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Give Yourself Credit… Give Yourself Confidence

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You know how confidence works… When you are confident, you are on top of your game. Self-Confidence is the difference-maker when it comes to performance. Self-Confidence separates the awesome from the average, the resilient from the stuck and the emotional masters from the emotional disasters. If confidence is such a key ingredient to positive peak […]

How Naomi Osaka Battles Her Nerves

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Sometimes, tennis is a battle of wills, while other times, matches are a battle over nerves… The inability to manage your “nerves” can be the difference between winning and losing… raising your game to the next level or being stuck in a performance slump… accomplishing your goals or continually falling short of achieving your dreams. […]

How to Swing Momentum in Your Favor

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Momentum is a unique phenomenon that can affect the outcome of any sport. Momentum can be positive (streaks) or negative (slumps)… Negative momentum chips away at confidence, amps up fear and anxiety and causes athletes to engage in over-analysis and over-thinking. All these consequences of negative momentum trap athletes in the cycle of under performance […]

How to Play A Next-Level Game At The Next Level

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Transitioning to a more competitive level can be physically demanding and mentally challenging. Opponents at the next level are stronger, faster and craftier, so you will need to up your physical game. The physical demands are often not the most difficult challenges. The big obstacles that trip up many athletes trying to compete at the […]

Mental Training Articles

Taking Advantage of Virtual Mental Training

How many hours per week are you physically engaged in practicing or training? How many hours per week do you dedicate to mental training? If you are like most athletes, you recognize the impact that mental factors have on performance, but you would probably admit that you do not put in a significant amount of […]

The Impact of Expectations on Sport Performance

Do expectations help or hurt performance? So much has been written about how expectations affect athletic performance, but there is still some confusion about the impact of expectations. On one side of the argument, athletes ask, “Shouldn’t I expect success?  After all, if I expect to lose, I probably will, right?” The flip side of the argument by athletes is, “I […]

No Spectators… No Problem

How to Deal with Distractions in Golf Are spectators a distraction for golfers? Do spectators have a significant impact on a golfer’s score? As golfers deal with a “new normal” due to the coronavirus, playing without spectators has received a lot of attention for both Tour players and amateur golfers. Some say the pro golfers […]

About Amy Tardio

amy Amy provides proven, mental toughness techniques needed to achieve the mindset for success in competitive sports. Learn the right way to set goals and perform with focus, high confidence and trust in your game.

With over twenty years as a expert in the field, Amy’s positive, sports psychology focus, is what top athletes parents and students rely on for peak performance.
MGCP-LogoAmy is a certified Mental Game Coaching Professional and coach with The International Coaching Federation.