Tag: Mental Skills
What is stress inoculation training?
On May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner took a small amount of fluid from a milkmaid's hand lesion and scratched it into the skin of...
Free Soloing
Alex Honnold is a world renowned rock climber.
In 2017, he scaled the nearly 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park, California.
It...
The Right Way to Achieve your Goals
Knowledge is power, right?
Unfortunately, knowledge is only power when you know how to apply it. Because access to knowledge is easier than ever before...
Lessons from A Silver Fern
Guest Contribution: Anna Harrison - New Zealand Netballer.
Another big year of Northern Mystics and New Zealand Silver Fern Netball commitments has come to an...
Considering trying the October Choice Challenge? Meet a few of the...
A blend of ages, professionals, athletes and students, see what challenge each of the team has chosen for October…
Drum roll please...
Vanda: Accounts Payable and...
October Choice Challenge!
This is NOT a month to ‘GIVE UP’.
It is a month to CHANGE and CHALLENGE.
It is specific to YOU.
So here’s the challenge…
“For the month...
What Happens When You Lose?
It’s easy to put all of your time and energy into winning. It makes you feel good and provides great pleasure.
However, here’s the thing:...
How to successfully manage a young athlete’s emotions
“Every time I go out to play it means everything to me. I’m so competitive, I just can’t handle losing”.
These are the words of...
Part 2. Why treating athletes individually is a must
In last week’s blog I left you with an important question to consider: whose responsibility is it to drive training motivation in youth athletes?
As...
How to motivate your athletes without being over the top: Part...
Part 1 . Turn Up Ready To Work Hard
Skills can be trained, unlike a person’s height.
Training your skills is less about your genes and...
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5 Reasons Why Competition is Good (and bad) for your Child
What does the word ‘competition’ bring to mind? Is all competition a good thing? How do you distinguish between helpful competition and that which...
50 Questions Every Youth Athlete Should Ask Themselves
Asking good questions is an excellent way to assess your performance and become more in tune with what to focus on to get better.
At...
How To Train Balance – Video
Tag is a game for all ages - it never gets old. And when you add simple rules to stress a particular component of...
Have you got heel pain?
Plantar fascia pain Aka ‘Runners heel'
The plantarfascia is the layer of tissue between the skin and the muscles on the sole of the feet....
Implementing a set programme into your swim sessions
Training sets and fitness goals are a great way to improve your current swimming ability. More often than not, I see people swimming lap...
