Train the brain effectively using visualization
“I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or I come in last, I’m ready for anything.”
– Michael Phelps
Our five major coaching principles
“My only focus is to try to assess and to provide the players with better tools to perform.”
– Mauricio Pochettino
A short history of the EEG
“We see in the electroencephalogram (EEG) a concomitant phenomenon of the continuous nerve processes which take place in the brain, exactly as the electrocardiogram (ECG) represents a concomitant phenomenon of the contractions of the individual segments of the heart.”
– Hans Berger (1873-1941)
Goal-oriented work for success
“Dreams without goals are just dreams.”
– Denzel Washington
A key to long-term success: The practical application of scientific findings
“There cannot be a greater mistake than that of looking superciliously upon practical applications of science. The life and soul of science is its practical application…”
– Lord Kelvin (1924-1907)
Sleep hygiene for optimal performance
“Sleep is the best meditation.”
– Dalai Lama
Is the switch to a professional youth academy worth it? A brief account from personal experience
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
– Neale Donald Walsch
Why each one of us should be concerned about cognitive biases
“It is an acknowledged fact that we perceive errors in the work of others more readily than in our own.”
– Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Permanent improvement through a growth mindset
“I play to figure things out, play to learn something; because if you play with a fear of failure or you play with that will to win, especially if it supersedes failure, then it’s a weakness either way.”
– Kobe Bryant (1978-2020)
The fundamental processes and anatomy of the brain are relevant to every human being
“The human brain is the most complex mass of protoplasm on earth – perhaps even in our galaxy.”
– Marian Diamond (1926-2017)
