AthleteIQ

Every athlete makes mistakes. Every athlete has bad games. The ones who separate themselves aren't the ones who never mess up — they're the ones who recover fastest.

Top athletes use something called a 'reset routine.' It's a short mental or physical action they do every time something goes wrong to get their head back in the game. Some athletes take a deep breath. Some shake out their hands. Some say a word to themselves. Some look up at the sky for two seconds.

The point is: have a trigger. Something that signals to your brain — that play is over. This next one is mine.

The worst thing you can do after a mistake is carry it into the next play. You double your mistakes that way. One bad play becomes two. Two becomes a bad game. A bad game becomes a slump.

Build your reset routine this week. Practice it in practice so it's automatic in games.