Posts Tagged ‘sports’

 

Why We All Need A “Process”

Every successful coach I have studied from John Wooden, Pete Carroll, Nick Saban and many others, they all have what they call a process.  Looking at it from a distance I realize this “process” is their own system of doing things.  No matter what sport or even in other fields (teaching, business, etc) all the […]

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Always Learning

I had a great opportunity last week to meet the strength and conditioning coach of the Toronto Raptors; Jon Lee.  It was a really exciting time for me to continue learning and watch athletes perform in a competitive match up in Portland. I always find it fascinating, to hear about how team trainers are choosing to […]

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Love to Play, Do Not Play Out of Fear

As someone who has played sports my whole life,  I have been fortunate or unfortunate enough to play for several different coaches with different styles and approaches.  The most common approach I have experienced, is yelling and trying to instill fear into players–an effort to get them to play their best.  After studying some of the best coaches of […]

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Organization

In previous blogs, we have shared that around 75% of an athlete’s performance, is due to their mental state. With that in mind, its probably best to figure out some ways in which we can get our minds to function at their highest level. Accordingly to Daniel Levitin in The Organized Mind, the mind functions at it’s best when the things in our lives […]

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Turkish Get Up

The Turkish Get Up is one of the best full body exercises you can do.  It requires the strength and stability of your entire body.  Though it may take a couple times before you get the hang of this exercise, we recommend that you use little to no weight when you start–later increasing slowly, as you are able. This exercise is not […]

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