I was recently interviewing a coach about mental toughness. One of the things he said really stuck with me. He said: “How do you make somebody confident? How do you give an athlete confidence as a coach?  That’s the million dollar question.” I’ve got a very simple answer: You can’t. As a coach you can’t give somebody confidence. However, you can give somebody tools so they can boost their own confidence.  I find that most athletes believe that it is the coach’s responsibility to give them confidence – as if the coach has some kind of magic confidence pixy dust that they can sprinkle on their ..read more