Today I’m going to answer a question from one of the coaches in our private Facebook group, who was talking about the negative thinking habit on her team and how to address that negativity. Hey everybody. I am coach Rebecca Smith. And today I’m talking…

Hi, it’s Coach Suzanne and today I’m giving you 8 steps for developing a growth mindset.   A growth mindset is the belief in your own ability to learn and grow. Those with a growth mindset understand that everyone can change and grow through experience…

Today I am going to be tackling a question from a gymnastics mom about how to support your athletes and maintain your sanity as a sport parent. This mom’s biggest problem as a competitive gymnastics mom is getting mad when her gymnast doesn’t get a…

Today I’m going to give coaches some tips on effective communication.   I have talked about this before but effective communication is your potential superpower as a coach. Coaches who have effective communication have athletes who are inspired. They have athletes who are empowered. And…

Today I want to give you some really quick tips on how you can improve your performance and life in just five minutes a day.   So I want parents to think about how quickly the laundry piles up. It’s like one shirt, one leotard,…

Hey everybody. I am coach Rebecca Smith, and today I’m talking to you about how to know if you are close to your breakthrough if you’ve been on a plateau. I’m going to give you a little sneak peek of one of the mini courses…

Today I want to talk about the five biggest mistakes that coaches make when trying to implement mental training into practice. I was a gymnastics coach so I’m going to give a lot of gymnastics examples, but this applies to all sports. Every single sport…

Hey everybody. I am coach Rebecca Smith and I am talking to parents today. I was talking today with a baseball mom, and I always love to get a question from a mom other than gymnastics, because it’s still applies. And I know a lot…

Hi it’s me Coach Rebecca and I’m  here to talk to you about mental blocks. This is something that I love to talk about because it was the thing I hated the very most when I was an athlete. Today I want to talk to…

Do you want to be a more confident performer? Confidence is the belief in yourself that you can achieve what you want to achieve. It sounds simple enough, but any athlete will tell you that sometimes it feels impossible to be a confident performer. There…