by admin | Dec 19, 2017 | Anxiety, Coaching Technique, Junior Atheletes, Michelle Cleere, Uncategorized
Your coaching mindset, whether it is ego mindset or mastery mindset, is the #1 thing that can get you and your athletes where you want to be, or not. You just have to decide where you get the most benefit and unlock your potential. And mindset can be referred to in...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | Anxiety, Coaching Technique, Junior Atheletes, Michelle Cleere, Uncategorized
Undertraining and overtraining can lead to the opposite of what an athlete is striving for and can hinder performance. In Matt Kuzdub’ s (2017) excellent blog, Overtraining and undertraining in tennis: can both lead to injury, he talked about how physically under and...
by admin | Nov 12, 2017 | Anxiety, Michelle Cleere, Uncategorized, Winning and Losing
Kids need to learn that winning and losing exist, why they both exist and how to deal with them. Why? Because as adults we somehow come to think that we should only and always win. Is winning the only reason you play your sport? Do you feel like you should always win...
by admin | Oct 8, 2017 | Letter from a parent, Michelle Cleere, Parent, Uncategorized
I got an email from a parent the other day and my heart broke for the parent and the child. Parenting is so complex and being a child is so complex. When everything is going good, it’s all good but things start heading in the wrong direction, it can certainly be tough...
by admin | Oct 5, 2017 | Junior Atheletes, Michelle Cleere, Uncategorized
I work with a lot of kids. I usually feel badly for the kids and the parents; both. The kids are not sure what’s happening and the parents feel helpless! I started with a new 13 year old client recently who was in tears. One day she was good and the next her nerves...
