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Thinking

The process Thinking encompasses all of the previous seven concepts plus other connections. When you do a computer search on the concept...

Memory, Language, Emotion

For the last four blogs, we have presented the most important psychological concepts related to the educational growth of our players;...

Attention

Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what may seem several simultaneously possible...

Perception

Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses; a way of regarding, understanding, or...

Praise and Encouragement

Often, I hear coaches saying, “You have to praise your kids” or “We don’t praise our kids enough.” It’s a great idea when done right...

My Swing v. The “Right” Swing

For my birthday, I got a gift card for some golf lessons at any one of our really good community golf courses. Now, at my age, I’m not...

”Coach, I can’t do it.”

Bobby is standing there holding the basketball in his two hands and shaking his head. You have been showing your young players how to...

The Three Dangerous Processes to Avoid

There are three processes that we use to describe our behavior to ourselves. Our brain listens to us and identifies us by what we say...

The Basic Performance Modes - The Game Mode

You have to trust what you have learned in your practice session and then do it. The key word, of course, is trust - no second guessing....

The Basic Performance Modes - The Practice Mode

The purpose of the practice mode is to have the kids learn new skills and mechanics and to sharpen up the ones they have already learned....

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