Train your mind to train your body

Many athletes prefer training with training partners rather than getting trained by a coach. Training partners are like each other’s coaches and help each other get better during their practice sessions. Also in many cases, amateur athletes or club players may not have access to professional coaches. In such a scenario, working with a partner can have immense benefits. In this blog, we discuss the benefits of having a sparring partner and criteria’s for choosing an ideal one. Why train with a partner? Imagine you are seated near your boarding gate waiting for your flight to get announced. As soon as the flight is announced, you notice a long que at the gate. Looking at the que, you decide to leave your comfortable seat and stand in the long que to board the aircraft. Does this sound familiar? The passengers near the gate are never going to miss their flight. Ever wondered then why are they in such a hurry to board the aircraft? We as humans are naturally competitive. We thrive for...

Training the mind is as important as physical training. Meditation is an extremely important tool for training the mind. Why should we meditate? Where do we start? Let us find out…. Why meditation? Most of the athletes I know, especially teen athletes work very hard in physical training, but devote no  time to train their minds . Professional players have full time sports psychologists at their disposal but most of us and especially kids cannot afford that privilege. Also for kids, the coach is usually too busy training a big group so he hardly has the time to attend to every child and his problems personally. Growth spurt and hormonal changes in kids make them very vulnerable to negative influences, emotions and beliefs and hence it becomes extremely important to  channelize all the energy  in the right direction. Hence mental training is important for an athlete to becoming  calmer, stronger and tougher  on the match field. Meditation is the simplest and one o...