sport psychology tips
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FOR TEAMS
Sport is imperfect and performance is more than outcome. Mental performance is about resiliency, optimism and the willingness to crush constraints. For Athletes and Coaches Here are my top 10 tips to help build confidence, stay motivated, and maintain focus. Use these tips to unlock your full potential both in your sport and in your life. 10. POSITIVE IMAGES: See yourself doing it right, use these positive mental images throughout your event or workout to create feelings of speed and power. Visualisation can be used before, during and after your sport to build confidence or develop a new skill. Are you unsure as to how to do visualisation? It’s simple and you can download a free audio on this site…it will help you get started. |
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9. POWER WORDS: Be mindful of your inner critic. How are you talking to yourself? Use positive, self affirming statements, be your own best cheerleader. If you are tired, rather than saying to yourself, “I am exhausted. I feel like quitting”, rather say, “I got this, I have trained for this moment” or “I can do this. I am getting stronger” The power of your words have the power to change your attitude and resiliency as an athlete.
8. PRESENT FOCUS: Practice being in the present moment. Be right here, right now. A focused mind is a powerful one. Focus on one thing at a time and make it positive. Distraction is a handicap. Meditation can help you with present focus. Download your guided meditation audio from this site today and get started, it is free…our gift to you.
7. ADVANTAGE: Use everything in the workout to your advantage and look for opportunities at key moments. Breakdowns can be opportunities for breakthroughs. How are you seeing a situation? Look for the positive and the advantage in everything. If you are in a marathon and you are passed, imagine a magnet attached to you and the other runner…use their energy to power yours.
6. CHUNKING-GOALS: To reduce overwhelm pick small manageable goals for each workout. By focusing on small pieces you will give maximum attention to this area. For example, for repeats at the track, break the session into laps or time spent running with a focus only on that segment. At the beginning you may want to focus on getting your rhythm and then gradually work into power.
5. BODY SCAN: Take regular inventory on your body. Are you relaxed or are you holding tension and learn to relax tense muscles. Ask yourself: “Are my shoulders relaxed? How is my breathing?” Be mindful of your efforts and lower arousal state if necessary.
4. PAIN AS EFFORT: Are your muscles working hard? Are you breathing heavy? These are all indicators of good pain, ones that will not damage your body. Register this pain as effort level and know that the outcome will be a stronger, fitter athlete. Say to yourself, ”I am getting stronger, I am giving 100%.”
3. REWARDS: These can be powerful motivators. If your intention is to be more focused during practice, set this as a goal and give yourself a reward for achieving this. Or if you want to have a more positive attitude towards tough workouts or push a higher wattage on the bike, give yourself a reward for achieving this.
2. DO A LOGBOOK: Have a section specific to mental training and rate yourself in this area. Good athletes channel negative energy into powerful inner strength. Evaluate what is working and what is not working. Evaluate effort not just outcome and remember any failure is feedback.
1. INTENTION: Intention is at the top of the food chain. Ask yourself, “What do I want?” By being very clear with your intention you will overcome obstacles that might get in your way. Your intention should light you up, so dream big and go for it!
For your Custom Peak Performance Visualization MP3 Audio made personally for you contact us today.
8. PRESENT FOCUS: Practice being in the present moment. Be right here, right now. A focused mind is a powerful one. Focus on one thing at a time and make it positive. Distraction is a handicap. Meditation can help you with present focus. Download your guided meditation audio from this site today and get started, it is free…our gift to you.
7. ADVANTAGE: Use everything in the workout to your advantage and look for opportunities at key moments. Breakdowns can be opportunities for breakthroughs. How are you seeing a situation? Look for the positive and the advantage in everything. If you are in a marathon and you are passed, imagine a magnet attached to you and the other runner…use their energy to power yours.
6. CHUNKING-GOALS: To reduce overwhelm pick small manageable goals for each workout. By focusing on small pieces you will give maximum attention to this area. For example, for repeats at the track, break the session into laps or time spent running with a focus only on that segment. At the beginning you may want to focus on getting your rhythm and then gradually work into power.
5. BODY SCAN: Take regular inventory on your body. Are you relaxed or are you holding tension and learn to relax tense muscles. Ask yourself: “Are my shoulders relaxed? How is my breathing?” Be mindful of your efforts and lower arousal state if necessary.
4. PAIN AS EFFORT: Are your muscles working hard? Are you breathing heavy? These are all indicators of good pain, ones that will not damage your body. Register this pain as effort level and know that the outcome will be a stronger, fitter athlete. Say to yourself, ”I am getting stronger, I am giving 100%.”
3. REWARDS: These can be powerful motivators. If your intention is to be more focused during practice, set this as a goal and give yourself a reward for achieving this. Or if you want to have a more positive attitude towards tough workouts or push a higher wattage on the bike, give yourself a reward for achieving this.
2. DO A LOGBOOK: Have a section specific to mental training and rate yourself in this area. Good athletes channel negative energy into powerful inner strength. Evaluate what is working and what is not working. Evaluate effort not just outcome and remember any failure is feedback.
1. INTENTION: Intention is at the top of the food chain. Ask yourself, “What do I want?” By being very clear with your intention you will overcome obstacles that might get in your way. Your intention should light you up, so dream big and go for it!
For your Custom Peak Performance Visualization MP3 Audio made personally for you contact us today.