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The Power of Positive Self-Talk
By NFHCA sponsor, Keith Waldman - Optimal Performance Associates One of the keys to becoming a mentally tough player is to play the game with a high level of confidence. During my years working as a team building/mental toughness coach, the most frequent request that...
Thriving Under Pressure – Tips on Keeping Your Cool!
By NFHCA sponsor, Keith Waldman of Optimal Performance AssociatesDealing with Pressure! We have all felt it, lived it, breathed it, and thought about it. Many athletes frequently go through periods of feeling an extra weight on their shoulders while trying to play the...
Communication is Key to Team Sports
By NFHCA sponsor, Gladiator Custom MouthguardsCommunication is key to all forms of interpersonal interaction. Whether it’s a relationship between two people or colleagues working together, good communication is essential to success. And that’s especially true when it...
Applications for the NFHCA Redwood Grant open today
What is the Redwood Grant? The Redwood Grant is the brainchild of the NFHCA’s Sport Development Committee. The goal is to provide better intellectual and financial support for clubs and club-adjacent businesses and nonprofit organizations. The name was inspired by...
Mental Fitness = Expectation + Accountability with Compassion
Mental Fitness = Accountability + Expectation with Compassion December 7, 2022 /2022-2023 BlogBy Lynn Hennighausen, Katie Kilty, and Samantha Arsenault Livingstone, WholeHealth SportOver the past three years, we have heard loud and clear that mental health challenges...
The Mental Performance Promises Challenge
By Julie Munson, Head Coach at Southern New Hampshire UniversityNow that we have finally made it to May of 2022, I am going to take you back to fall 2019. Everything was going so well for me, professionally and personally. The program I started at Southern New...
Moving Past “Stuck”
By Stephanie Bernthal, Beyond Sport Coaching, LLCOn December 28, 2020, I had shoulder surgery to repair a tear and some cartilage issues. Let me walk you through how a very normal experience in our sporting world (addressing a physical injury) ignited some...
How Do Positive Affirmations Promote Athlete Mental Health?
By Ian Gulbransen of RestoicOver the course of the last few years, what do some of the biggest news stories in sports have in common? It’s clearly the impact of anxiety and the mental strain athletes face — even at the highest levels. We saw this play out with several...
Eight Tips to Rest and Restore Your Well-Being
By NFHCA member, Bobbi MoranWhen I was a kid looking for the answer to a question my mother would ask, “What does your gut tell you? Go with your gut.” Thinking back, I am incredibly grateful for learning this technique as a child. A gut check requires that we turn...
Applications for the NFHCA Redwood Grant open today
The Goalie Trainer: A Passion for Entrepreneurship If you have a goalkeeper within 100 miles of Emily Snowden’s Malvern, Pennsylvania facility you’ve probably heard of The Goalie Trainer. From the outside looking in, her success may appear to have come easily, but the...
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