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Coach Sonnon is currently training Alberto Crane for his upcoming UFC fight and is documenting his training and his methods for everyone to read and follow. IT IS GREAT INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE

As a matter of fact I would recommend printing everything coach writes and putting it into a binder for future reference because its just that good.

From this series of recorded conversations between Mike Fry and Dr. Poczwardowski, you will learn the seven basic mental skills that can be used to enhance your mental toughness. In addition, Disk Eight will look at your athletic career from a long-term perspective that emphasizes optimal growth and development.

This 8 CD set will take you through training the mind of a combat athlete. Its a great learning program for coaches and parents who are looking to help there kids make it to the top of their sport

Here is some of what you will learn.

1. Disc One: Self-Regulation - will focus on how to regulate the amount of physical and mental energy that you feel. A number relaxing and energizing techniques will be described in detail. For example, you will be encouraged to use music for both calming down and psyching up.
2. Disc Two: Self-Imagery - will familiarize you with some major imagery uses for practice and competition. The importance of utilizing numerous senses (not just vision) will be stressed and illustrated. For instance, imaging the bodily feeling of the throw motion will better prepare you for the performance that follows.
3. Disc Three: Self-Concentration - will identify major problems in staying focused. Additionally, numerous concentration enhancing techniques will be thoroughly discussed. Practice with situational distractions might be a very effective way to train you concentration skills.
4. Disc Four: Self-Talk - will attempt to teach you how to be aware of your thinking processes and how to replace negative thoughts with positive instructions.
5. Disc Five: Self-Confidence - will familiarize you with a few confidence strengthening techniques. Mental programming (based on your skill of self- imagery) is an example of a mental strategy to prepare for competitions.
6. Disc Six: Self-Motivation - will narrow down motivational techniques to those that can add to your intrinsic motivation, one that comes from within you. Clarifying your dream, mission, and goals will be discussed.
7. Disc Seven: Self-Preparation - will teach you about developing mental plans (prior to your competition) and pre-event routines (prior your performance). You will find out how using mental plans will reduce randomness in your preparation and, as a result, will add to your competitive edge.
8. Disc Eight: Self-Development - will encourage you, your parents, and your coaches to approach your sport participation from a long-term perspective. The importance of this developmental philosophy rests on planning the entire athletic career, introducing balance into athletic and personal life, and improving psychological well being.

Wrestlers love going live! In this three tape series 2x National Coach the Year Dave Mills puts his wrestlers in over 60+ tough live situations. He then shows what a National Champion wrestler would do from each live situation, from both offensive and defensive positions. The top programs in the country put their wrestlers in live situations to help get them better faster. Live Situations Series shows you how!!

Not yet a member of grapplersgym.com? Well this is the last week for the free bonus with the yearly membership. If your on the fence about joining I wanted to pass over a review that was just posted by fightersreview.com

Grapplersgym.com stands out among the now glut of MMA training resources online; mostly due the extremely high quality of the content, the expertise of the contributors and the large amount of information available on the forums

Ever stop and look at a sumo match as a coach or as a fan? For most people in the world sumo is a sport done by "Fat Guys" with funny little belts but what if I asked you to look at sumo as a sport. You give me 3 min 06 seconds and I will change your mind.

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When should I train? That's a great questions but it's one that only you can answer. See there is an optimum time for all of us to train. Research has shown that during the day your performance can vary by as much as 10-30%. Find out your cycle and get the most out of training starting today.

3 Inches - There is an old saying that "size doesnt matter". Well I am here to tell you that size DOES matter. Learn the secrets of training with "The Monster". Yes its only 3 inches but boy it will beat you down