Being an athlete and a competitor, we are put in lots of situations that leave us frustrated, angry, overwhelmed, or let down. But how we react to those situations and how we handle ourselves during these tough situations are what defines us as athletes and people. We are going to run through a few…
When you are competing in tennis, it is easy to get wrapped up in the match. However, when you lose a particular game, set, or maybe even a string of matches in a short amount of time, you could easily get discouraged and assume that just because you have lost before, you are bound to…
Your only as strong as your weakest link. Just like their are different muscles in your body… There are different muscles in your mind. Gene describes what these mental muscles are and how to train them.
In this blog series, we will be discussing the biggest dream-killers – mindset issues that limit your performance and actively hold you back from achieving your maximum potential. Our first dream killer to discuss is anxiety. Did you know: whether in middle school, high school, or college, around 20% of students suffer from high level testing anxiety that…
Wayne Gretzky famously said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” One of the biggest dream-killers is a fear of shooting your shot. When we talk about the phrase “shooting your shot,” we are describing moments where you go for something that seems or feels unachievable. Whether in sports or in life, most…
We’ve all felt it before. You scroll through Netflix for half an hour, only to find you aren’t in the mood to watch anything. You stare in your fridge and decide there is nothing to eat, only to come back and stare at it again. You load up video game after video game but can’t…