Estimated Reading Time: 3 Mins Being sidelined is never easy. However, in an athlete’s career, there’s a good chance she will find herself out of the game for one reason or another.  Whether it’s for sickness, small injury, or something larger that keeps them out of the game for months, it’s a reality that most […]

Estimated reading time: 3 mins Ahh, summer! It’s so close we can feel it.  Long, hot days. Warm summer nights. No school. Vacations.  Summer is a time to recharge, reconnect, and enjoy the things that a school schedule doesn’t allow.  However, if you’re an athlete, especially an athlete that wants to level-up and make their […]

Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes If your athlete daughter feels like she’s doing everything she can to improve, but it’s not happening, it can be frustrating as a parent to know what to do.  I’ll tell you it’s probably even more frustrating as the athlete to feel like… -She’s putting in the work-She’s doing the […]

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’re an athlete, chances are you’ve been here more than once. (And if you’re a parent of an athlete, you’ve no doubt seen this unfold!) You make a mistake in competition or practice.  Then, the next thing you know you make another mistake. Then another. Then another… And all of a […]

Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins Elite Performance…it’s what our players are after, and what we want for our athletes, right? But, sometimes it seems like the path to get there seems non-existent.  When I talk about “Elite Performance” I am talking about… -Confidence from the inside out-Consistent performance-Playing to potential -Continuous improvement-Moving past mistakes quickly-Coming in […]

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Early on as a coach, when my team played poorly, the first thing I would think of to “fix” the problem the next day at practice was some sort of drill or more reps in the area we were struggling.  Now, this approach isn’t wrong. Obviously there had been some […]

It’s no surprise that many athletes, parents, and coaches discover the power of mental training when performance is suffering.  Playing slumps, performance anxiety, compounding mistakes, loss of motivation…I’ve seen (and probably experienced) it all and absolutely believe in the ability to harness the power of the mind to allow players to overcome these common struggles.  […]

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes One of the most common frustrations I hear from parents or coaches of female athletes is this: “My athlete/daughter/team isn’t mentally tough enough.” Usually followed by stories of how much tougher athletes were “back then,” and why it’s so different now.  I get it. But I also get equally frustrated […]