WHAT’S THE CAMERA FOR?
Have you turned up at a coaching session and someone has produced a video camera to assist in coaching? The owner of the camera “watches” some of the shooters through the camera and then takes it all back into the clubhouse to play to the crowd. If the camera can be set-up & plugged into […]
90% MENTAL
Shooting is 90% Mental by Chip Lohman. We generally agree that “shooting is 90 percent mental,” but apply it in very personal ways. When a coach emphasizes the need to focus, for example, one shooter’s interpretation may be to bear down and think harder, while the next may visualize “living in the moment” and relaxing. […]
COMPETITION MINDSET
IS THE WALL THE PROBLEM? I had the good fortune of attending a conference conducted by Carol Dwek a while ago, yet her concepts of how we approach our work and sport is still firmly lodged in my brain. Carol talked about “mindset” when applied to athletes, coaches, staff, volunteers. Her concept of Fixed or […]
HAVE YOU TRAINED YOUR BRAIN?
HAVE YOU TRAINED YOUR BRAIN LATELY? Changing thoughts and habits: an ongoing project… Human beings think. We think all the time. It is a central factor in our lives; our experience of reality is shaped by the moment-by-moment flow of our thoughts. As long as we can still learn, we can change our thought habits. […]
STAYING IN FOCUS
Staying in Focus Staying focused on what you need to do in order to overcome the obstacles in front of you, is a main ingredient to reaching success. You may have never heard of Karoly Takacs, but in the 1940’s he was well known in Hungary as a national hero. Everyone who knew his story […]
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SUCCESS IS A CHALLENGE
