6 Keys to Teaching Mental Toughness

Coaches talk about it all the time and players strive to achieve it: mental toughness.

Mental toughness goes hand-in-hand with Emotional Intelligence (see previous post). Here are 6 keys elements of teaching, learning or practicing mental toughness:

1. Flexibility- the ability to absorb the unexpected and remain level-headed. If something isn't going well or doesn't turn out as expected,