To get better, you have to struggle.
The way your body and mind learn, adapt, and grow is to be slightly embarrassed. That frustration is the signal that our brain/body needs to adjust.
If you want to learn and adapt, embrace the struggle.
The best chance of developing a D1 scholarship athlete is essentially to do the exact opposite of what our current youth sports fiasco promotes.
We're driving ourselves nuts in youth sports for no reason:
https://t.co/PA8aMbwF2k
The best way to get the most out of someone is to make them feel secure enough where they can take risks and fail.
Most of us don't reach our potential because we default to protective mode.
Threatening & demanding makes us protect further. Security and belonging frees us up.
USA with all 3 men in the 1500m final is excellent work…@CitiusMag can we get @MattCentrowitz on the call for some tactical discussion going into this final?!
What makes a champion? New analysis of over 6,000 athletes finds those who got to world-class, had during their youth:
-more multisport than specialized practice
-started their main sport later
-accumulated less practice
-Initially progressed slower than national class peers
@carver_coaching delivering an absolute gem of a performance this weekend. If you’re looking to level up your coaching practice or enhance your performance, this is your guy!
Key rules to achieve sustainable excellence:
1. Consistency trumps perfection.
2. Be a minimalist to be a maximalist.
3. Have a quiet ego.
4. Focus on the process, not results.
5. Establish a secure but flexible identity.
6. Stress + Rest = Growth
7. Embrace some discomfort
You never know someone's potential.
We like to fool ourselves into thinking we know what a person is capable of in the future
But if we reflect, every coach has had someone go from looking like they had no talent to pretty darn good.
We need to give people a shot to develop.