Learn how to apply key ideas from sports psychology to optimize your endurance performance! Mental skills training isn’t just for...

Integrate mental skills training directly into your physical workouts. Each mental skills prompt below includes a suggestion for how to...

Athletes can be hard on themselves. Have you ever finished a race or training session with words of self-criticism flowing...

Self-talk — the “verbalizations or statements addressed to the self” (Hardy 2006, p. 84) — has been widely examined in...

PART 1. MOTIVATION Knowing Yourself “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” — Aristotle Before you can effectively set your...

PART 2. GOAL SETTING Outcome, Performance, and Process Goals Before setting your goals, let’s start with some background on different...

PART 3. MENTAL SKILLS TRAINING What Limits Performance? “Whether you believe you can or not, you’re right.”— Henry Ford  “There...

PART 4. EXECUTING ON RACE DAY Race Day Readiness Racing is an incredible opportunity to showcase the impact of your...

Research Says  Two systematic reviews published in the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology examined how goal setting impacts...

Research Says  Four studies collectively examine how different types of goals influence both performance and psychological states, particularly the experience...

Research Says In a meta study aimed at identifying key factors and strategies that facilitate performance under pressure, Jacob Hufton...