mikala morris

  Conditioning as an Athlete Being physically fit when being an athlete at any level, but especially at a high one is detrimental to the athlete’s success. Physical conditioning plays a key role in allowing athletes to enhance their performance, become durable, and more importantly the total well-being of the athlete. There are various things that athletes can and do to help them become the best variation of themselves, physically. These activities can include strength training, working on flexibility, cardiovascular conditioning, and exercises to prevent injuries. My hope for this blog is to examine the benefits of physical conditioning more and depth and why it is detrimental to the athlete’s success, development, and injury prevention.   When athletes choose to be disciplined and partake in physical conditioning honestly, they have an opportunity to reap the benefits that they work for. What do I mean when I say, “partake in physical condition honestly”, well simply put the...

Coach & Athletes at High Levels   I am a big believer that the environment that the person is in has a great influence on their success or failure. Now I’m not saying you’re screwed if you are not in a supportive atmosphere then you’re just never going to succeed at anything you do. Ultimately, it comes down to the individual, but it can be a great advantage if they are somewhere where they feel supported and cared for. This can be true for a lot of things in life such as academics, chasing your dreams, playing sports, etc. However, in this blog I mainly want to discuss how this holds true for coaching, especially at a high level. When you think about coaching or a coach, who do you think of first? Is it a person who made you fall in love with your sport? Someone who made you feel supported and who believed in you? Someone who made you hate your sport? It is always amazing to me how one person who is placed to lead a group to win games can actually be so influential on someone’...

 Olympians What is one thing you can instantly think of when you think about something that brings the country together? To me, and I would hope many others would have the same response, would say the Olympics. Every four years when I was growing up it would be one of my favorite events that would occur. It would bring together all my family, some who weren’t even interested in sports, and together would watch. Watching the best of the best compete against each other but also feeling the patriotism when seeing our country place, or especially take-home gold is a feeling I can’t quite describe. I was always so impressed watching the athletes perform, and I would just watch them in awe. Seeing their power, speed, and skill these Olympians display the pinnacle pf athletic achievement. Being an Olympian, you must possess many characteristics such as tenacity, persistence, commitment, and dedication In this blog I am hoping to describe the physically, psychological, and emotional challe...

  7 Mental Training Tools When it comes to being an athlete everyone knows how important it is that you are physically at your best whether that means strength wise or endurance wise in order to succeed. However, being mentally strong is the other half of the beast that athletes must accomplish, in order to be great. just like you do in order to become physically your best, you must do for your mental as well, meaning you must train it. Untapped potential can be unlocked, and focus, resilience, and general well-being can be improved with the help of mental training approaches. In this blog I am hoping to teach you more about these mental training techniques by diving into them and explaining how they can help athlete reach their full potential. However, before I do this I wanted to first discuss an overview of the techniques that come with mental training and enhance variables such as mental toughness, resilience, cognitiv...