Here’s one of the main problems that we all face in youth, junior and even high school sports: We all seem to subscribe to the performance-outcome model in youth sports. That is, peak [...]
IN THIS ISSUE: “THE GENDER GAP – MALES & FEMALES IN SPORTS” Back in prehistoric times, when the Neanderthals roamed the earth and the land was not troubled by deep waves of thought, only [...]
IN THIS ISSUE: “GETTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT AND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION” – The Fall and a new season are upon us. Are you really ready? Do you have what it takes to get the VERY most out [...]
IN THIS ISSUE: For the past 6 years I have been working very closely with Dr. David Grand, a Long Island, NY clinician and trauma & performance expert. My work with David has completely [...]
TWO down, ONE to go! Four hours ago, Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti resigned in the wake of the BLATANT coaching abuse scandal of men’s basketball coach Mike Rice that [...]
I recently got a distraught letter from a father of a high school freshman football player. Dad felt that his son was being unfairly treated as far as playing time went given his skill level and [...]
I recently got a phone call from a college student who was writing a paper on the abuse of steroids. He asked me what I’d say to a collegiate athlete who was cheating in that manner. What I [...]
This past Sunday in the New York Times Magazine, the cover article wonderfully written by Michael Sokolove was about 6th grade Seattle basketball phenom, Allonzo Trier. Trier is 13, practices at [...]
This issue is all about failure and learning to understand that the building blocks of success on and off the field are setbacks, mistakes and failures. If you have a goal that is personally [...]
IN THIS ISSUE: In our quest for perfection in sports we sometimes lose our perspective of what’s really important. As a result, we frequently miss the detrimental effects this push to be # 1 has [...]
