Displaying confidence can be tricky. How many times have you felt like you were so confident, showed that confidence, and someone told you to stop being cocky? What about if you were in a game, passing the ball every chance you got, letting your teammates have some fun on the court, trying to be a…
Athletes, like most people, tend to focus more on what they did poorly compared to their own personal strengths. It isn’t the easiest thing to do, without practice.The mind plays tricks on us and it is hard to not believe those thoughts. Such strong thoughts that are hard to ignore at times. All your thoughts…
We all talk to ourselves in our head. These are called daily affirmations. Why do we seem to talk to ourselves? Usually it is to boost our confidence, get us pumped up, coach ourselves up, etc. Whatever the reason, this is usually done by our unconscious mind. We don’t always make ourselves think these affirmations,…
Athletes can experience mood swings on a daily basis. Their body language will become stiff, become angry for the simplest reason, or develop a short temper from daily stressors because of a current injury. Mood changes can happen from an injury and can develop depression and anxiety. Depending on how the athlete views the injury…
For most of us, it is true that we are our own worst critic. With the pressure we add on ourselves, we also end up letting certain factors around us or our own mind games affect how we deal with things. It is natural to do this and almost everyone does this, but how do…
Sunday Stories: Crap There once was a nonconformist bird that decided not to fly south for the winter. He said “I’ve had enough of this flying south every winter, I’ll just stay right here on this farm, what’s the big deal, anyway?” So he stayed. Winter came and was very cold, the nonconformist bird had…