In my last blog post, I addressed the 7 Attributes of Peak Performance. Today we’ll make a point of addressing the sports parent; specifically what I call, The Parent Role in Sports. Specifically, the parent you DON’T want to become. Lets start with signs and ideas on what you want, and what... Read more

Paced By A Record-Breaking Offense, De La Salle Baseball Thundered Its Way To A Third Consecutive NCS Division I Crown • When a baseball team outscores its four North Coast Section playoff opponents by a combined 42-3, something exceptional is happening. How special? This finish came from likely the most... Read more

With A Freshman Phenom Pitcher And A Stacked Lineup, St. Joseph Notre Dame Softball Locked In On Winning — Until They Found Out They Won It All • A consistent mark of good teams is the ability of every player to stay locked in the moment. One would be hard-pressed... Read more

Today’s tip for dealing with pressure is so simple you can teach it to a 6 year old. And yet it is so powerful, it has the potential to diminish all feelings of pressure within seconds in a competition. It comes down to this one thing: How to Focus Under Pressure to Perform... Read more

Rugby Tip of the Month University of Arizona Head Coach Sean Duffy shares with us some key off field tips for the future college rugby player and on how to be a successful college player. Especially, high school seniors should take note before heading off to college this fall! Time... Read more

In my last post, How to Overcome Negative Self Talk in Competition, talking about how to minimize negative effects, I refer to a pressure tip that says, pressure affects ALL athletes negatively, even world-class athletes.   It tenses you up and hurts your ability to think strategically. If you want to perform better,... Read more

Welcome to my Peak Performance blog. I’m thrilled to be invited into the SportStars INSIDERS family! As way of introduction, my name is La Shawn Wells and I am a peak performance coach. I work with students and student athletes to strengthen their mindset and mental toughness so that they... Read more

How to Stop Negative Self Talk I can remember it like it was yesterday…   I’m 11 and in the car with my mom and my brother, who is a year younger. We are driving to our baseball game on a Saturday morning. My brother and I were on the same... Read more

Oak Ridge Senior Maddy Denner Has Established Herself As One Of The State’s Strongest Girls Distance Runners Winning a race often takes more than speed or an ability to quickly cover distances. Strategy, mental preparation, and conditioning are just as essential, if not more important than physical training. Oak Ridge... Read more

Franklin-Elk Grove Wildcats Survive A Frenzied Final Week Of Delta League Baseball To Emerge With Their First Title Since 2015 •   For the last 19 years, the last remaining team in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section North bracket was from the mighty Delta League. Elk Grove, Jesuit, Davis and Pleasant... Read more

With Talented Center Fielder Michael Dixon Leading The Charge, Berkeley Baseball Is Turning Heads In 2018 • Story By JAMES G. KANE | Photos By BERRY EVANS III Berkeley High School baseball coach Curtis Sandeford put his chin to his hand and gazed his glance downward. A few seconds later,... Read more

One of the things that happens with athletes when under pressure situations, is that the mind starts racing…  Under Pressure Situations, your mind speeds up because it is doing it’s best to “think” of all the possibilities of how it can prevent the bad thing from happening.  That’s the pressure… trying to avoid... Read more