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Manage your Emotions or They Will Control You

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Have you ever let your emotions get the best of you? Find yourself furious over a bad call, irritated at an opponent, upset by your sports performance? Do your emotions feel uncontrollable or unmanageable? Emotions play a critical role in all sports. Emotions can either fuel performance or fan the fire and destroy performance. Negative […]

Grit in Sports Equals Mental Toughness

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Angelique Kerber: Going from Grit to Great! Much has been written about mental toughness in sports… Athletes talk about it, coaches talk about it, commentators talk about it and all athletes credit success to it. But what is it? What exactly is mental toughness? If you can define “it” in tangible terms, you can design […]

Rhonda Rousey: A Champion Comes Back Stronger

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What does it mean to be a champion? Before reading any further, take a few minutes to really think about how you would define champion. The one common element everyone probably included was winning championship titles. Most people equate champion with championships. But the fact is that champions lose too. Serena Williams, 21 Grand Slam title […]

Greenwich, NYC and Beyond; a Parent’s Guide to Preventing Burnout

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In Greenwich, CT where I live and in many towns across the USA, more children are playing sports year-round and specializing in one sport from an early age than ever before. Private coaches, constant travel and hours of daily practice are often the norm. Expenses, time commitment and expectations often lead to pressures on both […]

How Payton Manning Turns Injury Into Opportunity

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Injuries are an unfortunate but common occurrence among all athletes. Though the pain of an injury can be difficult to manage, the mental anguish of not playing is often excruciating. Like Manning, if you learn to maintain perspective, stay positive and focus on what’s in your power to control, you can return to your sport […]

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.