Is your performance held back by fear? If your performance is stuck and not improving, it’s a good bet that you are limited by your own fear. Fear comes in many forms – fear of failure, fear of success, fear of embarrassment, and so on. Many of my students hit a wall of worry caused by these fears
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Practice Mental Skills
Take Confident Action
Are you in control of your own level of confidence prior to competition? Do you know how to harness the power of a confident mindset quickly when needed? If not, you need to take action – take confident action. Many athletes make the mistakes of not taking responsibility for their own confidence
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What is the Zone?
Athletes talk so much about performing in the zone and how awesome it feels. Many athletes view the zone as this magical, hard-to-obtain state of mind. But the zone is really not that complicated or hard to achieve. For sure, you can't expect to get into a zone state every time you compete, but you
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Finding the Zone
If the zone is that simple, why can't athletes achieve this mindset every time they hit the court or step on the diamond? Many of the top athletes do. But some athletes are blocked from getting into the zone because they are overtaken by massive distractions such as fear of failure and worry. How do
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A Formula for Success
The first place I start with my individual students is introduce my formula for success and eliminated unhealthy expectations. The three tenants include: (1) Identify and eradicate expectations that limit success. (2) Replace expectations with manageable objectives instead of "strict" expectations.
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Cue Yourself to Focus
The more I work with athletes from a variety of sports, I reach the same conclusion. The most important principle in focus is that ability to focus on the process in the present (here and now.) However, it is not as easy as may be implied. You must define what to focus on - called performance
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Confidence is a Mindset
What is self-confidence? Confidence is a belief in the strength of your ability to perform a task. It's a mindset that says, "I can do this." Confidence is not the same as self-esteem. Self-esteem is based on your assessment or appraisal of your person. The opposite of confidence is doubt,
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Confidence is a Choice
You always have choices to make prior to any competition. Confident athletes choose to focus their thoughts on things that help them feel confident. Great athletes enter competition thinking about why they deserve to win and they feel confident. The belief in their skill, work ethic in practice and
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