Too many times we see it, football players who are too nice on the field. Football isn’t a “nice” sport. It requires aggressiveness, a disregard for your opponent’s feelings and a killer instinct. But how do you develop it if you’re a nice guy? Let’s look at the example of 9x Pro-Bowler, former Philadelphia Eagle…
This message is for soccer players who work their tails off. Slackers will use as an excuse to miss workouts. One of the biggest mental mistakes I see is players practicing, lifting and training without a purpose. It’s sad because there are many athletes who are hardworking and passionate but they fail to improve much.…
Have you ever played well with a team that you didn’t trust? What about not being able to trust a coach, a single player, or even yourself? Take a moment and think about it. We want to be able to do a drill with no mistakes, we want to be able to have the best…
This message is for soccer players who work their tails off. Slackers will use as an excuse to miss workouts. One of the biggest mental mistakes I see is players practicing, lifting and training without a purpose. It’s sad because there are many athletes who are hardworking and passionate but they fail to improve much.…
When retired US Women’s superstar, Abby Wambach, delivered the commencement speech to the graduating class at Barnard College last year, she gave a simple instruction to those in attendance: fail. Failure is something that is never truly appreciated in our society. In fact, it is condemned. In Patton’s famous speech to his fifth army,…
Imagine, as a student, that one day you walk into class and find out that it’s now your job to teach the class. It would be uncomfortable, right? However, provided you don’t quit going to that class altogether, it would progressively grow more normal to be teaching the class. This is an example of…