by Terry Jenkins | Apr 13, 2020 | athletic performance, Motor Imagery, Neural Pathways, Visualization
If you are anything like my two boys, you are accustomed to training, playing games with friends and traveling to competitive matches and tournaments this time of year. Unfortunately, with the emergence of COVID-19, all of that activity has come to a screeching halt....
by Terry Jenkins | Apr 15, 2019 | Mental Tougness
Our memories are nowhere near perfect, although most of us would like to believe otherwise. In fact, our memories are a lot like a puzzle, made up of memory fragments based on actual experience and what seems plausible given our knowledge and experience of the world....
by Terry Jenkins | Feb 18, 2019 | athletic performance, Memory, Mental Tougness, Mental Training, Visualization
Memory plays a significant role in athletic performance. In order to appreciate the meaning of this powerful statement, we need to first garner a basic understanding of memory. There are essentially two ways in which we retain information and that is through...
by Terry Jenkins | Mar 19, 2018 | Mental Training, Visualization
Your memories create the stage for every life interpretation. When you experience a life event, you first rely on a similar memory experience to decide how you will respond. Essentially, your memories of events and how you perceived those events determine how you will...
by Terry Jenkins | Mar 12, 2018 | Mental Tougness
“I think there is a little bit of a stigma in our sport regarding mental preparation, but here at the Olympics, there’s a big emphasis on it. As athletes, we typically put most of our energy into physical preparation. However, your mind needs to be right,...
by Terry Jenkins | Mar 14, 2017 | Mental Tougness, Visualization
Athletes who seek an edge that will allow them to maximize performance and increase efficiency during competition need to focus on mental toughness training. Not only will this assist them on the field or court, mental toughness training has benefits across the...
by Terry Jenkins | Mar 2, 2017 | Mental Tougness, Visualization
Mental toughness is never tested more than in game situations. How do athletes prepare for the pressures they endure during competition? At a competitive level, games can literally feel like a pressure cooker. There is a lot of heat, sweating, intense emotions and...
by Terry Jenkins | Feb 20, 2017 | Mental Tougness
In every game, there are ebbs and flows, moments when an athlete is operating as a rhythmic machine, and moments where nothing seems to be working well. Why do these things happen during competition? What seems to be the underlying cause? Are these things something...
by Terry Jenkins | Oct 17, 2016 | Visualization
I can still remember my son’s words from a year ago when I had just begun creating my visualization product. He said he didn’t understand why I would bother investing my money in such a product, and that he could not imagine how it would work. He stated that under no...
by Terry Jenkins | Oct 10, 2016 | Motivation
After months of goading my son to get some touches on the soccer ball, as if by magic, he became motivated to train outside of the scheduled workout sessions of his club. It was easy as a parent to see myself nearly powerless to motivate my son, which affected my...
