High Performance Coaches

Why the Athlete’s Brain Starts Looking for the Next Error After Just One Mistake

Why the Athlete’s Brain Starts Looking for the Next Error After Just One Mistake Every coach has seen one mistake unexpectedly turn into a series. An athlete fires a wide shot, concedes an easy touch, disrupts the release, sends the ball in the wrong direction, or misses a stroke they would normally execute without difficulty. […]

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A Coach Sees the Mistake. But Doesn’t Always See That Fear Caused It.

After a competition, coaches almost always begin by analyzing mistakes. That is natural. We review technique, tactics, physical preparation, and decision-making, and very often we do find things that need improvement. But there is one problem. Sometimes the mistake we see was never the real cause. It is simply the final link in a much

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