Less is More

There are 2 main paths to creating athletic excellence through Performance Coaching:

• The BUILDING Path
• The FREEING Path

The Building Path aims at defining the “perfect” profile of an athlete for ultimate performance, and building the athlete to becoming this “ultimate athlete.”  To get there, the athlete and his or her ego are developed and “conditioned” so that this “ultimate athlete persona” eventually becomes second nature.

These approaches definitely work and are widely used.  They take a long time to take effect, and until they become second nature, they are very demanding on the athlete.  They require constant psychological “monitoring” and reinforcement, which requires a lot of energy, energy that is then NOT available for the athlete’s athletic performance.   Sadly, they also often lead athletes to use performance enhancing drugs, so that they can “keep up with” or “deliver on” the “ultimate athlete” image they have been developing and selling themselves and everyone else. 

The Freeing Path, on the other hand, aims at identifying what’s in the way of the athlete’s natural ability to perform to his or her best, and literally “removing” these Performance-Drains (habits, patterns, strategies, beliefs, etc.).  The identification and permanent removal of the athlete’s Performance-Drains, allows the athlete’s natural talent, and core essence, to emerge and express itself.  This emergence and natural expression naturally generates performance.  It naturally puts the athlete on a path to “Citius, Altius, and Fortius.”

Our Philosophy to what is conducive to better performance and to an integrated athlete is that “Less is More.”  The clearer an athlete is, the better able he or she is to naturally perform.

Our approach is to identify the thought patterns, habits, compulsions, beliefs, self-images, etc. (also called Performance-Drains) that are preventing performance or making performance inconsistent.  Through specialized and powerful methodologies, athletes systematically dismantle their unique Performance-Drains, and gradually go back to their true nature,  …where performance and well being is a natural state.