Posts Tagged ‘Self-Talk’
Olympic Preparation Series: Trust Yourself
Trust what has allowed you to succeed in training, competition, and life. Relying on yourself and remaining true to yourself will result in consistency in performance.
Read MoreAutomatic Mental Skills
Practicing mental skills consistently will make them more effective and automatic.
Read MoreCreating an Advanced Mindset (Part 1)
Optimizing your performance or your life requires a lot of dedication and time. One of the first priorities in doing so is to create an advanced mindset. The mindset of…
Read MoreBest Ways to Cope with Injury in Sport
Athletes strive to keep their bodies fit and healthy, but inevitably we all need to know the best ways to cope with injury in sport. Physical training, skills development, nutrition,…
Read MoreCommitment to Excellence
When athletes and performers engage in a mental skills process to help them work on themselves and their mind game of sport or event they are making a commitment to…
Read MoreUtilizing Self-talk
There are many aspects of self-talk that can be utilized in sport performance. as previously mentioned, we can direct our attention and focus using cue-words (like “quick feet” or “square…
Read MoreBelieving Your Internal Thoughts
Self-talk is a well-known psychological skill that can be used to enhance performance, but only if you believe what your internal thoughts are saying. Of course, the type of self-talk…
Read MoreReturn from Set-Backs
Returning from set-backs can be a frustrating process. To put it in familiar, frustrated experiences: the pain and discomfort of biting the inside of our cheek or lip. Inevitably this…
Read MoreSelf Talk: The Way We Interpret Reality
Simply observing our environment and the stimuli in it would appear to show us reality, pure and simple; what we tell ourselves (self-talk) about what we observe, however, is the…
Read MorePerformance Demands
Athletes face performance demands in many contexts; regardless of emotional state, feeling ill, or daily stressors, an athlete’s performance is supposed to remain unaffected. However, some performance demands can be…
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