Feb 11, 2017
For more than a century, scientists have studied the psychology behind sports and performance. The study of mental toughness, as an offshoot of that discipline, is a relative newcomer. Here’s how it was developed and who are the luminaries in this short history...
Feb 1, 2017
Eugenie Bouchard of Canada becomes the first woman to ever make a grand slam tennis final, in only her second full season on the WTA tour, and she did it in style beating 7-6, 6-2 over Simona Halep. In 2016, the Globe and Mail ran a story on Bouchard in which...
Feb 1, 2017
“When weeds come up in your garden, it does no good to say, ‘There are no weeds, there are no weeds, there are no weeds . . .’ It doesn’t help to pretend they’re not there. It doesn’t matter how much you focus on the beautiful...
Feb 1, 2017
There’s not much for me to say here. The arm chair athlete might have the best strategies and ideas to win, however it’s easy to know what to do when you’re imagining it and not so easy when it’s crunch time. The only way to get to the top...
Feb 1, 2017
After sending out last week’s mental toughness tip, one of my former mental toughness coaching athletes sent me an email about how her team used visualization. She said: “Just thought I’d share a picture with you that your mental toughness email...
