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Purpose-Driven Goals

Mental Toughness, Training

I do not coach my teams with a focus on winning (outcomes) or statistics. Of course, we practice and prepare to win the game, and we'll use our stats to help guide us in that preparation, but we do so with the belief that winning is just a byproduct...

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The Peavey Project

Mental Toughness, Training

We seek to empower others through teaching mindfulness in a research-based and relationship-centric way and we share these practices and tools as a guide to becoming your best for others.

10 Encouraging Messages Stay Positive

Mental Toughness

Embracing the dawn of a new week, Mondays beckon us to shift our perspective from mere obligations to the precious opportunities life presents. Life is not a burden but a gift, and within its daily rhythms, we hold the reins of three fundamental facets...

Three big things pessimists tend to ignore

Training

Despite the record of things getting better for most people most of the time, pessimism isn’t just more common than optimism — it also sounds smarter. It’s intellectually captivating and draws more attention than the optimist who often...

Dedicated to all those who fell short…

Latest, Training

You set out to achieve greatness, and you’ve come up short.⁣ ⁣You met your match. You now realize that you gave it your all, and your all just wasn’t enough.⁣ And it hurts.⁣ It hurts badly.⁣ Worse than anything you have ever felt before.⁣ There is...

Honey Badger Training

Training

DECK OF PAIN - Take a 52-card deck and shuffle the cards so you have no idea what card will come up next. Flip the first card and do however many push-ups the card says. For face cards — Jack, Queen, and King—do 10 ten reps of an exercise. When you...

Using a Mistake Ritual to Refocus; An NFL Example

Training

This past Sunday during the NFC Wild Card game, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen made a crucial mistake that resulted in a field goal for the New Orleans Saints.

Timed Wallball Workout

Training

This routine is a modified version of a routine we saw in an ACC locker room a few years back. In addition to learning how to throw seven types of passes, the timed routine forces an athlete to not only throw the ball hard but catch everything.

Simple, Effective & Spartan: 10-Minute Burpee Workouts

Training

When you fail an obstacle during one of our events, you need to do 30 burpees. Why? Because they are a simple way to demand the most from your body in one simple movement. They'll surely make you wish you completed your obstacle.

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