Use transitional moments to clear your mind before coaching
These days, there seems to be much talk about mental-health challenges in the world of sports. Watching Simone Biles in the Summer Games struggle with her confidence, and then watching almost the same thing happen to Mikaela Shiffrin in the Winter Games—two of our countries’ most-celebrated athletes at the Olympics—was a real eye opener. Just a little doubt that creeps into one’s mind can ruin years and years of training and hard-earned muscle memory. It’s my hope that the light shining on positive mental health will be just as important as that shone on physical health.