mindset training

Mindset Made Simple Tip #69 – Will the Pressure Make or Break You? To watch or listen, click HERE. If you are my age, when someone says “under pressure” you probably go straight to the David Bowie/Freddie Mercury song with crazy lyrics like “Um ba ba be, Um ba ba be, De day da, Ee day da-...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #60 - Watch or listen HERE! Read it at www.ssbperformance.com/blog Did you have a skateboard as a kid? I wasn’t allowed to have one. There were no helmets, wrist protectors or anything to aid in keeping you from the ER back then, and I am certain that was my mom’s...

I was a college coach for 26 years…one of 286 Division I head softball coaches in the country. Then I wasn’t. I knew I wanted to be a college coach from the age of 13. It was a big part of who I was for years. To be truthful, it still is! Like all coaches, before I knew I wanted to be a...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #53 – Self-Control = Performance Control To read this on my site, click HERE. To watch or listen, click HERE. I love sports. Always have. Always will. I asked for football shoes for my third birthday. (And my mom was shocked when I told her I wanted to be a coach...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #52 – Growth Mindset and Peak Performance. A lesson learned on a kayak. To read this on my site, click HERE. To watch or listen, click HERE. Each week I plan ahead for the next week’s Mindset Made Simple Tip topic. This week, like any good performer, I adjusted to...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #49 – Herd Immunity and Mental Performance Training To read this on my site, click HERE. To watch or listen, click HERE. As we approach the July 4th goal of getting 70% of the population vaccinated, we continually hear of the benefits of herd immunity. For the health...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #46 – Feeling Great? In a Slump? Injured? Here’s How to Get Better No Matter How You Feel! To watch or listen, click HERE. To read this on my site, click HERE. In and out of athletics, we all deal with times in our lives where we are not at the top of our game, whether...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #45 – Breathe to Live AND to Control our Performance! To watch or listen, click HERE. To read this on my site, click HERE. I LOVE this time of year! I love the game of softball, but I love championships even more! Lacrosse, baseball, softball…. there are plenty of...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #43 – It’s Always a Great Time to Watch Ourselves be Awesome! To watch or listen, click HERE. To read this on my site, click HERE. I am pumped up! Yesterday I started a 2-month program with one of the best girls soccer programs in the country. Watching their...

What is more important for success? Is it better to be confident or competitive? To watch or listen, click HERE. To read this on my site, click HERE. This is sort of like the chicken or the egg question. I am not sure there is a definitive answer. We all know that both are important and...

Mindset Made Simple Tip #39 – Everything’s a Competition! Click HERE to read this and other tips at www.ssbperformance.com My dear friend and former assistant used to say that I turned everything into exercise. I’m not sure that was a compliment ! The truth is, I turn everything into a...