Be a Performer, Not a Technician Skate intuitively… What does that even mean? Skaters learn to focus throughout their programs on each element. The often get stuck in a practice mindset and forget to “be a performer.” Overthinking leads to mistakes, falls, under-rotation on jumps and other missteps on the ice. So the argument is this: Should I … Sport Psychology Article…
Rebounding from Mistakes Mindset Your performance has a lot to do with how you handle mistakes during competition. Mistakes are often trip athletes mentally. Many athletes feel peak performance means perfect performance. This mindset causes a lot of negative emotion, in particular frustration, when the inevitable mistake pops up. This leads to a split focus–a focus on the … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Have Proactive Confidence Confidence can gain momentum like a snowball growing in size as it barrels down a hill… But, also, confidence can come crashing down like an avalanche. Slight doubts can creep into your mind and slowly grow in magnitude and infiltrate other parts of your game. At that point, athletes feel less confidence and … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Reach your Peak Performance in Football Peak performance is the result of great preparation and consistent peak performance is the result of consistent mental preparation. Great preparation shouldn’t be reserved for only the most important competitions during a season, yet many athletes prepare for regular season competitions differently than championship competitions. Preparation should be a habit. … Sport Psychology Article…
Coping with a Bad Performance Bad performances can linger for a long time with some athletes. You can probably relate to how profoundly a bad game, routine or competition can hurt future performances… There are many examples in sports where just one bad performance can set off a domino effect… A baseball player who strikes out four times … Sport Psychology Article…
What Can you Control? I work a lot with athletes on the concept “focus on what you can control, not what you cannot control.” That means you want to focus only on what you can control when performing. Athletes get distracted when they focus on circumstances that are outside their direct control. You (or your athletes) might focus … Sport Psychology Article…