Athletes are responsible for their own confidence prior to competition. However, some athletes wait until the competition is already underway to decide how confident they should feel. These athletes delay their confidence until they have seen positive results that indicate to them they are allowed
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Mental Game Skills
Control the Raging Monster Within
You cannot perform your best in sports unless you can stay in control – in control of your emotions during competition. I am sure at one time, or two, you got upset, frustrated, or angry with yourself and it cost you the game or match. How well you can recover from errors will depend on your ability
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Help Athletes Strive for Success
Very dedicated, hard-working athletes who have fear of failure make the classic mistake of focusing too much on avoiding failure rather than striving for success. Your athletes either strive for success or try to avoid failure and mistakes. Athletes who are anxious when they perform or often worry
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Why Athletes Dwell on Mistakes
Mistakes or errors occur every day in sports and life, but many athletes sabotage their own performance because they simply can't let go of past mistakes. Missing shots, double faulting, and losing an important game happen often in the sports world and become a thorn in many athlete's mind.
Why
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The Most Harmful Distraction
Do you start a game ready to clean up, but then become besieged by your own inner chatter? Most athletes have trained themselves to focus when needed, but sometimes their own inner chatter or internal, self-induced distractions prevent them from performing up to their potential. What do I mean by
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Your Mental Attitude is a Choice
According to Pat Summit, head coach of women's basketball at University of Tennessee, "Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen." Choosing to have a positive mindset is critical for successful performance in any
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