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How Swimmers Can Overcome Performance Anxiety: 3 Bottom-Up Practices You Can Use

How Swimmers Can Overcome Performance Anxiety: 3 Bottom-Up Practices You Can Useby: Alex BolowichPublished on: 09/08/2026

Performance anxiety in swimming is a nervous system problem that requires more than basic mental performance skills. Learn our 3 cutting-edge strategies elite swimmers use to race free and drop time.

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How Swimmers Can Overcome Performance Anxiety: 3 Bottom-Up Practices You Can Use

Building Mental Strength In Teen Athletes Requires Stress: 5 Methods For Parents and Coaches

Building Mental Strength In Teen Athletes Requires Stress: 5 Methods For Parents and Coachesby: Alex BolowichPublished on: 20/07/2026

Most "mentally weak" athletes were made that way. Here is how parents and coaches build real mental strength in teen athletes, backed by sport science.

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Building Mental Strength In Teen Athletes Requires Stress: 5 Methods For Parents and Coaches

Mental Toughness in Soccer: Why Talented Players Hesitate, Hide, and Quit (And What Fixes It)

Mental Toughness in Soccer: Why Talented Players Hesitate, Hide, and Quit (And What Fixes It)by: Alex BolowichPublished on: 13/07/2026

Mental toughness in soccer isn't just about their mindset, it's about their nervous system too. The neuroscience behind why talented players hesitate, hide, and quit on game day, and what coaches and parents can do to improve it.

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Mental Toughness in Soccer: Why Talented Players Hesitate, Hide, and Quit (And What Fixes It)

Are Athletes Becoming Mentally Weaker?

Are Athletes Becoming Mentally Weaker?by: Alex BolowichPublished on: 13/05/2026

Are athletes becoming mentally weaker? The real answer challenges coaches, parents, and athletes to look in a very different direction entirely. And how to build mental toughness before it ruins the athletes' performance.

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Are Athletes Becoming Mentally Weaker?