Peak Performance Strategies

Concentration is the foundation of mental toughness. When you focus on the wrong things you’ll get nervous, lose your confidence and fall apart performance-wise. However, when you focus on the [...]

Too many athletes mistakenly believe that your focus needs to be on the competition and what they’re doing when you compete. There is no better example of this than watching […]

In swim training there’s a term called “garbage yardage” which refers to the swimmer physically putting in the time training but while doing so, being mentally out to lunch. You [...]

No matter how long you have been participating, you will always find new things to learn in your sport. Dr. Goldberg explains why a “beginner’s mind” is an important tool […]

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 [...]

We’ve all felt it. Those moments when everything is just working as it should. You’re in the “zone”, or in the “flow.” Wikipedia tells us, “flow, also known as [...]

Competitive sports, when held in the hands of appropriate adults, provides kids with critically important life skills that will eventually translate to success in many other performance arenas in [...]

So you’ve been practicing your mental toughness techniques, learning how to stay focused rather than being distracted by negative thoughts, and you’ve even gotten a handle on how to stay […]

How to Maintain a Positive Attitude When You’re Losing This post is dedicated to a reader who asked a very important question about how to stay positive even when you […]

Athletes notice a trend when they first enter sports: they are unstoppable in practice, but during a game, they’re unnoticeable. Skills don’t diminish from practice the day before to the […]