Scrolling through your feed might seem harmless, but for athletes, it’s become a double-edged sword. While one swipe can boost your brand, another can chip away at your confidence. So, how do you strike the balance? Social media is a lot like fire — powerful, illuminating, and capable of great good… but if left unchecked,…
Author Archives: Rise Above Adversity
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Let’s dive into one of the most crucial topics in any athlete’s journey: managing adversity. Whether you’re playing at the junior, semi-pro, or elite professional level, setbacks are inevitable. But here’s the truth: your greatest victories won’t just come from your stats or medals — they’ll come from who you become along the way. Let’s…
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The Underrated Superpower of Champions Picture this: You’re in the final seconds of a game, the crowd is roaring, and the pressure is at an all-time high. In this moment, what separates the great from the good? It’s not just talent or training—it’s focus. Focus is one of the most underrated elements of sports performance…
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Tired of inconsistent performances or feeling stuck in a rut? This article explores a powerful technique used by top athletes to fast-track development and maximize potential: structured performance reflection. Why Reflect? Most athletes reflect on performance at a surface level, dwelling on negative plays. This can be detrimental, as it reinforces negativity and hinders motivation….
Confidence is almost like this mythical destination that we are constantly chasing or striving towards. Although it may be difficult to describe, we know when we perform confidently and we damn sure know when we lack confidence in performance, but what is it? Having confidence in our skill set is a deep trust or faith…
In this article we’re going to cover something that every athlete experiences in sports competition, some more often than others – and that is performance anxiety. Experiencing the pre-game jitters or nerves is completely normal and to an extent… it shows how much you care, but it also has the ability to ruin your performance,…
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Attitude is something we hear about all the time, especially in the realm of sports. At the elite levels it can make or break an athletes contract or recruitment status. It is something that coaches and scouts seek, in particularly a positive and coachable attitude. So what is it? Attitude is defined as a settled…
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A peak performance Mindset is a combination of 2 things: Showing up as the best version of you. Controlling the elements of your sport which are within your control. Let’s start with showing up as our best self. This comes down to the way we prepare both physically and mentally. So, what is preparation? and…
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One of the very staples of mental performance & pressure management is Controlling the elements of sports performance that are within our control. Many psychologists, performance coaches and elite level athletes preach controlling the controllable. Where did the phrase “Control the controllable” come from? The phrase is accredited to Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl as…
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What is perfectionism? Perfectionism is a trait characterized by an athlete’s concerns in striving for flawlessness & perfection. With this comes critical & negative self-evaluations & concerns of others evaluations. It is driven by internal pressures such as: trying to avoid failure or harsh judgement and manifests as criticism of self or even others. The…