• Decision Making and Peak Performance – Part 2

    Published On: March 28, 2024|

    It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. – Bruce Lee In my previous blog on this subject, I focused on how athletes benefit from automating their thinking to prevent their thinking/decision-making from inhibiting their performance. In this entry, I will focus on decisions made [...]

  • Too Much is Riding on First Round Picks to Take Chances Based on Potential

    Published On: April 27, 2011|

    If I am an NFL general manager spending first round dollars, I want my pick to go for a proven player that has shown a great work ethic throughout his college career. I’m a fan of players with big upsides, but those picks belong in the second round and beyond, [...]

  • HAVING A GREAT MEMORY IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

    Published On: April 21, 2011|

    There have been several articles written that chronicle the rising stock of Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert in next week’s NFL draft. Most of the recent articles attribute this rise in stock to his great memory. While I do not question the fact that Gabbert has an extraordinarily good memory, I [...]

  • YELLING AT PLAYERS DURING A GAME IS COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE

    Published On: April 14, 2011|

    I wish more coaches would realize that once a game starts, errors from a lack of proper preparation cannot be corrected until the game is over. Yet, you continually see coaches reprimanding players during the games. Some coaches are notorious for this kind of behavior. I have watched football coach [...]

  • Most Golfer’s Place Too Much Emphasis On Their Swing – To Their Own Detriment

    Published On: April 6, 2011|

    If you have ever spent any time on a golf course, you have likely heard numerous golfers complaining about their golf swing. Often if they are not complaining about it, they are busy over-analyzing it and focusing on what they need to do to fix it. The fact is, most [...]

  • Rising Stars In College Coaching Share Similar Traits

    Published On: March 31, 2011|

    Brad Stevens of Butler, Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth and Chip Kelly of Oregon are arguably the three hottest coaches in major collegiate sports right now. Stevens lead Butler to the 2010 Championship final in basketball and Kelly led Oregon to the BCS Title game this year, where both teams [...]

  • Talent, Steroids and Character

    Published On: March 23, 2011|

    With Barry Bonds’ perjury trial relating to his use of steroids at the front and center of this week’s news, I figured it would be a good time to wade into this problem. Successes that are earned through your own personal effort nourish your soul forever. While successes that are achieved [...]

  • Depression May Be A Bigger Threat To Serena Williams Than Physical Ailments

    Published On: March 17, 2011|

    Clearly Serena Williams has gone through a lot in the past year and a half. From the confrontation with a line judge at the US Open, to cutting her foot on glass last summer, (and the two surgeries that followed), to the recent pulmonary embolism in her lung and the [...]

  • Conference Tournaments: Why Are There So Many Upsets Every Year?

    Published On: March 9, 2011|

    Obviously there is no single reason that applies to all the upsets we see. One common denominator is that some of the teams that finish in the lower half of their conference begin to gel and play their best basketball at the end of the regular season. Therefore they enter [...]

  • Why Do Gimmick Products Seem To Work For Some People?

    Published On: March 3, 2011|

    Whether it’s the snake oil of days gone by, the modern day Power Balance bracelets or Phiten titanium necklaces, people are always trying to get an edge. Occasionally people will get results from these products, but it has nothing to do with the outlandish claims made about them and everything [...]