All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. The higher you go in sports, the more work you put in to develop your physical abilities, your technical skills, and your knowledge of the game. Work is good, but without play your performance will suffer. Learn why play is critical for peak performance in sport and ways to incorporate it into your training.

Slumps are common in sport, but they aren't something you have to be stuck with. Learn 3 strategies to bust out of a slump so that you can stay performing at your best.

Last month was about defining success. This month is about failing into success. No, that wasn’t a typo. I really mean failing. Success, reaching new heights and achieving new goals, is absolutely the byproduct of failing. Unfortunately, as you start to get good at what you do, you have a tendency to forget that.

While not all athletes like math, there is often a lot of mathematical analysis (aka STATS) that surround sport. Every sport has at least some component of statistics, even if it is simply a win percentage. This led me to create my own sport psychology math equations.

Progress > Perfection. Process > Outcome. Recovery > Failure.

The ninth Essential is learning to Maintain a Growth Mindset. A growth mindset is one of two mindsets coined by Dr. Carol Dweck (the other is a fixed mindset). These mindsets describe ways that people view the qualities that we possess, the failures that we experience, and the role of effort. Adding in one three-letter word helps you shift from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.