Dr. Mitch Smith Mental Performance Coach

  I Should … I Must … I Gotta   What do you keep score of when you’re keeping score?   David, a basketball player I was working with, was ...

Previously I discussed the situation of an athlete who struggled with indecisiveness ( "How decisive are you?" ). Recently the ...

It isn't just younger athletes who experience a dreaded attack of nerves just before a big competition. An international coach shared...

The first-ever recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for news reporting was a man by the name of Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958). Sw...

Few of us live our lives free of adversity, challenges and disappointments. Likewise, few athletes compete without adversity, challenges an...

"Most young big men are rather lacking when it comes to proper footwork and balance. Every player can look great in their own w...

These days one finds the term "resilience" being mentioned a good deal. For year, however, British educator Sir Ken Robinson and ...