Dora Kurimay

Athletes engaged in different sports tend to face emotionally and physically draining situations that ultimately gives them second thoughts on continuing at all. Maintaining a healthy competition with the biggest rivals, focusing on the target, and training regularly involves great determination and strong abilities on the mental front. Whether you are an experienced athlete or an entrant into the game, building up requisite personality traits for a sports career stands very important. Developing mental toughness comes from within, however, a push from outside could be of great help. Coaches and mental toughness training program for athletes allows you to free up your mind from negative emotions and improve your performance. Moreover, there are certain strategies that you should follow as an athlete to be able to achieve your mental goals.   Be aware of your whys and hows Athletes should generally know what strains them the most and what uplifts them. Besides, you should also know ...

Sports is a great way to stay fit. Sports lovers are usually the ones who have started playing a particular sport at a young age. Kids in school are exposed to a number of sports from badminton to table tennis to soccer, basketball, lawn tennis, and many more games. At an early age, it is easier for kids to start playing different sports. They have all the time and enthusiasm at that age. As the kids are young they wish to try almost everything, their enthusiasm is really high.  However, as the kids grow up they choose one of the sports that they develop a liking for. Some of them make sure to play the sport regularly and also think of making a career out of the sport. On the other hand some kids only play for recreation purposes which can be once a or twice a week. This is usually when kids turn into adults and decide what they actually wish to do in life. To be proficient at any sport one needs to know it in-depth and practice it on a daily basis. One should carry out their pract...

If you have ever played a sport, you already know the biggest obstacle that stands in the way of your success is your own thoughts. A lack of focus, stress, and not letting go of the negative things can sabotage your performance on the field. If you are someone going through the same, the best way to overcome this challenge is by practicing the best mindfulness exercises for athletes.  Meditation has grown in popularity and more coaches, trainers, and athletes have started to incorporate it as a part of their training. So let's take a look at some of the few benefits of mindful meditation for athletes. 1. It helps enhance focus Meditation helps you focus on the present moment. As an athlete, there are a lot of distractions for you which can have a negative impact on your performance and may also be the reason you miss your chance. Meditation helps focus you on the present and drop all distractions which are essential to succeed.  2. It helps you cope with pain With all the tra...

From scrapping knees to bruising bones, getting kicked to being knocked down, sports are full of a great amount of physical pressure. Whether it is speed, load management, strength, or anything else, the real side of youth sports is strict and you should prepare for it with passion. As much being physically resilient is talked about, the coverage on the mental aspects of youth sports is very less which is actually unfortunate! If the young athletes are stressed and anxious, their physical strength doesn’t matter much. It doesn’t really matter how strong and fast a young athlete is if they cannot handle failure. A good strong and skilled athlete is the one who is along with being physically strong, is mentally resilient as well. And to achieve that you can take the help of the best mental skills coach . Here are some other ways to handle stress anxiety for athletes. 1.Have a support group. Human beings need each other and when you play a team sport, you depend on your teammates on the f...