As coach it is your responsibility to keep your athletes from being bored during practice. When your players are bored with practice they lack concentration and focus. Make practice goal-oriented by establishing a goal for each specific task you are going to work on in practice. Goal-oriented
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Expectations Lead to Pressure
Most athletes feel pressure when they adopt expectations from others, such as coaches, parents, or teammates, or have their own strict expectations about how they should perform. Expectations are what you demand of yourself when you perform or what you think others demand of you. You naturally want
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Self-Confidence Roller Coaster
Are you on the self-confidence roller coaster? Many athletes allow their confidence to be thrashed around by immediate results and circumstances. What do I mean by the confidence roller coaster? Athletes with fragile confidence lose it when they hit a bad shot, fail to make a play, or lose a
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Nobody Plays Perfect, Not Even Perectionists
Athletes who go into an event or tournament without any expectations are more likely to perform with confidence. However it may be difficult for athletes to avoid setting high expectations throughout the tournament when they are winning and playing well. One athlete states, "I went into a match
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