Confidence is one of the most important mental skills every performer needs to work on. In the mental training, we would like to instill a belief: Confidence is a skill. What do athletes do with skills? We train them and confidence needs to be trained. In work with athletes, we have heard a lot of athletes say flat out that “I do not feel confident in my game.” What does this mean? Usually it means they aren’t seeing the results they want to see. It means they may not be feel

This article was originally published on Bridge Athletic. As an athlete learns to find peak performance at an elite level, their mental training regimens need to become more detailed and systematic. Detailed training doesn’t necessarily mean overly complex but rather specific to meet their unique needs in their sport. Similar to sport-specific strength training, mental training can be organized for an athlete or team of athletes into a program that builds their fitness over t