Carrie Cheadle - Mental Skills Training Coach
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This blog post has been inspired by a quote I put up on my Mental Skills Training FB page a week or so ago. After I came across the quote and posted it on my wall, I decided to use the quote with a team I was working with to create a theme for our time [...]
This is the second half of a post that was inspired by a video I saw documenting the pro cycling team Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty12. Part of the video shows the team during a post race debrief meeting in which Lauren Tamayo is sharing her honest evaluation of the team’s performance that day. Every race or [...]
Did you forget to follow up with your New Year’s Resolutions? This is one of the most common pitfalls I see with any kind of goal setting… no follow through. You get excited and motivated to move forward with your goals. You write them out and maybe even tell a few people what they are. [...]
What’s the difference between motivation and commitment? If you follow my Mental Skills Training for Athlete’s (MSTA) Facebook page you may know that a few weeks ago I let the fans choose what my next blog topic would be. You may also know that my latest MSTA update was to get thoughts on the difference between motivation [...]
OK – here it is… the final lesson. To wrap up this little series on lessons learned, one of the greatest lessons I learned during the journey to and through my adventure race was the fact that my mental skills training (MST) was key in helping me to have a great race day. Now – [...]
This post continues down the path of the mental skills lessons I learned during my training and athletic endeavors in the month of September. Although my first lesson revolved around the importance of having a plan, my second lesson was that sometimes things don’t go according to plan. I experienced this in training and during both [...]
As I unwind from the culmination of events I was training for in September, I’ve decided to write about all of the valuable gems I will be taking away from the experiences. There were so many amazing lessons I learned and re-learned as I prepared for and participated in my last two sporting events. September [...]
I’ve been wanting to do an adventure for the last decade. This has been my “year of action” so I finally signed on to do the Tahoe Big Blue Sprint Race on a two-man co-ed team. My teammate? My husband. (The first person I told this to said to me, “Doesn’t that mean you’re signing up for a divorce??”) I always have [...]
If you’ve read any of my previous posts you may have noticed that I like to observe themes that come up for me or my athletes and then write about how they tie into the psychology of sport and athletic performance. My most recent experience of this occurred when I was presented with an opportunity that had a fast [...]
Recently I took my very first flamenco dance class. I’ve been wanting to take a dance class for a while. I knew nothing about flamenco, but it happened to be the only class that fit into my schedule. It’s a very distinctive style of dance with strong, sharp movements. The footwork in the dance doubles as the percussion, [...]
“What is the point of poison oak? What possible service does it have on this earth?” This is what I asked my husband a couple weeks ago when we were on a hike. His response was, “It has to serve some purpose; maybe something eats it.” So I made it my mission to find out what purpose [...]
Recently I had the opportunity to fly down to see the first stage of the San Dimas Stage Race in Glendora, CA. My post today was inspired by a quote I read from Mara Abbott in an article on cyclingnews.com about the 3rd stage of the race. Mara held onto the leader’s jersey until the final [...]