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WHY YOUR DAUGHTERS SHOULD PLAY COMPETITIVE SPORTS

When held in the hands of healthy, appropriate adults, competitive sports can provide your girls with some invaluable lessons that will last them a lifetime.

THE DIFFICULT-TO-GRASP HEADSET OF WINNERS

Successful athletes take an interesting headset into all of their performances. It is captured in the following Zen saying: "When the archer shoots for the love and passion of the shooting, he has all his skills and he hits the Bull's Eye again and again...

NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS FACED CAN BE CHANGED...BUT NOTHING CAN BE CHANGED UNTIL IT IS FACED

This quote from James Baldwin speaks very powerfully to coaches, parents and athletes. Are you listening? If you have a fear, a problem, weakness or shortcoming, personally or professionally, you will never be able to get beyond it until you're willing to honestly face it! 

PRIDE AND EGO GO BEFORE THE FALL

18 year old Jeremy Tyler is the first American to skip his senior year of high school to play professional ball in Europe. His dream is to become a top draft pick for the 2011 NBA draft and then, after playing for 15 seasons, retire from the NBA with $200 million in the bank. Nice fantasy except......

WHEN YOU GO INTO A PERFORMANCE WITH EXPECTATIONS, YOU WILL ALWAYS COME OUT WITH DISAPPOINTMENT

One of the more common, yet costly mental mistakes that athletes make is to go into a competition carrying their expectations. "I want to win, beat this opponent, go 3 for 4, score 17 points, pitch a shut-out, prove to the coach that I should be the starter," etc.

PARENTS! GET EXCITED!!! HERE'S YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR CREATING THE NEXT ANDRE AGASSI?

Let's go parents! Time's a wasting! Take advantage NOW of our special parental formula for creating the next Andre Agassi or super champion! Want your son or daughter to become wildly famous, win millions in prize money, have lucrative endorsement contracts and put your name in the front running for parent of the decade?

"I WONDER" - WHAT SPORTS COULD REALLY BE

TOO NERVOUS BEFORE YOU PERFORM? WELL, NO PROBLEM! JUST RELAX!!!!!!!

So many athletes suffer from debilitating performance anxiety. Right before big games they're freaking out, hyperventilating and mentally setting themselves up to choke! Coaches and parents see this and offer these well-meaning words of advice, "JUST RELAX! YOU'RE TOO NERVOUS!"

HEY COACH - YOUR ATHLETES DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU KNOW! THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU CARE!

GOOD COACHING may seem obvious, but it 's not!

SUCCESS IS JUST BEYOND THE SPLATT!!!!

A young student meets a Guru on the road one day and he stops him and asks, " Kind scholar.....can you please tell me, which is the way to success?" The bearded old sage says nothing and instead simply points off in a south-west direction.

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