ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Remember stacking building blocks as a kid? One block on top of another, each one making the tower taller. That same idea is one of the simplest ways to build success for a student athlete.
Welcome to Day 21 of 75 on the Mental Performance Playbook. Every day until January 1, 2027, we're dropping one whiteboard mental training session built for student athletes, parents, and coaches to use right away.
Today's session is Blocks Build, and it comes down to two kinds of blocks and how they work together.
The first is self blocks. Your athlete has a school self, a home self, a basketball self, and maybe a baseball self too. Keep those blocks separate and define what you do in each one. An athlete who doesn't always listen at home can still be the most coachable player at practice. Separating these blocks is also the first step to building an alter ego, like Kobe Bryant's Black Mamba, and we'll cover that in a future episode.
The second is time blocks. Break the 24-hour day into chunks the same way a coach plans out practice. The tool that works best for the families we work with is a shared Google Calendar. The kitchen calendar is great for the month, but a shared calendar shows the whole family what's happening each day, wherever they are.
Then we put them together. Drop the self blocks into the time blocks on the calendar, and color code each kid. Now your athlete knows who they need to be, where, and when.
Parents and coaches, this builds an organization system your athlete can carry into college or a job. It even helps with the small stuff, like remembering to pack their shoes and getting to practice on time.
Your challenge today is simple. Set up a shared Google Calendar and add one block for tomorrow's practice or game.
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