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We are the stories we tell ourselves. About ourselves, about our lives, and about our reality. Although our thoughts and self-talk may seem like innocent background noise, those words and stories shape our beliefs and influence the way we live in all facets of our lives. However, it is also imperative to understand that our…
“Victory is in knowing you’ve done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.” – Billy Bowerman Leadership Mentor Ben Crowe, who has worked with some of Australia’s greatest sporting stars such as Wimbledon Champion Ash Barty, Surfing legend Steph Gilmore and Richmond Tigers Footballers Dusty Martin and Trent Cotchin describes the peak performance…
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success start thinking of yourself as a success.” – Joyce Brothers With the evolution of technology and access to industry professionals literally at the click of a button. This current generation of athletes are destined to be bigger, stronger, faster, and more athletic than we have ever…
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell The number one psychological element that is detrimental to the consistency of peak performance and an athlete’s overall success is the element of fear. Fear, put simply, is a loss of control in the mind. It…
It is no secret that success in any sport involves a whole lot of hard work and sacrifice. But what many fail to understand is that journey to success runs a lot deeper than the actions of the aspiring athlete. Whether it be in an individual or a team sport, a strong support network is…
Ask any sports psychologist or mental performance coach and they will tell you the key to peak performance is mindfulness. Mindfulness is the conscious awareness of thoughts and emotions in the present moment. The value of mindfulness can be attributed to the T.F.A.R. thought model which is a psychological tool that helps us analyze and understand…
The number one challenge that most athletes go through as they develop through the elite stages of their sport is ‘confidence’. As the athleticism, physicality, and speed of opponents and athletes around them rise so does the skill level of competition. For many, this can cause athletes to experience more self-doubt, nerves, and fear which…
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”– Charles R. Swindoll We don’t always have control or influence over the situations and experiences in our lives but we always have control over how we respond. That is where our power lies. Just like life, sports can be a relentless,…
Whenever I think of the importance of a mental skillset in competition, I can’t help but turn to legendary High-Performance Coach – Tim Grover’s definition in his Best-Selling book ‘Relentless.‘ “In sports we spend so much time on the physical component – training, working, pushing the human body to be faster and stronger and more…
“Failure is success in progress.” – Albert Einstein Sports (and life) are riddled with adversity, setbacks, failure, and mistakes. From the time we begin to try to stand up and walk as babies, we begin to make mistakes and experience failure. At this point in our lives, there is no negative attachment or meaning to fail….
