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Weekn In Review

support@athletebydesign.com — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:16:00 GMT

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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What Do You Think?

support@athletebydesign.com — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:32:00 GMT

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?

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Coaching Conversations That Actually Have An Impact

support@innertactics.com — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:52:00 GMT

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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Got Innergy? The Get Fit Mindset

support@innertactics.cm — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMT

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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Mental Toughness Part 2

support@innertactics.cm — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:44:00 GMT

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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It's The Most Desired Mental Attribute In Athletic Performance

support@innertactics.cm — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:07:00 GMT

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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Discover why Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban uses Sports Axiology the Right Way

support@athletebydesign.com — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:21:00 GMT

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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Personality Revisited

support@innertactics.cm — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:31:00 GMT

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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Expanding the Horizons of Sports Psychology

support@innertactics.cm — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:06:00 GMT

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...

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Motivational Math

support@innertactics.cm — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:50:00 GMT

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