Posted: October 4, 2021
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw In athletics, (as in life) one thing is predictable. Athletes peak performance is at a certain age, (depending upon the sport), and then performance starts to decline. There’s a particular period we can refer to […]
Posted: August 23, 2021
“Acknowledging the good you already have in life is the foundation for all abundance.” -Eckhart Tolle The rigorous and challenging process that elite athletes go through during training is very trying. For many of them, it’s something they have done from very early on in their lives, so much so that it’s become second nature […]
Posted: August 16, 2021
“It is possible to have too much of a good thing:” Aesop Many athletes come to that point in their lives where they’re faced with either taking a step back or going forward despite the risks and severe costs that may follow. Public scrutiny and peer pressure have forced one-too-many athletes to cave and proceed […]
Posted: August 8, 2021
“You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.” —Wayne Dyer Many times we find ourselves in situations where we suddenly become too anxious to do things we normally could do with our eyes closed. Right in the heart of your performance you blank out and can’t […]
Posted: July 27, 2021
More Student-Athletes are Struggling with Depression Than You Know “Every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Athletes are trained to be tough, physically and emotionally. They teach them to absorb the pain and exertions […]
Posted: July 19, 2021
With the Olympics right around the corner, it seemed like a good time to focus a bit on athlete mental health. The average person sees an athlete as just a little short of a superhuman or demigod. Athletes are extremely skilled and highly trained sports(wo)men that are terrific at their respective sports. Many athletes have […]