Past Articles from Tiina Booth
Tiina Booth is the founder and director of the National Ultimate Training Camp, a job she is retiring from in 2026. She founded the Amherst Invitational in 1992 and co-founded Junior Nationals in 1998. In 2006, she published a book with Michael Baccarini, entitled Essential Ultimate. She has coached teams to numerous national and international titles. Her ongoing passion is running sports psychology seminars for coaches and players, mainly through the Global Ultimate Training School, which she founded in 2020. More info can be found at www.NUTC.net Tiina was inducted into the Ultimate Hall of Fame in October 2018. She is also featured in an upcoming documentary “I Was a Hurricane” which will premiere in Amherst in August 2026.
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MLU Report Card: Grading The Boston Whitecaps Opener
I went to the opening day for the MLU’s Boston Whitecaps this past Saturday, with the intention of seeing some friends and family, checking out…
Apr 15, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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5 Common Coaching Questions And Answers
Sometimes my brain hurts from trying to keep up with all the ultimate news.
Apr 1, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Stop Thinking. Just Play.
Let’s do a quick review of the mental toughness concepts that I have presented in the last few months.
Mar 19, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Analysis
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What I Think I Know
I went to bed on Friday night, looking forward to the next morning: breakfast and an estate sale with a friend, home by 11 AM…
Mar 3, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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4 Keys To Building A Mental Toughness Program: Team Management (Part Two)
Don’t do this. Don’t do that. You are mentally weak if you talk about the score.
Feb 18, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Analysis, Opinion
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10 Uncontrollables You Shouldn’t Spend Time Talking About: Team Management (Part One)
I have been defeated by the month of January.
Feb 4, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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The Emily Effect
You didn’t really think I’d let this one slide, did you?
Jan 23, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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40 Lessons I Learned (And Didn’t) In My Coaching Career So Far
Below are three lists of what I learned, and didn’t learn, as a coach at Amherst Regional High School in the past 23 years.
Jan 7, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Don’t Choke: Optimizing Performance Through Mentality & Goal Setting
A veteran teacher always knows when she is losing her students.
Dec 10, 2013 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Building Your Tribe: Why Your Team Needs A Culture
It was the best of times. It was the grossest of times.
Nov 26, 2013 by Tiina Booth in Analysis