Are you creating 'Mindful' training sessions?

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Ron Quinn, an associate professor at Xavier and also well known soccer coach.

During our discussion of young athletes we went down the path of being mindful versus being mindless. Below are four suggestions to help keep your athletes 'Mindful' and challenge their 'Inner Game':

• ask your athletes to tell you what are the similar skills involved in an old drill and a new one you are introducing
• ask your athletes what are the applicable principles of movement mechanics during a known drill
• ask your athletes to relate principles to the objective of an unknown or new skill/drill
• ask your players to relate the skill to a game specific situation