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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…...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 “...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perfection - Good or Evil?

April 8th, 2013

Perfection is the enemy of good. When you were young, the adults taught you how to detect and delete mistakes. This makes sense. I order to achieve at a high ...

How to Bounce Back from a Loss

April 1st, 2013

You are a human, you make mistakes. There is a simple but effective way to deal with ALL losses, errors, mistakes, etc:extract the lesson, commit the lesson to memory, ...

Action Beats Inaction

March 25th, 2013

When in doubt, err on the side of taking action. Sometimes you are forced to make a difficult decision. You have information supporting you, “going for it.” And ...