Here’s What It’s Like to Be an Olympic Mental Skills Coach
The following article is from Self.com. I am fascinated with the world of mental-performance and how our minds can and are a separator for success. I am in no way trying to profit from this article, but find it to be a valuable resource in my own growth and understanding of how to get the most of the athletes that I work with. Olympic athletes push their bodies to the limit. From the outside, it seems that they develop this ability through dedicated training regimens and long days practicing and perfecting their sport-specific skills . Which, of course, they do. But being an elite athlete is not just a physical feat. To perform at the top of their game, professional athletes spend time training their brains, too. “There's not an athlete or team, either Olympic or professional, that’s not utilizing the services and expertise of a mental skills coach,” Colleen Hacker, Ph.D. , a five-time Olympic Games coach who currently serves as the mental skills...