Improving your mental toughness, part 2 of 6 – expect adversity

In the famous words of Benjamin Franklin, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” He should have added adversity to that sentence, because it’s not a matter of if, but when adversity will strike.   “You’re going to be down by 20 points, you’re going to be outside the top……

Improving your mental toughness, part 1 of 6 – becoming a learner

Mental toughness is not something that we’re born with; it’s something that we can learn and develop. The first step to becoming mentally tough, in my opinion, is the belief that we can do it. “Become aware of your thoughts, become aware of your words, because they’re going to dictate whether you believe that you can become mentally tough……

Improving your mental toughness – series preview

In this post I’m going to preview my upcoming series on improving mental toughness. It will be made up of six parts, in which I’m going to address various factors that I believe are essential to developing mental toughness. A very well-known quote comes to mind, “Tough times don’t last, tough people do.” This series……

Exercise and the menstrual cycle

As coaches of professional sports teams and athletes seek to maximise performance, a trend among coaches of women’s sports teams and female athletes have emerged where they’re now tracking menstrual cycles.  ABC News in Australia reported, “The Brisbane Lions Women’s team have begun tracking their menstrual cycles to optimise players recovery … Coach Matt Green said the monitoring has given staff important data to……