Mental Skills Exercises Associated with the
In-Flow Experience
Please note that most of these exercises are carefully monitored thanks to Google's online collaboration.
Mental Skill Attitude 100% Positive thoughts.
Score an A for attitude. Be sensitized to some of your poor attitude and create a more positive outlook
Seeing the good in bad
Asking the right questions
Two images
Arousal Just right.
Not too low, not too high but develop your arousal level so you can time it so that it can be just right!
Body Language Positive body language leading to encouragement and success.
Become sensitive to the body language that you display.
Learn what body language can do to you and how it can affect your opponent.
Breathing Techniques are developed to reach flow.
Learn how to breath like the pros.
Communication Excellent communication within the team. Players know what others team mates are doing and going to do.
Verbal
Non verbal
Confidence Optimal confidence for performance.
Confidence modeling.
Confidence Quotes
Developing personal achievement reminders.
Developing personal sport affirmations.
Drawing the wheel of confidence and developing some insight into this.
Interpretation of bad events.
Interpretation of good events.
Recall past experiences to improve your confidence.
Discipline Individual or team is discipline and puts the needs of the game in front of their own.
Coming soon!
Focus Concentrates on the task at hand and has the ability to block out distractions.
Asking the right questions
Develop the right focus depending on the game situation. You will be asked to create and switch focus in a script
Identifying the Proper Focus
Listing Internal and External Distractions and Coping Strategies to Achieve Flow
Putting Bad Thoughts Aside or Error Parking
Thought Stoppage
Understanding the Different types of Focus and Creating an Example.
Useful Strategies and Creating Key-Words to Achieve Flow
What if Planner
In and Out of Your Control
Quotes and Key-Words
Goal Setting Setting smart goals that are clear, measurable and in your control.
Establish SMART goals.
Ideal Performance State Everything is in flow.
Take the Sports Psychology Interview to gain a better perspective of your strengths and weaknesses.
Get a list of key - words that help you focus on the process of improving your sport.
Create an online grid sheet that can help you keep track of important emotional, physical and mental characteristics of peak performance. Professional athletes use this!
Mental Imagery Clear pictures in your mind of your performance using all the right senses and techniques associated with it to achieve flow.
Develop the sight, sounds, taste, feel and smell of a game situation that happens with you.
Develop your own mental imagery script.
Develop an even more advanced mental imagery script.
Mental imagery logs with scores on many of the most important concepts.
Mental Toughness Despite setbacks, adversity and heightened pressure, shows the ability to be resilient and rise to the occasion. The ability to deal with adversity and interpret the pressure as a challenge and opportunity to grow.
Learn to deal with adversity, stress and the mental barriers that break down during key moments.
Lessons learned log book.
Motivation High drive, willingness to succeed. Actively pursuing your goals.
Create a sports psychology alphabet of success. You will write down hundreds of words and sentences associated with excellence and success.
Find out what motivates you.
Develop and increase your motivation.
What if planner
Read the wheel of excellence and answer questions
Read reminders for excelling and provide your thoughts about it. How will you use this in your competition?
Highlights! Write about your highlights of the day and or write a series of online journal entries with carefully crafted questions and thoughts guided by your sports psychology coach.
Inspiring video clips
Optimism Optimistic of outcome which enhances persistence and ability to rebound back quickly after a setback. A clear understanding of the important dimensions of optimism and how you interpret both positive and negative experiences in your life.
Take an optimism test and see how optimistic you are!
Take the optimism test for kids.
Gain specific knowledge as to which dimension you need to work on.
Develop realistic game situations in which you hone your optimism and use it to your advantage.
Optimism in Sports - Take a test run of 20 questions.
You make them up!
Relaxation Optimal tension during key moments.
Learn the well respected and established Jacobson technique of relaxation.
Routines Highly developed, systematic and sequential pre, during and post game routines.
Develop your own pre-during and post game routines.
Self Talk Positive internal dialogue directed at one-self.
10 Positive thoughts
Develop a positive key word list.
Replace negative with positive key words.
Two wolves
Learn the countering technique
Re framing
Avowing catastrophic statements
Learn the stop technique
Stress Ability to regulate and deal with stress effectively.
Coming soon!
Social Support Athlete surrounded by positive people and family members who support and provide a positive impact on performance.
Coming soon!
Team Building Team-mates show genuine care and trust for one another and are trustworthy of each other. Attitude of win-win in the dressing room.
Coming soon!
Time Management The difficulty associated with managing many things at the same time despite distractions and the many tasks that are required in today's busy schedule.
Coming soon!