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...

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.

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):

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...

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

This week I am fortunate to be the coaching guest on Mike Boyle's StrengthCoach Podcast.  I had a lot of fun talking with the show host Anthony Renna about an article I wrote for Mike's site called 'The Coaching Mindset- How To Get The Most Out Of Your Players'.   The podcast is free to listen to by clicking on the following link:

www.strengthcoachpodcast.com

The article is now posted for all Athlete Mindset Members under the member forum.

I just posted part four of the Ready To Play Audio Series.  In this segment we discuss the attribute 'Competitive Fire'.  We also include practical coaching suggestions for how to improve this attribute when players lack competitive fire as well as tips for dealing with the overly competitive player.

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When I have the opportunity to present on the topic of speed and agility, the first question I always ask when working field and court sport athletes is 'How Fast Can You Stop'?  Why do I ask this?  Because it doesn't matter much in soccer, football, lacrosse, or basketball how fast you can start if you cannot stop!

The same goes for good decision making...

Over the past few months I have offered the 'Athlete Mindset Course' in a DVD format for free (this is really an introductory Sports Axiology 101 workshop).  My main purpose of this has been to drive more awareness and education about the power of ...