Prioritizing effectively is a skill like any other and therefore requires deliberate practice.When we engage in weight training, we deliberately overload our muscles and ask them handle progressively heavier loads. We instantly comprehend that if we were to only train one body part while ignoring the rest, only the area we trained is going to get bigger and stronger.Our … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
Chalk Talk
Chalk talk applies to life, not just sports.We are coming to understand that the mental side of sports is just as (if not more) important than the physical, particularly at the highest level. More accurately, mental strength is the separator when talent is comparable. Sure, basketball players should be knocking out their free throws deliberately and linemen need thousands … [Read more...]
Building a Winning Culture
Building better teammates and creating a winning culture are intertwined. In order to build a long-term, winning culture, it takes months and years of continuous, dedicated, deliberate effort. It's a never-ending commitment to sharpening each other at every turn.The New Zealand All Blacks, the national men’s rugby team, were smacked in the face with this undertaking. They … [Read more...]