Tag Archives: SMART Goals


The mental, emotional, and social aspects of girls in youth sports


Erika Carlson, of Excellence in Sport Performance re-visits the Athlete’s Audio Academy to discuss her work with young female athletes. Think competing on the field is hard?  Combine that competition with a dash of perfectionism, an added component of social interaction, some discomfort around the concept of taking the lead, and you have some modern 10-17 year old female athletes. That’s a recipe for winning, eh??  (Much less developing life skills!) Erika focuses her practice on younger athletes like this, and...

Goal Setting vs. Goal Doing


I went to a seminar once where a guy who had written a best-selling book conducted a really insightful experiment with the crowd. There were about 800 people in the room. He asked everyone who had heard of his book to stand up. Of course, the whole place was on their feet… Then he asked the people who had bought his book to remain standing. Half the crowd sat down. “Remain standing if you read even one chapter of my...