For athletes and coaches alike, the motivation to excel in one's sport starts with a dream. The best athletes in the world have a commitment to greatness, which is often fueled by their mission. Motivation is the drive to strive for a goal, to improve daily, to practice hard day after day, and the
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Don’t Forget About Practice Goals
Setting goals are an important part of structuring practice and improving the quality of your performance. You wan to have clear goals about what you want to achieve in sport. However, when it comes to training and practice sessions, many athletes do not have well defined goals and this can help you
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Having Fun
All kids want to win unless they purely participate for the social aspect of sports. Winning is fun. However, kids don't always have full control over winning, but they do have full control over how much enjoyment they have in the moment. When kids are having fun and truly enjoying sports, practice
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Improving Athletes’ Self-Confidence
Self-confidence is one of the most critical mental skills for success in sports and life. It is how strongly athletes believe in their ability to execute a physical skill or perform a task. Athletes gain confidence from many sources, including their past performances, training, and preparation. For
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Crunch-Time Strategies
The best athletes in the world use pressure to their advantage and can perform their best in crunch time. However, even the best athletes in the world sometimes struggle with confidence and closing out a match. The athletes with the most confidence in crunch time and willing to lay it on the line,
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Playing with a Fear of Failure
Athletes who play with a fear of failure are usually very dedicated athletes that really want to win, but are afraid to make mistakes and lose the game. It is Ironic that athletes who want to win so badly are the most afraid to lose or make errors. This causes them to have an avoidance mindset
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Advantages of Pregame Routines
Athletes benefit from routines to prepare mentally for practice and competition. The goal of mental preparation is to be mentally prepared to perform their best. With a routine, for example, your players will prepare and think consistently before each game.
Encourage your athletes to establish
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Result-oriented Thinking
Athletes today focus too much on results, rankings and position on the team. Doing so makes it hard to reach their potential, let alone feel satisfied with their game. Result-oriented thinking leads to: fear of failure, fear of success, performance anxiety, and tension.
How can you possibly get
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