When you’ve played one sport your whole life, and you retire, what happens? As athletes grow up and start to burn out or retire after having focused solely on that sport for years, if not decades even, they are bound to struggle with their identity.

When you’re known as the “GOAT” or even when y...

Pulling all nighters for school work because they’re at practice all day, or stressing out over a big game coming up. Kids today are under more pressure than ever before, and it’s impacting their health and wellbeing in more ways than one. 

In today’s post-covid world, mental health issues are i...

It’s the last week of 2021! Having a process to reflect on the year as a whole will not only help you to close the chapter, but also help to prepare you for the new year to come. So let me start with a question: 

What is your end of year routine?

A) I’ve got this, already started! 

B) I do ...

Burn out.

THE topic of a lot of my 1:1 sessions the past few weeks. 

Athletes who are heading towards burnout typically display:

• Constant fatigue
• Grades drop
• Performance is subpar
• Body starts to break down (injuries present or they simply get sick repeatedly)
• Motivation dips (it becom
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Summer is officially here. Looking back on this past season, what are some things you wished you’d done differently? What are some things you hope to do better next season? Be more confident when you have possession? Take more risks? Be more consistent? Improve your focus? Make quicker decisions? Mo...

Happy New Year! 

Let’s talk New Year's GOALS. 

There’s a lot of pressure on 2021. High expectations to be better than 2020 was.

The thing is, the second the clock turned 12:00am, there was no magical shift… Things aren’t going to miraculously just BE better. You still have to put in the work. You...

Since the majority of you (us), have started back up with the season and tournament play, I thought it would be beneficial to post some tips for parents on how to assist their athletes with their post-game evaluations. 

First off, every athlete should be performing a post-game routine. I don’t mean...

Mental preparation and training accounts for 90% of athletic success in competition – a practice that is highly overlooked by athletes and coaches alike. Sport psychology is a specialization focused on helping athletes and teams maximize their performances through the development of effective mental...

The short answer? Everyone! But let's break it down a little..

Athletes: The obvious answer - as was discussed last month, there is a LOT that goes into being an athlete… and 80-90% of that is mental. They’re balancing a lot and that pressure adds up - school, training, practicing, competing, d...

With everything that is going on in the world right now, things are, well… a little challenging. I know that there is most likely a lot of stress and anxiety swirling around about not being able to get on the ice, field, court, etc. Anxiety for the athletes for sure, but also for parents (and even u...

I know right now it’s probably been really hard to get motivated to do anything (workouts, school, work, literally anything besides sitting on the couch and watching Netflix.. and even that’s hard sometimes!). We are ten weeks into this shelter in place - or eleven? Who knows anymore?? Finding the m...