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Emily Robinson
- Apr 16
- 6 min
Unlocking Athletic Potential: The Vital Role of Establishing Deadlines for Your Goals
Every game, match, race, and season builds up to a defining moment: the finish line. But what if I told you that the magic of the finish...
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Emily Robinson
- Mar 28
- 5 min
SMART Goals
When a fourth-grade quarterback steps onto an empty high school field, what does he see?What does he dream about? He sees himself...
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Emily Robinson
- Mar 25
- 7 min
What makes long term change so hard?
Starting on the journey of long-term change in athletics is both daunting and compelling. Athletes often aim to elevate themselves and...
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Emily Robinson
- Mar 8
- 4 min
Are you living by your principles or do they just sound nice?
In the dynamic world of athletics, where sport mixes with morality, this fundamental question reaches beyond the playing field: do...
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Emily Robinson
- Feb 28
- 6 min
Passions and Principles: Sports Addition
By: Emily Robinson Passions and principles are often used in tangent, and one is hardly ever spoken of without the other, but what are...
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Emily Robinson
- Feb 21
- 5 min
4 Ways to Define and Refine Your Purpose
By Emily Robinson Purpose. It is a single word with a million different meanings. To some, it means traveling around the world and...
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Ben Carnes
- Oct 24, 2022
- 9 min
How To Get In The Right Mindset Before A Game
Are you feeling nervous, anxious, or stressed about your upcoming game? Do you feel like you're not in the right mindset to play your...
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Ben Carnes
- Sep 28, 2022
- 9 min
How athletes can learn to control their focus and handle distractions
Coaches and athletes spend countless hours improving technique and looking for ways to enhance performance during a game. In addition to...
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Ben Carnes
- Sep 20, 2022
- 5 min
What Is Mental Training? How To Train Your Brain.
Mental training is a new form of cognitive exercise that has been shown to improve attention, memory, and other skills. The goal of...
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Ben Carnes
- Sep 16, 2022
- 5 min
3 Effective Ways to Practice Mental Toughness
Mental toughness is a phrase that is used by coaches, parents, and athletes all around the world. It has become somewhat of a buzzword...
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Ben Carnes
- Sep 14, 2022
- 10 min
Overwhelmed, Exhausted, Burned Out, and 3 Ways You Can Take Back Control
Full disclosure to start this post...this is not advice from some expert who has everything figured out. This is simply a look into a...
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Ben Carnes
- Jan 22, 2021
- 5 min
Does mental performance training actually works...what does science have to say?
One of the aspects that elite athletes have to overcome is not only the challenge of training at a high level, but also the pressure to...
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Ben Carnes
- Dec 9, 2020
- 7 min
Controlling your body on the golf course
We have already looked at how stress and pressure on the golf course can impact what we focus on or how we talk to ourselves, but there...
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Ben Carnes
- Dec 7, 2020
- 4 min
Controlling that little voice in the back of your mind on the golf course.
A quick search on Google for "how many thoughts does the average human have during the day?" will return quite a range of answers....
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Ben Carnes
- Nov 24, 2020
- 7 min
How Do I Control my Focus on the Golf Course?
One of the most common questions I get from golfers is precisely what I titled this article, "How do I control my focus on the golf...
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Ben Carnes
- Nov 20, 2020
- 7 min
Is Your Brain Working Against You on the Golf Course?
Some golfers seem to play at their best in high pressure situations, while others crumble. When it comes to being clutch on the golf...
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Ben Carnes
- Mar 25, 2019
- 4 min
What We Do
"So what exactly do you do?" This is probably one of the most common questions I am asked when people find out that I help athletes with...
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- Mar 14, 2019
- 5 min
Why We Exist
Back in 1999 our starting catcher injured his throwing hand during PE class. So, I got promoted that night from the bullpen to starting...
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