Those of you who have followed me for some time, know I am always seeking new applications of mental skills to share with you! Well, this past month, one new application found its way to me by plopping right into my email inbox! The email was from Bridgestone Golf and it was extolling the virtues […]
Bridgestone Golf Mindset™ – Focus to Perform™! Read More »
A little over a week ago, my good friend and fellow shooter Doug Parsons punched up from A to AA class while shooting at Kidd’s Place! His feat was followed by a flurry of congratulatory emails. One email in particular caught my eye. Randy Donovan had commented that Doug’s having switched to a 32” Caesar
Mental Skills Help Breed Consistency and Improve Performance – A Case Study! Read More »
Back in 2020, I had as one of my goals to shoot a large tournament. The one I selected was the East Coast Championship held each spring at Hunter’s Pointe in Washington NC. I thoroughly enjoyed that experience, and have returned each year to participate in that tournament. If you haven’t experienced a large event
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By now, you probably have heard rumblings about ChatGPT – an “AI Chatbot” that was recently released for general (free) use. Coming off the heels of just having read a few books on artificial intelligence, I was curious to see if AI could take over my blog posting duties and give me a vacation! Getting
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Our mental game should always consider ways to stay focused. Professional athletes are often seen with earbuds in while doing their pre-performance routine. Why? Well, there are literally tons of studies that indicate that there are significant positive effects of listening to music. Here is just one example: <https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/82414> If you want to read more,
Can Music Calm the Chatter in our Heads and Help us Focus? Read More »
You may recall my recent post on Chris Parsons’s book “Skill Sets”. If not, you can visit it HERE Doug Parsons – no relation to Chris, had first introduced me to this book. As it turns out, I returned the favor by reminding Doug P of Chris’s work by writing about it in my post.
It Does a Heart Good! – More on “Skill Sets” Read More »
I absolutely love it when I run into a mental skills tool that I was not previously aware of! That’s part of the joy of reading as much as I do. In his book ‘Ninety Percent Mental”, former MLB all star pitcher turned mental skills trainer Bob Tewksbury shares how he developed tools to help
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In my second post on the blog, I wrote about a user manual on goal setting I had created as part of my coursework when working towards by Sport Psychology degree. If you missed that one, you can find it here. In that post, I mentioned some tenants of good goals as suggested by experts
How Audacious Should Your Goals be? Read More »
Today’s post is number 62! Taking a look back we have covered a lot of territory. Looking through the posts, they can be grouped into roughly 10 categories as follows: Goal Setting Self-talk Visualization Stress Management / Emotional Regulation Mindfulness / Meditation / Focus Confidence Fitness / Eye Training Performance Logging Self-image Pre-shot Planning So…
What Does Your Mental Game Look Like? Read More »
I recently finished reading an excellent book by Jean Francois Menard entitled “Train Your Brain Like an Olympian – Gold Medal Techniques to Unleash Your Potential at Work” Honestly, when I ordered the book off of Amazon, I did not even notice the sub-title indicating the focus was on applying mental skills to work. As
Are you Operating in a Sterile Cockpit? Read More »
