What matters isn’t how well you play when you’re playing well. What matters is how well you play when you’re playing badly. – Martina Navratilova There is a reason that most people enjoy playing and feel more comfortable playing opponents that they know they can beat. You can show off, you never feel threatened, and…
We always hear things about “confident athletes” or “playing with confidence” or “have confidence in yourself.” But what does all that mean? What does it mean to be confident? Confidence in relation to volleyball is defined as, “a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities,” meaning that we…
Baseball is the one sport called America’s National Pastime. It is arguably the single sport that carried the nation through wars, economic downturns, and national catastrophes. In the early 20th century, families would huddle around radios listening to their favorite radio voice bring the game to them in their living rooms. Some families watched games…
During Self-Hypnosis, an athlete can induce self-hypnosis by getting “in the zone” which is often used to prevent distractions such as crowd noise, injury, pain, movement seen in peripheral vision, anger in an referee’s poor decision, etc.Have you ever experienced the ability to get in the zone to avoid similar distractions? What distractions, internal or…
Focus on what you love about your sport! People tend to focus too much on winning or outcomes, spend time thinking about why you love your sport and what you like about it! Listen to For the Love of the Game Podcast Here! Zwinningmindset.com
We all strive to be the best athletes we can be. We do this by being coachable, trying hard at practice, and competing tough. But there are a lot of things we can do off the court that make us a mentally tough athlete as well. We’re gong to suggest some habits to adopt…