By jboone-admin on
4/29/2010 1:55 PM
Listen below to the audio interview with Sports Performance Coach John Lytton, one of the participants of the Ready To Play Course and his feedback and insight on Module 6- Coach Your Best™!
He literally had just completed viewing the online video module right before I had called him so I caught him in the moment.
Hope you enjoy the short interview below!
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By jboone-admin on
3/29/2010 11:25 PM
The past several months I have done an informal survey with young athletes and I have to be honest, the results have been shocking to say the least.
So what is this informal survey I am referring to?
Well, the nametag above says it all!
I have asked probably just over one hundred high school and college athletes since December 2009 the following question...
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By jboone-admin on
2/26/2010 10:16 PM
We spend way too much time focusing on our outside (physical performance). There is a HUGE ceiling effect when this happens! Instead...
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By jboone-admin on
2/17/2010 5:32 PM
One of the recent topics of debate is which has a greater impact on winning or losing a game....player personality or poor decision making skills?
Click Here and Let Me Know
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By jboone-admin on
2/17/2010 4:52 PM
More often than not, it seems like coaching conversations tend to be one sided. (Which is funny in and of itself because in order to even have a conversation it requires both parties communicating) Why is that? Here are a few reasons:
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By jboone-admin on
1/29/2010 4:00 PM
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...
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By jboone-admin on
1/28/2010 3:44 PM
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.
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By jboone-admin on
1/14/2010 12:07 AM
During my presentation at the NSCA Sport Specific Conference this past weekend in Orlando, Florida, I briefly spoke on the topic of the holy grail of an athlete’s mindset….mental toughness.
This attribute is known to cause serious headaches among the sports performance coaching world! Why is that do you ask?
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By jboone-admin on
1/12/2010 4:21 PM
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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By jboone-admin on
1/10/2010 10:31 PM
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):
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