You can learn so much from watching athlete interviews after they compete. Rutgers 133lber and Big Ten Champ Nick Suriano has a pretty solid mindset, but he knows it isn’t perfect. The best athletes aren’t afraid to take a hard look in the mirror at themselves to find the areas they need to improve on…
Wrestling Mindset is now working with baseball teams with the same principles that have helped the best college teams and the olympic team to prepare mentally. Baseball Mindset is excited to be working with Houston’s Second Baptist HS coached by the legendary Lance Berkman and Andy Pettitte. Our Mindset Training provides teams a systematic way…
Last week, Team USA traveled to Bulgaria to compete in the Dan Kolov tournament, one of the toughest international events of the year. Jordan Burroughs, Alex Dieringer, Kyle Snyder, and Tamyra Mensah-Stock all took home gold with a boatload of other competitors making their way across the world to test themselves. When you put…
1. Pull the Trigger. From the start of the tournament, I watched numerous wrestlers lose in the first rounds by not scoring the first takedown. A wrestler knocked off the defending state champ by scoring the first takedown. This puts you in the driver’s seat and makes your opponent react to you while you build…
As wrestling season enters its final weeks for most competitors it’s important to keep the focus on the competition and not get distracted by everything else around you. Wrestling season can be grueling, spread out over 4+ months with multiple holidays, weather changes and school breaks that can knock someone out of a training routine.…
Anyone who watched the Suriano vs Fix match this weekend probably heard the announcer talk about both wrestlers falling victim to this Mindset Red Flag that Wrestling Mindset talks about frequently: Giving good opponents too much respect. You see it every tournament and almost every dual meet. A wrestler gives his opponent too much respect and…
What Steve Jobs, David Taylor, and Kyle Dake have in common. By James Kaishian “our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most…
James Kaishian What’s the difference between someone who is good at something and someone who is great. Talent, choices, work ethic? Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers claims its sheer hours and determination that add up into the culmination of 10,000 hours of practice. Other factors that certainly count are work ethic, motivation, coaching etc.…
Dear Wrestler, Most serious wrestlers would agree that wrestling is one of the most mental sports in the world. How often have we all had the technical skills and physical prowess to win, yet still came up short because our mindset was not where it needed to be the day of competition? Not only have…