Loehr book:

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Loehr book The New Mental Toughness Training
for Sports

• Mental Toughness

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 defined the ability to perform near your
highest level despite the competitive
circumstances
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Ideal Performance State (IPS)

• what physical, mental, and emotional conditions
  enable you to perform at your optimal level?
• How does your preparation for competition help
  you reach your IPS?
• -sleep, diet, habits rituals, mental rehearsal,
  warm up, etc.
• How do you get psyched up?
• Do you perform best when psyched up?

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Real Self vs Performer Self

• how much does one affect the other?
• can you prevent the negative real self from
  affecting performance and vice versa?

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Competitive ResponsesWorst Response?

• 1. Tanking - giving up, making excuses, and
  blaming others(protection from the pain of
  failure)

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2. Going Negative

• displays of anger/frustration/loss of control

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3. Choking

• - anxieties caused by fear can inhibit
  performance

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4. The Challenge Response

• total emotional control
• disciplined thinking and acting skills
• positivity - love of the battle
• physical fitness - energy and stamina is available

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How to achieve the IPS and/or proper challenge
responses

1. put mentally tough players in charge
2. talk about the proper emotional responses, use
   positive examples
3. simulate adversity/pressure in training
4. practice or rehearse begin mentally tough (Loehr,
   Chapter 15)

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Control of your thoughts helps you get control of
your emotions

1. Negative Thought Control-control or change
   negative thoughtsnever say I cant or I
   hate
2. Positive Thought Control-think to yourselfIm
   going to win this ballIm going to dominate
   this opponentI will not give upI will not
   surrenderI love to compete, as much as I love
   to win
3. Visualization-change the mental picture when
   things arent going well.visualize positive
   outcomes
4. Think more positively about mistakes-Next time
   Ill do this..