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Up your game with resources for student-athletes and parents to cultivate a high-performance mindset, fostering confidence, focus, and resilience for sport and for life. IMG Academy’s mental performance experts share their best tips, lessons, and experience to help you win your future.

LISTEN: Training Starts and Ends with Strengthening the Mind

Physical fitness is essential for any athlete. Technical training builds a framework for players of all ages to understand and retain a sport’s basic mechanics. For Dr. Duncan Simpson, Director of Personal Development, training starts and ends with strengthening the mind.

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

LISTEN: Why is Focus Crucial For Athletes

Duncan Simpson, IMG Academy Director of Personal Development, joined Jason Fitzgerald on the Strength Running podcast recently to discuss his role at IMG Academy as well as the importance of focus and self-awareness for athletes. This podcast, specifically designed for runners and track and field athletes, welcomed Simpson's insights about the intricacies of sport as well as his knowledge about minor tendencies and strategies that can make all the difference at the finish line.

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

WATCH: Identifying Your Strengths and Understanding Your Weaknesses

IMG Academy's Director of Personal Development, Dr. Duncan Simpson, sits down with Muscle & Fitness to discuss identifying strengths, understanding weakness, and how to capitalize on a strong emotional foundation. Learn from IMG Academy coaching on the how to manage goals, setting expectations, and more. The full article can be viewed on muscleandfitness.com.

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

A Leadership Coach's Guide To Creating Great Leaders

What makes a great leader? How do you become a better teammate? Diamyn Hall, Leadership Expert, takes us through a leadership session with the IMG Academy baseball program and guides the student-athletes through a workshop that enables them to grow as both people and as players. 

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

WATCH: Who's Elijah Green? | On Deck: Episode 1

Leadership is important in any sport. A strong leader can boost morale, motivate their teammates, and set the standard for others to follow. Going into his senior season, IMG baseball student-athlete Elijah Green saw a role that needed filling, and he took it upon himself to step up and lead his team.

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

WATCH: Back to the Beginning | On Deck: Episode 3

On July 17, 2022, recent IMG Academy baseball graduate Elijah Green made program history by being drafted fifth overall in the 2022 MLB Draft. This achievement is the culmination of years of hard work with the steadfast support from his teammates, the drive from his coaches, and the love and devotion from his family.

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

WATCH: Minor Adjustments. Major Potential. | On Deck: Episode 2

 When young athletes begin their journey to be their best, they harness their potential to push themselves on and off the field. While Elijah Green clearly has great potential, it’s his drive to become a better version of himself that sets him apart - a skill set that can't necessarily be taught.

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

How to Build Mental Toughness

In team and individual sports, the ability to persevere in the face of challenges is essential. In addition to having strong bodies, it's the athletes with grit, determination, resilience, and the mental toughness to persist who can separate themselves from their peers.

What’s your mental performance score?

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

Goal Setting: Developing This Skill Can Boost Confidence

Goal setting is a valuable tool for student-athletes. They may want to win a championship or get a college scholarship, but hitting that distant mark can seem daunting. Goals can bring things within reach by breaking down bigger objectives into incremental steps. With each win along the way, a student-athlete's confidence grows, and so does their success rate — on and off the field.

What’s your mental performance score?

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

Sports and Confidence: 3 Signs Your Student-Athlete Needs a Confidence Boost

Confidence manifests itself in many positive ways in sport. Student-athletes who are confident have improved concentration, focus, and decision-making on the field, leading to better outcomes. They are mentally tough, better able to bounce back from setbacks and challenges, maintain their composure, and persevere in high-pressure situations. Confidence can be contagious, too, spilling from one student-athlete into others, positively influencing team dynamics.

What’s your mental performance score?

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

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High Performance Parenting

Discover evidence-based High Performance Parenting strategies through five different modules in this guide to support your child's athletic journey effectively. Download, print, and complete mental performance exercises with your child and learn to balance challenge and support for their optimal success. Invest in yourself to become the best parent you can be!

IQ Issue #1 - Up Your Mental Game

"The IQ" by IMG Academy dives into the importance of mental performance, the five core pillars, and exercises to up the mental game of parents and student-athletes. With emphasis on skills like confidence, focus, and resilience, The IQ is a guide to preparing athletes for success on and off the field.

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