#PSYCHOLOGY

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How to Talk to Your Athletes About Their Mental Health
By Phil White
The stigma around mental health issues is disappearing. Regularly checking in with your athletes about their mental...
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How to Improve Mental Toughness in the Water
By Philip Hatzis
It’s surprisingly easy to feel panicked or anxious in the water. Help your triathletes manage their fear by breaking...
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Managing Athlete FOMO
By Andrew Simmons
Few athletes like the feeling of losing out on training gains or missing a race, but sometimes they can gain tons of value...
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Train Your Brain: Mental Wellness Exercises for the Endurance Athlete
By Lexi Miller
Got athletes struggling with a lack of confidence or anxiety? These mental wellness exercises will help them realign with...
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Coaching & Disordered Eating: A Successful Case Study
By Dr. Rick Kattouf
Read about how training enabled one athlete to regain her sense of control and overcome her disordered eating with the help...
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Creating a Daily, Mental Training Practice in 5 Easy Steps
By Alan Heary
The smallest efforts often lead to the greatest gains. Help athletes build a short, daily, mental practice that’ll...
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Overcoming Open-Water Anxiety for Beginner Triathletes
By Philip Hatzis
One of the biggest barriers to entry in the sport of triathlon is open-water swimming. Help your athletes get more...
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Overcoming The Overjustification Effect
By Taylor Thomas
We all have that friend or athlete who is chomping at the bit to post about their latest workout on Instagram. This is why...
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The Athlete’s Brain with Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson
By TrainingPeaks CoachCast Host Dirk Friel
This week on the TrainingPeaks CoachCast Dirk interviews husband and wife duo Triathlete & Coach Lesley Paterson and...
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When to Ignore Your Athletes
By Patrick Smith
Generally speaking, focused & frequent communication are key to high-quality coaching service but sometimes silence is...
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Behavior Change Science and Coaching
By Andy Kirkland
Hitting a communication roadblock with an athlete? Maybe this strategy will help you make the gradual, painless...
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Tracking Psychological Health In TrainingPeaks
By Ben Foodman
As coaches, we will never (and should never aspire to) fill the role of doctors or psychologists for our athletes. But we...