Blog - Basketball Mental Toughness

Case study youth basketball player

[Transcript] I had a defining moment when I worked with a  14 year old player some years ago, let’s call him Tod, who came to me with his parents saying that he was on the verge of quitting basketball because he wasn’t getting playing time on his travel team. Tod had been a standout player […]

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How To Handle Parents Giving You Advice

[Transcript] Let’s move on get some height on parents and how to think about them to continue developing this ability of seeing things from a bigger, more useful perspective to keep building mental toughness. I’m just going to assume you have a parent or other mentor who has given you this training because they want […]

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Work Hard To Achieve Self Respect – Winning Is A Byproduct

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Sports parents and coaches are constantly preaching to their young athletes to work hard to achieve their goals. Rightfully so! However, adults forget that kids have a hard time really getting the concept of “delayed gratification.” Meaning, work hard now for a payoff later.  As the youth mental toughness trainer having been inside many kids’ […]

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