08/25/2025
I’ll keep it simple. How coaches talk to their players matters. How players talk to their teammates matters. Self-talk matters.
Words (and the way messages are delivered) have the power to destroy confidence and performance, or build it. Make sure your words are doing the latter.
Being hard on yourself is NOT motivating. Being patient with (and encouraging to) yourself is not weak. Just ensure that what you are telling yourself is a critique, rather than a criticism. It really does make a difference, psychologically, which translates to performance.
