First Step to Mental Toughness

The First Step to Build Mental Toughness Coaches often talk about putting their athletes through intense workouts to build Mental Toughness. I am a firm believer in that but there is a step that may precede that. This is something I learned by studying the greatest warriors of all time. Most of us look at…

5 Reasons to Train your Mindset

1. You agree that the sport is at least 50% mental. Any high level wrestler, coach or parent will tell you that wrestling is at least 50% mental. Usually the number is much higher. So why aren’t you directly training your mindset? 2. You do not get better at math by studying English. If there…

Devin Carter Mindset Interview

What percent of wrestling would you say is mental? I firmly believe that wrestling is at least 70% mental. Everyone out there has trained their bodies and gotten in the best shape possible. Everyone else knows almost the same exact technique. The mentality of the sport is the game-changer. What is your Mental Edge or…

My Mental Mistakes Part II

I was a Redshirt Junior in college (UPenn) wrestling at 174 lbs. Our team wrestled Hofstra and I was wrestling the #2 ranked wrestler in the country at the time. Things I was thinking before the match: – My opponent was ranked #2 in the NCAA. – He won the Southern Scuffle a few weeks…

Wrestling Changes You

After I lost in the state finals as a senior it was a bitter 4 months. I always thought that winning a state title would change my life. What I didn’t realize at the time is that wrestling already changed my life. One message I wish I could get across to every wrestler is that…