'Be Mentally Tough' Blog
What’s your killer instinct?
What a sporting weekend! First, we went to see one of my athletes play at Michigan State. She battled hard (I was so proud of her), however her team...
Rafael Nadal’s Coach shares the key to being a champion . . .
In a rare interview, Rafael Nadal's Coach and uncle, Tony Nadal was asked the following question: "Recently, we read that you were saying [a quote from Pablo...
How do you get to who you want to be?
Don’t look back
As we always say at Mental Toughness Inc, "Performance Only Happens in the Present". When you look back, you're not present, so there's no possibility for...
Teamwork Makes the DREAM Work!
As winter team sports are about to start again, I thought I'd send out a little reminder from one of the great modern teams (Walsh-Ross): Teamwork makes the...
Keep Calm and Perform On
It's for you to play around with what exactly has you be calm in performance. Maybe it's taking a couple of deep breaths, maybe it's reframing to an...
They told him that he’d never make it to the NFL because he was deaf . . .
Never let anyone tell you that you can't reach your dreams. NFL scouts and coaches told football player Derrick Coleman that he would never make it to the...
What is your “WHY”?
Knowing your your WHY is extremely important as a winning athlete. WHY you do what you do. WHY you train so hard. WHY you compete. WHY you make sacrifices for your sport. Training is hard, there are as many bad days as good. Competing can be stressful, and sometimes you don’t get the results you want. So here are a few questions to help you get to your own special “WHY”:
You must fail! What?
In baseball, batting over 300 in a season is considered to be a great feat, as only the top batters make it there. Batting over 400 is seen to be almost...
How to visualize to win
A killer technique that elite athletes use to hyper perform is visualization. When our coach talk to young athletes, it amazes us that very few athletes...
VIDEO: Accepting failure is one of the best success strategies
Work with your feelings not against them, says mental toughness expert and sports psychology consultant Dr Sean Richardson (at 4:50 in this TEDx video). Accepting failure is one of the best success strategies. But that is tough to do. It’s tough in athletics and business. You make decisions that keep you small and safe.
Key findings in mental toughness research
The body of research conducted in the field of mental toughness has grown significantly grown the last two decades. Here is a summary of some of the key research that is being done and what the research teams discovered about the speciality and how it’s helping athletes compete at a higher level and produce better results in their chosen sports.