1. A winner doesn’t make excuses. It’s easy to find reasons to miss practices and workouts. But you have a winning mentality when you stick to your commitments even when conditions are not ideal. 2. A winner maintains a White Belt Mentality. Winners keep an open mind and learn what you can from anyone you can. They don’t write…
Top 10 Mental Mistakes Track and Field Athletes Make Getting involved in the hype by reading the papers, social media and/or looking up your stats. After your season is over, then you can check this stuff out. During the season, focus on always improving. Associating with negative people. They will slow you down and…
10 Ways to Build Confidence at a Meet I don’t need to sell anyone on the importance of confidence in track and field. Simply put, it’s an absolute must – It separates the good from the great, and the elite from everyone else. Our 1-1 mindset program is all about practical Track & Field-specific…
1. Avoid becoming too much of a fan, instead of an athlete. If you’re about to play a team in your league, don’t look up their stats or find them in the newspaper. At meets, don’t watch the highest ranked teams competing against each other too much either. All of those things will make you…
7 Cardinal Sins of Track and Field Indifference/Apathy – There’s no room for these feelings if you want to develop your skills and improve your performance. Always put in 110%. Even if God has blessed you with athletic talent – the ability to run far, fast, throw or jump, work as if you had none…
1. Compete in Track and Field because YOU want to. Your happiness and well-being is more important than success. If running track or competing in a field event isn’t in your heart, then try something else. Don’t do it for someone else, do what YOU love for YOU. 2. Focus on the process not the outcome. If…