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07/05/2017

Land of the free, home of the brave. 🇺🇸
📸: Warrior Games

07/03/2017

"Our in-breath is like a remote control for our brains, directly affecting electrical signals that communicate with memory and emotional processing centers." Take a deep breath and read on to learn more about how using our NOSES to breathe can positively affect our cognition! 👀✨

A new study has found evidence to show that there is actually a direct link between nasal breathing and our cognitive functions.

06/30/2017

Earlier this month, we highlighted the importance of race reports in the Team MPI weekly newsletter and provided some tricks and tips for how to engage with past performances to keep progressing toward your goals! Check out the full article below!

Though both athletes and coaches benefit from thoughtfully written race reports, they can be tricky to write. The idea of “not knowing how” to write one can prevent athletes from doing it altogether. The main motivation behind writing post-race summaries is that it keeps driving performance forward....

06/29/2017

in honor of the laser sailors ⛵️ and their epic performances this week at Youth Champs! In addition to two podium finishes 🥈🥉 and even more in the top 15, one sailor got to punch her ticket to ISAF Youth Worlds 🌏 in December! Congrats to Coach and all the sailors! 🎉 Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association

06/18/2017

Would you put low-grade gasoline in a Ferrari? 🏁 Quality fuel translates to optimal performance in our bodies, too. 💪🏻 Fill up with the good stuff to train and compete at your best in any situation!
📸: Homemade ginger-molasses granola with fresh blueberries and vanilla skyr yogurt. ( )

06/11/2017

Another fantastic day on the water for Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association sailors, sweeping the podium for the laser radial division at the Gulf Coast Championships in Corpus Christi, TX this weekend! Great sailing by all, well done! ⛵️🥇🥈🥉⛵️

06/10/2017

It's race weekend here in Corpus Christi at the 2017 Laser Gulf Coast Championships with the Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association!

06/07/2017

Happy to all those pounding pavement, exploring trails, and everything in between! 🏃‍♀️🏃🏻

05/11/2017

Well worth a read for some great reminders about youth sport participation, engagement, and success!

I received the following question from one of my former athletes and wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek response. With all the question son the site about training kids I thought this might provide some perspective.

04/28/2017

As deadlines approach, stress levels raise and becomes even more important. The most effective self-care activities have a clear start and finish, involve an element of true rest, physical movement, or creativity, and leave you feeling better than when you started. Instead of getting lost in your screens, try taking a walk or spending some time drawing/coloring and see the difference for yourself!

04/18/2017

Check out our latest contribution to Team MPI's coaching blog! This post is all about successfully adapting to change so that we can take in new information, determine a course of action, and stay engaged in the present to maximize performance in any situation. Read more below!

In life and in sport, things don't always go as planned. If we can accept unpredictability, we can shift from trying to control things and prevent challenges to recovering from setbacks and adapting to the new situation. A simple 3-step resetting can help us take in new information, determine a new…

04/03/2017

It was a fabulous weekend on the water with the sailors and coaches, learning more about the sport by watching the double-handed teams take to the water yesterday! ⛵️