The Aggressive Edge: Why Your Athlete Must Get Aggressive ASAP

Most parents assume aggressiveness is a personality trait.

It’s not.

It’s actually a skill.

One that can be taught, nurtured and developed over time.

And it’s the number one difference between athletes who are effective and productive and those who are passive and inconsistent.

Here’s the challenge: most parents can’t even define aggressiveness (never mind teaching it), which means they can’t help their athlete develop it.

But when you understand what aggressiveness really does for an athlete, you realize why it’s so critical.

1) Aggressiveness Accelerates Involvement

Aggressive athletes don’t wait for the game to come to them. They step into the action and make themselves part of what’s happening.

They cut harder. They call for the ball. They crash the glass. They defend with intention. They stay engaged between plays instead of drifting through them.

Because they are doing more, they experience more.

More reps.
More feedback.
More real-time correction.
More moments that force growth.

While passive athletes can go long stretches without truly impacting the game, aggressive athletes are constantly placing themselves in situations that demand learning.

They grow faster because they are consistently, intentionally, and deeply involved in the game.2) Aggressiveness Automates Energy

Consistently aggressive athletes know how to get and stay game-ready both mentally and emotionally.

They don’t depend on others or a certain set of circumstances to raise their intensity. They are self-starters.

This provides a major edge over athletes whose energy and attention rise and fall based on external factors.

Aggressive athletes bring their own energy with them; and just like anyone who brings their own anything (tools, food, clothes) this means they are in control.

Aggressive athletes control their emotions, energy, and expectation, thereby producing more promising results.

3) Aggressiveness Acclimates Expectation

Aggressive athletes expect to make things happen.

And over time, they begin to expect to make great things happen.

Think about it this way. We don’t run toward a pack of angry dogs with the same urgency we run toward someone handing us a truckload of money.

Playing with a high rate of urgency subconsciously signals a hopeful expectation. The athlete is leaning toward opportunity instead of leaning away from mistakes.

The opposite mindset is playing it safe and trying not to mess up.

That is believing in mistakes over greatness.

Aggressive athletes carry this expectation with them from team to team and into life beyond sports.

If you want to unlock the skill of aggressiveness and help your athlete:

• accelerate their usage

• automate their energy

• acclimate their expectation

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