity. This is who you are.

How to Let Go of Mistakes

Holding on to your mistakes during performance and competition is a huge mental mistake. This habit can also negatively affect your skill improvement and the quality of your practice sessions as well.

The time to work on mistakes is always in practice, never in a performance or competition. Continue reading “How to Let Go of Mistakes”

Handle the “What Ifs” to Handle Your Nerves

A major cause of dread, fear and nerves that can cause poor performance is what goes on between your ears.

I’m talking about the “what ifs?” that run around and multiply in your head before practice or before a competition.

Everyone has their own favorite version of the “What ifs” also known as head trash. Continue reading “Handle the “What Ifs” to Handle Your Nerves”

How to Move Past the Season that Didn’t End

The pandemic turning competitive sports upside down, scheduled competitions have been cancelled at the last minute. If we are lucky, the in person competitions have been modified to virtual competitions.

All of this leaves many athletes feeling like, “what’s the point?”

I trained so hard and “all that has gone to waste…”

Overcome Poor Performance, Blocks, Fears and Slumps

If you have tried, but not found a solution to your sports performance problems, you might be suffering from repetitive sports performance problems.

How do you know if an athlete suffers from repetitive sports problems?

It’s time to dig deeper when an athlete:

Has tried various surface solutions, but continues to suffer from poor performance.
If the surface solutions give temporary relief, but the problems continue to resurface.

Continue reading “Overcome Poor Performance, Blocks, Fears and Slumps”