May 19, 2012

Inspirational Words: Committment

Catrell

I do not boast of my abilities or believe in my own strength… but I hold true that God has placed me in the right situation at the right time. It is up to me to work as hard as I can to be prepared to live up to the expectations placed on me, for [...]

Losing the WILL to WIN…

I commented on a post in a soccer forum last night and I thought I would also share the post here. The question was centered on the topic of…”Is it okay to push kids to WANT to WIN?” This is a very sensitive subject in this country and the more people I talk to the [...]

Thursday night’s ‘Coaching Conversation Call’ on Mental Toughness

In case you missed it click over to our blog to hear Jeremy Boone’s Thursday Night Coaching Conversation Call. This weeks topic was Mental Toughness and Jeremy, as usual brought up some interesting ideas and views on this sometimes misunderstood topic. Here is the link…
http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WQh6HH0X
For more on Jeremy Boone or his company, Inner Tactics check [...]

Thursday night's 'Coaching Conversation Call' on Mental Toughness

In case you missed it click over to our blog to hear Jeremy Boone’s Thursday Night Coaching Conversation Call. This weeks topic was Mental Toughness and Jeremy, as usual brought up some interesting ideas and views on this sometimes misunderstood topic. Here is the link…
http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WQh6HH0X
For more on Jeremy Boone or his company, Inner Tactics check [...]

Mental Toughness vs. Mental Discipline…

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I read a blog post on another site this week, where someone commented about the difference between Mental Toughness and Mental Discipline. Apparently people are quite confused as to what the two have in common and what makes them different. So today I thought I would take a stab at defining each.
Mental Toughness is the [...]

Pre-Season Week 4: Final Week

Here it is, the final week of the Inaugural Off-Season/Pre-Season Training Program at the Soccer F.I.T. Academy (OP Soccer Complex Location). Over the last 16 weeks we have trained (in many cases) harder than ever before, we have pushed our toughness and our fitness levels to levels that we didn’t think we could. We also [...]

The Burden of Being a Leader…

Over the past 3 months I have seen a complete change in some of our athletes. I am not talking about performance increases or level of enjoyment during the workout, but rather in their elevation into a role of leadership. They have both surprised and impressed me with their effort and intensity. In this blog, [...]