Great Sports Minds for Parents

05/11/2023

Can you relate?

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05/04/2023

If you are a struggling athlete, watch this video.
If you know a struggling athlete, share this video with them.

I intentionally posted this for athletes who might be going through a difficult time.

Jalen Hurts is resilient.

January 2018, Jalon gets pulled at halftime in the National Championship Game.
Alabama wins the game Jalon on the bench.

The media is in his face immediately after the game asking about getting pulled.
Jalen eloquently handles the press. "We just won a national championship!"

Later he breaks down and shares his disappointment in the privacy of a hotel room with his family.

He asks his parents, "What are we going to do?"
His Dad says we are going to fight.

Eleven months later - he goes into the SEC championship game for the injured starting quarterback.
Alabama is losing when he enters the game.
He leads the team to a comeback win and the SEC title.

2023 Jalon Hurts leads the Eagles into the Superbowl Game.

Tough times?
What are you going to do?
Fight and get better?
Or complain and give up?

When we have a disappointing performance (and all athletes will) - that performance is ONE moment in time.
One performance is not a life sentence.
Learn and continue to put in the work.

This is Jalen Hurts’ epic story of redemption. From being benched in the national championship game - To coming off the bench to lead a comeback victory in ...

05/03/2023

I love shipping the Great Sports Minds Athlete Journal! You can find it on Amazon, but when you order directly from me, you'll receive some extra goodies, including a pen and a mental performance tip card.

As a coach or athlete, you know that mental preparation is just as important as physical training. That's where the Great Sports Minds Journal comes in. With 20 exercises to choose from, coaches can use it to help their teams reflect on their performance, set goals, and improve their mindset.

By incorporating just 5 minutes of journaling at the end of practice, players can gain valuable insights into their development. What did they learn? What did they do well? What can they continue to improve?

If you're looking to take your coaching or training to the next level, send me a message to learn about our volume discounts. Let's help your team build the mental toughness they need to succeed.

04/19/2023

Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician. He was recently on the Joe Rogan podcast where he shared what he called, ‘The greatest piece of advice.’

He said, “Anytime you feel yourself getting frustrated with your kids, just close your eyes and imagine you are 80 years old, and you have a time machine that is bringing you right back to this moment, and this is the only moment that you will get with them again.”

He then said, “It totally changes everything. It’s like, ‘I can take this all day long.’”

Read more:

https://www.acoachsdiary.com/post/week-of-4-11-circle-up-reflection-questions

04/06/2023

There is one moment in time that defines our parenting and lays the groundwork for our relationship with our child in sports.

04/02/2023

An old man meets a young man who asks:
“Do you remember me?”
And the old man says no. Then the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks:
“What do you do, what do you do in life?”
The young man answers:
“Well, I became a teacher.”
“ah, how good, like me?” Asks the old man.
“Well, yes. In fact, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.”
The old man, curious, asks the young man at what time he decided to become a teacher. And the young man tells him the following story:
“One day, a friend of mine, also a student, came in with a nice new watch, and I decided I wanted it.
I stole it, I took it out of his pocket.
Shortly after, my friend noticed the his watch was missing and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you.
Then you addressed the class saying, ‘This student's watch was stolen during classes today. Whoever stole it, please return it.’
I didn't give it back because I didn't want to.
You closed the door and told us all to stand up and form a circle.
You were going to search our pockets one by one until the watch was found.
However, you told us to close our eyes, because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed.
We did as instructed.
You went from pocket to pocket, and when you went through my pocket, you found the watch and took it. You kept searching everyone's pockets, and when you were done you said ‘open your eyes. We have the watch.’
You didn't tell on me and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch either. That day you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life.
But this is also the day I decided not to become a thief, a bad person, etc. You never said anything, nor did you even scold me or take me aside to give me a moral lesson.
I received your message clearly.
Thanks to you, I understood what a real educator needs to do.
Do you remember this episode, professor?
The old professor answered, ‘Yes, I remember the situation with the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone’s pocket. I didn't remember you, because I also closed my eyes while looking.’
This is the essence of teaching:
If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach.”

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03/31/2023

An important read- burnout is real.

Nate Jesuroga, one of 's top competitors, didn't wrestle this past season. In a sit-down interview this week, he explains why, and what's next.

03/26/2023

An important read.

Stark findings on the pervasive sadness, suicidal thoughts and sexual violence endured by teen girls have jolted parents and the wider public.

03/04/2023

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A recent survey of more than 17,000 high school students found that 30 percent of the girls had considered suicide—a rate that’s double that of boys and almost 60 percent higher than 10 years ago.

David Magee, parent and author of the new book Things Have Changed, provides some tips for parents on reaching their teens in this blog post he wrote for us: https://bit.ly/3SMn6dC

02/26/2023

sharing an important post

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Brain development from birth to age 6 is enormous! The peak of neural connections referred to as synaptic density happens by the age of six. After that neural pruning begins. We actually lose neural connections.
Teaching children to take some quiet time to just think and not have constant overstimulation and input gives them time to process. Kids today are bombarded by sensory input constantly. Most suffer from neural fatigue. Most are lacking in sleep. They maintain jam packed schedules and their time to process information is lacking. Quiet time is important. Even free time is monopolized by phones, television or computers that is simply more input.
Even 20-30 minutes of no input or stimulation can have a huge impact on neural energy reboot. Studies have seen as much as 30% increase in neural energy levels.