Are you Talented or are you Successful?

Talent does not guarantee success.  Often, a better question to ask is: am I making the most of this opportunity to become a better athlete today? Many young athletes have trouble approaching each practice with zest and joy for the opportunity they have in front of them. Many youngsters are gifted athletes, but they need to learn that making the most of every opportunity afforded them is the key skill they need to acquire in order to mold their talent into athletic excellence.

A positive mental attitude shapes your daily perspective toward the grind of training. It may seem like a burden to push through practice every day yet the greatest joys in sport can be found once a deep passion toward mastery is developed.

Young athletes need to be taught the values which will help them rise to the top of the sporting world. Below are some of the valuable lessons young athletes need to learn to be successful:

• Develop a tremendous passion for the sport and never take it for granted
• Always study and learn from the best in the world who have molded their talent into greatness
• Look at practice and decide what you are going to get out of it that is really going to make a difference to you
• Persevere through the ups and the downs by accepting that they will happen
• At the end of the day reflect back on your training and believe you put everything you had into it
• Don’t take opportunities for granted – if you dedicate yourself to something, do it with full passion and commitment
• Sport is not necessarily about finding motivation but more about creating lifelong habits of success

 “You are what you do every day. Create positive daily habits and get the best out of the opportunities you have in front of you.”