Athletes, remember: You are NOT your sport!
Sport is what you do, it isn’t who you are. That is a key distinction which many athletes fail to make as they get engrossed in their...
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Danny Ourian
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Train the Mind with an Attitude of Gratitude
In researching emotional regulation among basketball coaches, gratitude came up, over and over again, as a technique that coaches...
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Danny Ourian
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
Accept your thoughts, Change your behaviors
Often times we believe that if we change what we do, we will feel better. If we eat less junk food, we will feel better about our bodies....
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Danny Ourian
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Mindfulness in Sport - Catch the Moment, Don't Get Caught in it
What is the most important play in any game? We often say “the next play.” Make a mistake, miss a shot, turn the ball over. As coaches we...
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Danny Ourian
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
Celebrate the "Little Wins"
Motivation. What is it and why, oh why, does it seem to come and go? In plain terms, motivation is the direction and intensity of effort....
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Danny Ourian
- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
What Time is it? Team Time Woo!
All teams are groups but not all groups are teams. Ah yes, the old adage. So what makes a group a team rather than a group? Well, a...
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Danny Ourian
- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
Lead By Serving
We are finding more than ever that effective leadership is less about wielding great authority and coercing people to act by instilling fear
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Danny Ourian
- Nov 20, 2020
- 5 min
Pound the Rock: 8 Tips for Finding Consistency
“Long term consistency trumps short term intensity.” -Bruce Lee Everyone can go out and hit a homer once in a while. Greatness – or even...
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Danny Ourian
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
COVID-19 Coaching: Coaching Performance during Coronavirus
Coaches, how are you serving your athletes during this time of COVID-19? Recognizing that we each have to take care of our families and...
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Danny Ourian
- Nov 13, 2020
- 4 min
Create Space, Gain Peace
We’ve all seen it: a call doesn’t go your way. A teammate blows an easy one off your pass. Your sibling knocks your food over. You forget...
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Danny Ourian
- Nov 13, 2020
- 4 min
From "I Don't Know" to Performing in Flow
Athletes, musicians, artists: we all want to perform in a state of flow. Flow, which is at times synonymous with “The Zone,” is typically...
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Danny Ourian
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
See it, Feel it, Hear it, Do it
See it to achieve it. Seems simple, right? It is and it isn't. Seeing yourself succeed in your sport before going out will help you...
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Danny Ourian
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Don't Just Set Goals, Create Ladders
Mental performance coaches will tell you, until they are blue in the face (or you can no longer take anymore of it): write your goals...
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Danny Ourian
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
3 Ways to Manage Stress
Stress. We all have it. Some deal with it better than others. Athletes and other performers are tasked with dealing with a variety of...
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