Learn to control your emotions, or your emotions will control you.
Are you a thermometer, or a thermostat?
Do you read what’s going on outside (around you), or can you control your internal temperature?
We can’t really control our thoughts and feelings, but we can shift our focus when we are negative or angry.
How?
1. Take a deep breath.
2. Think about your ideal reaction.
3. Do what you need to do, whether you feel like it or not.
Be a thermostat today.
Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
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The best player does not win the US Open, the player that plays best wins the US Open.
It’s not about rankings, it’s about how well you play. Anything can happen in sports. There have already been several upsets in both the men’s and women’s draws.
So the next time you get ready for a competition, forget about who you’re up against. Instead, focus on your strategy and giving your full effort. If you do things that will help put you in a good position to win, you will win more often.
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Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
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Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
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Whatever you do, or you dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
-Goethe
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Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Jay Colella in Kensington, Maryland.
The purpose of this blog is not to give you something to eat.
The purpose of this blog is to make you hungry.
Hungry to get to the next level.
Hungry to go all-out.
Hungry to do your best when it means the most.
Recently, I received a nice message from Jay Colella in Kensington, Maryland, wanting to purchase my book. I could tell that he was hungry for knowledge. Even though we didn’t speak in person, I could feel his enthusiasm through his words. Having that desire is such a big part of success…in sports and life.
To reach peak performance, you need to be hungry to be the best you can be. And if you think that is difficult, imagine how difficult it would be to compete against someone who is hungry and you are not.
When I was speaking to some top college and NBA coaches at the University of Florida recently, I told them that I did not want them to be well-rounded, I wanted them to be sharp-edged, i.e., be really, really good at one thing versus average at many things.
So how hungry are you to get to the next level? And what steps are you taking to make sure that happens? Only you can answer those questions. And only you can take the action necessary to create the person you want to be.
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Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
Today, during tryouts, one of my players sprained her ankle. I called and emailed to follow up tonight and she said she is out for about 10 days…but she will still be coming to practice.
I was impressed.
I wasn’t expecting her to come back until she was ready to play, but she chose to come and support her teammates.
There can only be one player who is the best ON the team, but everyone can be the best FOR the team.
I am truly inspired by this high schooler’s unselfish attitude.
We are all teachers and we are all students.
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Today, I spoke to some of my fellow coaches at Princeton Day School to get ready for the Fall season. One thing I talked about was how to win more. I said that the best way to win more is to not worry about winning. Instead, focus on what W.I.N. stands for: What’s Important Now.
The results are not important…now.
The fact that you lost your last three games is not important…now.
What’s important now is what you’re doing…now. Serving, shooting, running, throwing the ball, shooting the puck, etc.
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Thanks for reading.
Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
As coaches, athletes, students and professionals, one of our greatest challenges is staying in the present moment. For many athletes, the season is a long one. So what do you do to help ensure that you focus on quality, not quantity? That’s easy, remember this quote from Muhammad Ali:
Don’t count the days, make the days count.
Do what you’re doing while you’re doing it.
Thanks for reading.
Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
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Everyone knows Tony Robbins, the self-help guru who built a peak performance empire.
Did you know when Tony Robbins was younger, he washed his dishes in his bathtub because he didn’t have a working kitchen sink?
See, you don’t need to be great at the start, but you need to start to be great. You may not be washing dishes in your bathtub, but if you’re reading this, I know you want to get better. In sports, we often have a little negative voice inside our heads: “I can’t do this” or “I can’t do that.” When we hear this little negative voice, we should accept it, let it go and continue on our path of hard work and constant improvement.
I don’t care where you are…I care where you want to be.
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Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Oliver Winterbone, video coordinator for the University of Florida Gators Men’s Basketball team.
Right about now, high school and college coaches are gearing up for their fall season. Tomorrow, at Princeton Day School, we have a coaches cookout and the Athletic Director asked me to say a few words to all the coaches. Below is an exercise I will recommend they use with their team.
1. With your team, make a list of things you cannot control in sports (referees, opponents, court/field conditions, weather, etc).
2. Then make a list of things you can control (your effort, your focus, your attitude, your reactions, your strategy, your adjustments, etc).
3. Throw out the list of uncontrollables and focus on the controllables.
Not a coach? You can still use this exercise in sales, school and relationships.
Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
