...This practice—often called mindfulness or present moment awareness—trains the mind to stay focused on what’s happening right now, not on what went wrong earlier or what might happen next...

... whatever the name, the goal is the same: training your mind to stay in the "now." In sports, missing those fleeting opportunities because your mind is stuck in the past or worrying about the future can cost you big time...

I also work in research on clinical methods and have work published in research journals from time to time. This is one of those times.

Mindfulness is becoming so ubiquitous it can be challenging to separate what the skill is and how to use it to an athlete’s advantage from the stereotypes of culturally appropriating hipsters and crunchy consumerism. Here are some trainable skills to build active and flexible attention in order to more easily induce broad present moment awareness experiences such as flow state.

I also work in research on clinical methods and have work published in research journals from time to time. This is one of those times.