Mental Training : Introduction

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Mental Training Introduction Self
Awareness
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Sport Psychology

• How do you recover from something like this
• Jerry Seinfeld
• How do you gain an edgy in the next race?

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Mental Training

• Sports psychology is _____ ______the athlete
  can train to help gain the winning edge.

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Mental Training

• When physical skills are evenly matched, the
  athlete with ____ ___ ___ ___ ___will usually
  emerge as the victor.

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Mental Training

• ____ _________ _____ ______can make the
  difference between winning and losing in a close
  contest.

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Mental Training

• Performance in sport
• ________ - skills
• Physical - fitness
• ________ - strategies
• Mental and Emotional - mind-control and composure

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Mental Training

• Six basic mental skills
• Self-Awareness
• Goal Setting
• Self Talk
• Attentional Control
• Relaxation
• Imagery

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Mental Training

• The toughest opponent an athlete is ever to face
  is staring him in the mirror!!!

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Self-Awareness

• Self Awareness
• The ability to identify what you are thinking,
  feeling and doing.
• Helps you to learn ___ ___ ___ in order to
  develop to your full potential.
• You are what you think.

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Self-Awareness

• Self Fulfilling Prophecy
• Your beliefs about your abilities affect the
  ________ of your performance.
• If you think that you will fail, you probably
  will.
• If you expect to be successful, you likely will
  be.

• What you think is what youll get.

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Self-Awareness

• How to improve self awareness
• Mentally recall performances that were great and
  not so great.
• Keep diary, records of your thoughts.

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Self-Awareness

• How to improve self-awareness
• ______ to constructive feedback
• ______ from the errors and successes of other
  athletes.

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Self Confidence

• Self-confident athlete

• Self motivated to achieve, be the best they can
  be.
• Focus on successfully mastering skills.
• Think they can and usually do.

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Self Confidence

• Ways to improve self-confidence
• No ______ self-statements.
• Know that you can do well.
• Learn from failures then put aside.

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Self Confidence

• Ways to improve self-confidence
• Commit to performing to the best of their
  abilities at all times
• _______ _________
• Belief in Self!!!!