This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with 2x Beast of The East Champion Matty Lopes. Together, they discuss dealing with a loaded schedule and finding time to prioritize recovery. How wrestling is a holistic sport, encompassing body, mind, and spirit. And what are the holdups people still have towards mindset training even…
In wrestling, your mindset, mental strength and resilience are just as important as technique and physical power. To excel in this demanding sport, wrestlers need to cultivate a strong mindset that enhances their performance on the mat. Sport psychology offers valuable techniques and strategies that can help wrestlers overcome challenges, manage stress, and perform at…
As we get in to crunch time of the season, here are 7 ways that wrestlers are hurting their performance. Blaming the referee or making excuses. This will never help you. Refs will make bad calls. It is not your fault, but it is your responsibility to respond in a positive and effective way.…
Imagery and Visualization we all do it. We are already good at it, however it is a mental muscle. Sub conscience mind, what are you not aware of but it is taking over you daily actions. How to fix it? Affirmations,Imagery, Visualizations. These are mental muscles and need mental reps. Thoughts images and affirmations programs your sub conscience…
How much weight should I cut? Depends on Age, Body Fat, and what your ultimate goal is. The general rule not that much weight. Rec or youth wrestlers should not cut any weight. Let them grow! The 5% Rule 5% rule never be cutting more that 5% of your walking around weight. Studies show…
Learn some useful tips and implement it for this upcoming wrestling season. What not to do when coaching mental game. 1. Not Doing Mindset Training at All. When we say it is 90% Mental but we train 90% Physical that is a problem we need to bridge the gap. We can always learn. However…
5 Key Emotions All Winners Overcome Winning can be considered a game whether it is in sports, business, taking exams or in a career. Your thoughts, feelings and emotions have a significant impact on how well you will perform during these areas. In order to be a winner at anything you must learn how…
Depending on the people you surround yourself with, do you notice you start mimicking their habits, catch phrases, actions, hobbies, interests, etc.? If you are within a bad crowd, you might catch yourself doing things that you normally wouldn’t be doing. You are only doing them because everyone else around you does it regularly. Some…
The Art of a Comeback The best athletes in the world are consciously aware of what they are doing in the moment based on their previous best and worst performances, which allow them to have a clear mind to begin the comeback. 5 Minute Rule: Immediately following a poor performance it is important…
How To Overcome Your Biggest Opponent, Yourself (STOP Being A Hypocrite!) We must first admit that we are all guilty of being a hypocrite at times. We have all said one thing and done another. A simple way to see that you have been a hypocrite at some point is first asking yourself what…