If your daughter tends to be tough on herself and you’ve been thinking the Think Like a Champ Journal can help, this is for you. Because you know her self-talk matters. Whatever she keeps telling herself, she starts to believe. Not because she’s dramatic or fragile. But because that’s just how brains work, for all …
You put in the extra reps.You stay after practice.You watch film.You ask questions.You love the game enough that you’re always looking for ways to get better. But there’s one part of your game that often gets overlooked. You. Not your mechanics.Not your batting average.Not your stats. The way you think.The way you respond after mistakes.The …
Someone recently told me that positive reinforcement helps a player’s mindset. And yes, it can. At the same time, when that positive reinforcement or encouragement comes during a time when an athlete can’t see her own evidence yet, it doesn’t always come across the way we hope. Sometimes it even backfires. You did everything right …
One of the biggest decisions in the college recruiting process isn’t which school wants you … it’s which school is the best fit for you. That can be surprisingly hard to answer if you haven’t taken time to think about what you actually want. These conversation starters and reflection questions are designed to help players and parents discover …
What our family looked into when our kids were choosing a college from thousands of miles away — and the two guides that came out of it. One of the unique challenges of navigating the college recruiting process from Hawaiʻi is that visiting every school you’re interested in simply isn’t realistic. When every campus visit …
