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Do You Have a A Gold Medal Goal Plan?

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Why is it so many athletes fall short of their pre-season resolutions to achieve? In the beginning of the season, the “motivation tank” is full and you are raring to go… But goals are merely dreams without a targeted goal plan. The First Step in Goal Setting No different than a New Year’s resolution, you […]

Sports Parenting: The Benefits of Letting Your Kids Fail

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Parenting a young athlete, in many cases, may be more mentally grueling than competing… As sports parents, we don’t want our children to fail. We invest a lot of time, money, effort, emotion and energy to surround our “young athlete” with all the resources to be successful in their sport. When you see your young […]

Self-Doubt Equals Self-Destruction for Tennis Performance

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Matches are, often, won or lost even before you set foot on the court. Mental demons, such as self-doubt, can be devastating to a tennis player’s confidence. Take a minute to review a match where self-doubt caused you to tank… During warm-ups, you may have noticed how talented your opponent was… Your anxiety steadily increased […]

Great Expectations: The Sports Performance Dilemma

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Expecting the worst is a recipe for getting the worst. Expecting bad athletic performance and mistake-ridden competitions become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Does that mean the opposite end of the continuum, the highest expectations are the optimal strategy for eliciting top sports performance? Actually, contrary to popular belief, excessively high expectations are just as counter-productive and […]

Alex Rodriguez: The Drive to Perform Through Adversity

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In sports, the key to long-term success is resilience. Resilience is the ability to perform, bounce back and achieve positive outcomes despite adversity. Resiliency is the drive to perform despite the challenges or obstacles. Resiliency asks the question: “Do you have what it takes to stay motivated, withstand the challenge, move forward, stay steadfast while […]

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.