Athlete Unbothered

Athlete Unbothered Connecting with athletes, coaches and parents on how to improve their mental and physical well-being.

05/24/2026

Let me break down the key points for you:

1. You stop improving as fast:
If you think you’re already better than you are,
you don’t train with the same urgency. You may
ignore weaknesses because you don’t fully
acknowledge them.
2. You get exposed under pressure:
Confidence without accuracy breaks down
when the game gets hard. If your self-view
doesn’t match reality, setbacks feel shocking
instead of manageable.
3. You misread feedback and coaching:
Instead of seeing feedback and useful, you
might see it as disrespect or criticism.
4. You make poor decisions:
Overestimating ability can lead to forcing plays,
taking unnecessary risks, or avoiding simple,
effective choices.
5. You struggle with accountability:
It becomes easier to blame refs, teammates,
coaches, or circumstances instead of adjusting
your own performance.
6. Your confidence becomes fragile:
It’s built on an inflated image. When reality hits,
like a bad game, competition or pressure, it can
drop quickly.

Be confident but remain realistic.

Send this to an athlete or parent and see if they feel the same!

05/19/2026

There’s so many definitions of coaching, so pick one you like.

The real question is, are you coaching or just yellin’ 🫨?

Yes, it is true that you can give the athlete the right way to do it and they’ll still do it their way or wrong. Does that mean stop coaching? No, find the disconnect. They’re students, everyone learns differently, figure it out coach!

05/01/2026

Be quick, but don’t rush!

04/29/2026

In practice there’s no win or lose consequences. When you make mistakes you can try it again, coaches stop you and teach (hopefully), you get to do it again and again until you get it right.

Most times you may not have a large crowd watching you, no ref to control decisions, so it’s less pressure than a game.

Game time comes around, now you’re racing against a clock, that mistake you made you may never get a chance to make up for it and now it can determine the direction of the game. There’s so many voices and noises and sounds that you can even focus on what you’re doing. And then add the things you may be going through internally, negative self talk, butterflies, worrying, overanalyzing, whew chile, it’s a lot.

The pressure changes and if you have built up your mental performance, it’ll be harder to win that mental game.

04/14/2026

I be all in my feelings so I struggle with this distortion. It’s been so much easier to identify it when I’m letting my feelings cloud the facts.

Couple weeks ago I had an internal battle between someone sharing facts, but I was mad about it. And the internal battle was a tug a war of what side I wanted to be on.

Every time I choose facts I was cool, when I chose my feelings I was mad, and could feel the shift in my body.

I ended up choosing facts, cause why am I gonna be in my feelings for no reason? I grew up from that 😤

Do you notice yourself engaging in this distortion?

04/13/2026

This is very similar to what you already do when you’re on the free throw line (at least most people). You stand them, feet usually hip width apart, you take a deep breath, you look at the rim and then you go through anything extra that you may do.

This is the same, just incorporate it in other areas of the game!

Stick with me and I’ll show other ways you can do this!

04/10/2026

Some people believe that putting more physical work in will increase confidence, and yes that is true…or can be true. But what happens when it doesn’t, or what happened when things aren’t going your way, then what?

I’m not saying don’t put up shots to build confidence, but your confidence shouldn’t be situational.

Virtual trainings coming soon, stay tuned.

04/09/2026

We are not trying to not feel anything, that’s not the goal. The goal is to feel, regulate and keep going.

04/08/2026

You can surely neglect training your mind and do well, but at some point you may reach a level where you can no longer ignore it. Why not start now?

02/02/2026

From the X’s and O’s, to the subbing, time and score, to what move you’re going to do to get an advantage on the defense…it’s ALL strategy, all a mind.

Frustration means the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.

Get frustrated if you need to, then get out your feelings and play the game.

Recognize, release and refocus. You got this!

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