If your athlete looks great in practice but it doesn’t show up in games, it’s not just skill. It’s mental training. With constant screens, stimulation, and pressure that never shuts off, kids need ways to reset and perform.

“Next play” is a double-edged sword. It can help you plan and make the right move, but it can also pull you into what-ifs and future thinking. Then you miss the only thing that matters, the play you’re in right now.

One shot or one set of 10? Both are ‘one rep.’ The best athletes think in chunks at practice, so in games they can stay locked into the one moment that matters. Do you?

Ever wonder why PROfessional athletes are called PRO? It’s not just a title. It’s the PROcess. PRO means forward, toward the front. So when it gets hard, come back to the mental game and ask, “What’s my next step forward?” That’s moving PRO, whatever stage you’re in.

If lost, find it. If dropped, pick it back up. What do you think I’m talking about here? Hint, it’s not physical…

The only PRO word pros don’t do is PROcrastinate. Crast = tomorrow (Latin origin of cras) PRO = forward Pros don’t push it to tomorrow. They move forward today.

Start the game mentally in the warm-up so the jitters are gone when the game actually starts.

Dial in. Dial up. Dial forward. Dial your game. You don’t have to move far. A dial just turns on a knob, but it changes everything. Dial on.

Systemize your training. Systemize your scale. Systemize your performance. It happens in that order.

Mental training isn’t built from one source alone. It’s built through constant reps and iterations, from clubs, coaches, and parents. It takes reminders and repetition. That’s how mental strength is formed.

It’s on the off days that you flip the switch and turn the lights back on, ideally even brighter.

Train the mind to not need the mind. Be unconscious.

Sell yourself every night on the next days training for improvement.

Never settle. Always surge above the surface.

Do you have a blame-thrower? Or do you take accountability?

What are you doing at the end that you could be doing at the start? Prioritize the practice, preparation, and planning…

Nothing beats getting back to the basics.

Do you start with action, or do you start by shaping philosophy and beliefs first?