Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Fake It to Make It! "How-To" On Exuding Confidence Even When You Ain't Feelin' It!

Tryouts! Pre-Season!
  • "Will I make the team?"
  • "What does the coach think?"
  • "How do I feel about my chances?"
  • "Am I going to make it?"
  • "Ahhhhh!"


Yeah, it's that time of year for college, high school and middle school soccer players (at least in my neck of the woods). Ugh!

Not allowing your negative feelings to dictate your actions is not easy. Your body language might suffer. You might negatively react instead of absorbing events, thinking, reasoning and soundly formulating how to act. 

This is a time that puts an athlete's confidence to the test...watch the video below to see how you can "trick" yourself into getting into a confident self-image, even if your not quite feeling it at the moment.


Graham Betchart is the director of mental training for Lucid Performance Inc. (Twitter: @trainwithlucid). 

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Getting Recruited 101: Some help in writing to college coaches...




Check out this article from USA Today High School Sports on writing effective emails and communicating with college coaches.

https://usatodayhss.com/2018/3-helpful-examples-for-emailing-college-coaches

Find out more about getting recruited at US Today HS Sports Blog:

https://usatodayhss.com/tag/recruiting-2


Do you have any tips? Leave them in the comments.

Good Luck!
CP