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5 Characteristics of a Successful Wrestling Mindset
August 12th, 2013 1. Passion– The best wrestlers love what they do period. More than just winning, they love to train, they love to compete, they love the grind. I talked with Olympic ...
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Key Takeaways from Olympian Ken Chertow
August 7th, 2013 1. You need to be the Total Package to be the best. Ken takes a very holistic approach to wrestling- Technique, Nutrition, Strength & Conditioning, & Mindset. Technique- Since I was ...
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Old School Mentality for Success
August 5th, 2013 Problem- You get negative thoughts, fears, and doubts. How do you change your stinkin thinkin? You don’t. You change your relationship to your thoughts. I may or may ...
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In the Mind of a Wrestler- Boardwalk Race?
July 29th, 2013 Here is a story from a Coach who wishes to remain anonymous, which I feel really embodies Wrestling Mindset. A stranger helped me out this morning without realizing it but ...
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Wrestling Mindset Ebook Chapter 4 Preview: Perfectionism Kills Performance
July 22nd, 2013 CHAPTER 4: PERFECTIONISM KILLS PERFORMANCE My Master’s Degree Thesis topic was: Anxiety and Perfectionism in High School Wrestlers. There are not many Psychology scholarly articles specifically on wrestlers. Here ...
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What Happiness has to do with your Success
July 22nd, 2013 Being nervous, anxious, worried, or scared has a predictable affect on your mind. Tunnel vision sets in. You revert to your most rehearsed behaviors for safety. You become literal-minded. Have ...
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Become a Better Competitor
July 15th, 2013 To become a better competitor, one must practice competitiveness. The Best Powerlifting Gym in the World (Westside Barbell) on Mental Toughness: “At Westside, we have many in-house contests…...
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Anderson Silva Lesson: Never Underestimate a Wrestler...that goes for YOU too!
July 8th, 2013 Chris Weidman (wrestler) took the Middleweight Championship of the world from Anderson Silva because Silva failed to keep his intensity level high. Will eventually beats skill (when skill begins to ...
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Mental Toughness - How to Get it
July 1st, 2013 Mental Toughness is plain and simple- never giving up no matter what. In my Personality Psychology class, we learned that Character is revealed during difficult times, not easy times. This ...
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Destroy your "Fan Mentality"
June 24th, 2013 Stop approaching your sport as a spectator! Players play, coaches coach, administrators administrate, and there can be no overlap in between. When we competed at the National Duals in college, ...
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FLOW every time you Wrestle
June 17th, 2013 Some athletes call it “the Zone” others call it “Flow,” scholars call it “the Ideal Peak Performance State (IPPS).” The feeling that you cannot ...
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What to Focus on When you Compete
June 10th, 2013 In competition, focus is best spent on the present moment- on actions. Thinking about past successes or failures will distract you from your mission. Your mission is whatever you have ...
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Without Limits - Expand your Threshold
June 5th, 2013 Imagine yourself as a dot in the center of a circle. The circle represents your comfort zone. The walls of the circle represents your personal threshold- your personal limit. In ...
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5 Signs its a Mindset Problem
June 3rd, 2013 Coaches and parents must recognize if the wrestler is struggling mentally, then consult a mindset expert to fix the problem. Here’s the eyeball test: The 5 Signs its ...
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4 Mandatory Mindsets for Wrestlers
May 28th, 2013 Pre-Competition 1. I don’t care who I go against, I want everyone. I go after the tougher opponent. I live for the challenge.The best defense is a good ...
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Driving with the Emergency Brake?
May 20th, 2013 Imagine driving a high performance car, say a Lamborghini, on a race track. You start the car and you begin to drive. You give it more gas,You shift the ...
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Overcome Laziness
May 13th, 2013 Why are people lazy? Again, we must go back to motivation. The root word in motivation is motive. To understand any behavior or attitude, you must first consider the two ...
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Pull the Trigger
May 7th, 2013 To sum up Sport/Performance Psychology in a 3 word sentence- Pull the trigger! This is analogous to the Nike slogan of “Just Do It.” However, I like “...
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Exercises to Improve Confidence
May 6th, 2013 *List your 10 greatest accomplishments in wrestling (competition or practice).If there aren’t 10 in wrestling, then include life to show yourself you are good at things you put your ...
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Building Unstoppable Confidence
April 29th, 2013 Confidence is so important to our success I have decided to do at least a 3 part series. What can we do to build Unstoppable Confidence? A different approach to building ...
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Ditch Your Excuses Now
April 22nd, 2013 My high school wrestling coach, the great Steve Giordano (NJ State Champ & college All-American) would always tell us, “never give yourself an excuse to lose.” You do ...
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How to Regain Control of your Energy
April 15th, 2013 Think back to the moments leading up to a big competition or performance. Think about the atmosphere in the locker room. Think about how people moved around. Before a competition ...
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Top 10 Mental Mistakes a Wrestler can Make by Travis Paulson
April 11th, 2013 1) Thinking that wrestling is life and death and not realizing that wrestling is just an opportunity to do something great.2) Focusing on defending what your opponent does well instead of ...
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Top 10 Mental Mistakes Wrestlers Make & Corrections
April 9th, 2013 Getting involved in the “fan mentality”. Rankings, predictions, records, and seedings are great hype for wrestling media (Flowrestling, Trackwrestling, etc.) but can be a great distraction for wrestlers. If it ...
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