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Pull the Trigger
May 7th, 2013 To sum up Sport/Performance Psychology in a 3 word sentence- Pull the trigger! This is analogous to the Nike slogan of “Just Do It.” However, I like “...
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Exercises to Improve Confidence
May 6th, 2013 *List your 10 greatest accomplishments in wrestling (competition or practice).If there aren’t 10 in wrestling, then include life to show yourself you are good at things you put your ...
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Building Unstoppable Confidence
April 29th, 2013 Confidence is so important to our success I have decided to do at least a 3 part series. What can we do to build Unstoppable Confidence? A different approach to building ...
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Ditch Your Excuses Now
April 22nd, 2013 My high school wrestling coach, the great Steve Giordano (NJ State Champ & college All-American) would always tell us, “never give yourself an excuse to lose.” You do ...
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How to Regain Control of your Energy
April 15th, 2013 Think back to the moments leading up to a big competition or performance. Think about the atmosphere in the locker room. Think about how people moved around. Before a competition ...
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Top 10 Mental Mistakes a Wrestler can Make by Travis Paulson
April 11th, 2013 1) Thinking that wrestling is life and death and not realizing that wrestling is just an opportunity to do something great.2) Focusing on defending what your opponent does well instead of ...
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Top 10 Mental Mistakes Wrestlers Make & Corrections
April 9th, 2013 Getting involved in the “fan mentality”. Rankings, predictions, records, and seedings are great hype for wrestling media (Flowrestling, Trackwrestling, etc.) but can be a great distraction for wrestlers. If it ...
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Perfection - Good or Evil?
April 8th, 2013 Perfection is the enemy of good. When you were young, the adults taught you how to detect and delete mistakes. This makes sense. I order to achieve at a high ...
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How to Bounce Back from a Loss
April 1st, 2013 You are a human, you make mistakes. There is a simple but effective way to deal with ALL losses, errors, mistakes, etc:extract the lesson, commit the lesson to memory, ...
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Action Beats Inaction
March 25th, 2013 When in doubt, err on the side of taking action. Sometimes you are forced to make a difficult decision. You have information supporting you, “going for it.” And ...
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Top 10 Worst Phrases for a Competition
March 18th, 2013 10. “I have to…”9. “I need to…”8. “I ought to…”7. “I should…”6. “I must…”5. “This ...
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