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Passion for

A Passion for Coaching: Is it making you better or weighing you down?

“Do it with passion, or not at all.” We’ve all heard it. If you aren’t going to be passionate on the floor and give it everything you have, then don’t bother. If you want to be better, if you want to be the best, you have to be passionate…

How to Perform Under Pressure and Radically Reduce the Chance of a Mistake

Unlike other sports, dance coaches don’t get to coach ‘during the game’. Instead, we have to watch from the side and hope that our team can perform under pressure. We have to simply stand back and hope they don’t make a mistake during…
mental toughness

4 Mental Toughness Myths Holding You Back From Your Peak Performance

If you’ve ever set goals for your team at the beginning of the season, or encouraged your team to take the floor with confidence, or used visualization before competition then you understand the importance of mental toughness training.  …
motivation

15 Meaningful Ways To Be A More Motivational Coach

Get this content on the podcast! Passion for Dance Podcast, Episode 1 Ever felt discouraged in the midst of intense nationals practices because the team isn’t giving it their all? Or have you started off the season with high hopes for an amazing…
resilience training

How to Inspire a Resilient Athlete: Practical Coaching Tips for Resilience Training

Want this content in a podcast?!? Check out Episode 2 of the Passion for Dance Podcast It's competition season and there's a million things going on... but are you thinking about resilience training? During this season many teams have multiple…
mental block

Mental Toughness Training: How to Overcome Mental Blocks

There's more about this on the podcast! Check out the Passion for Dance Podcast Episode 8! The challenge to overcome mental blocks can only be surpassed with mental toughness training. Training that takes place a little bit at a time every…
Losing

The 3 Things I Hate More Than Losing

It’s the heat of competition season, which means more stress, long days, and dealing with the pressure you feel after losing (even if losing just means you were 2nd place).  It's the season of long Saturdays at a competition, football playoffs,…
mindfulness

The Best One-Minute Mindfulness Activity for Dancers

In the days where high schooler students have 32 hours of things to do in a 24-hour day, and college students are expected to do well in school, maintain a job, get an internship, volunteer, and never take a break… we could all learn a little…