The first place is the space between your ears.
If you want to improve your performance, you must deal with your thoughts.
"How you THINK influences how you FEEL, which influences how you PERFORM."
Step One: Self Awareness How can you improve something if you don’t know the intricacies of its workings? Questions to ask yourself: What am I thinking about at important times in my day?
Am I focused on the task at hand?
Am I focused on the process involved in completing the task or on uncontrollable aspects of it?
Step Two: Make a positive change Once you have an idea of the thoughts that are impeding you, you can make a change! If you need to drill a hole, you don’t use a hammer! If you need to wash a car, you don’t use an axe!
The same applies for changing your thinking – use the appropriate tools to make change positive and simpler. If you are stressed – use a calming, relaxing and rational tool to reduce the stressors influence.
If you are “off with the fairies” – use some focusing cue words to bring yourself back.
Book your first session today and start improving your performance! More often than not, just taking the time to become aware of the influence of your thoughts, will make the solutions to their problems will become all too obvious.
The following a list compiled by sport psychologists on some of the misconceptions they have encountered about the field of mental skills and sport psychology. This is not something that I have created and I claim no ownership of the content - but feel it may be of interest to you as you decide whether to use mental skills to improve your performance. Some misconceptions include: |