The Fitness Industry can be one of the most rewarding or the most frustrating profession to be a part of when it comes to personal training.  Why?  Because no matter how great your training system or gym might be, the actual results and...

InnerTactics Sports Axiology

In part one of the post on Mental Toughness, I suggested that what coaches should really call it is simply 'TOUGHNESS TRAINING'.  Why?   Well one of the most common examples of what coaches call Mental Toughness training is simply to have their players go out and run two miles!  This has nothing to do with the mental and everything to do with toughness endurance. 

In part two I want to discuss the 'Mental' part of the word Mental Toughness.

InnerTactics Sports Axiology

Checkout the following quote from Alabama Coach Nick Saban immediately following his team winning the National Championship.  It is a great example of communicating with focus from each of the three dimensions...

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I just returned from presenting at the NSCA Conference in Orlando and had another email regarding personality.   I discussed this in a post last week titled 'Which Has A Greater Impact On Winning Or Losing'.   Below is some additional content on the subject (reference to the Latin root word persona from personality):

InnerTactics Sports Axiology

In yesterday's blog post I talked about 'Motivational Math' and how Sports Axiology can provide more choices (options) when looking at the motivational source of an individual.  A good friend who is actually a Sports Psychologist called me and ask if I was suggesting that these two sciences were...

InnerTactics Sports Axiology

The question of motivation has come up quite a bit recently during my last few conference presentations.   Below is a great summary which can help explain how Sports Axiology can add more layers of depth when measuring and understanding more fully an individual's motivational source:

• Traditional Bi-polar Model (2 choices)
  • Intrinsic vs Extrinsic
• Formal Axiology Multi-polar Model  (720 possible combinations)
  • 2 viewpoints (world & self) with 3 dimensions in each

InnerTactics Sports Axiology

During my trip to Tampa last week at the ACVA Convention, I was asked at the end of my presentation about the athlete's personality and what affect does that have on performance.  Below was my brief answer...

I just got back from Tampa having the opportunity to speak at the American College Volleyball Association Convention to a wonderful group of coaches!  We covered a ton of information in a two hour period and  they did a great job. 

I am headed to Arkansas now for the next few days and will have plenty of time to write up a detailed summary of the experience when I return!

Just as I promised in a previous post, below is a recent coaching conversation call with a great friend and well known performance coach Scott Moody, the founder of the Soccer Fit Academy.

The purpose of the call was to follow up on some of the...