![]() “We love ‘ The Confident Athlete.’ My 10-year-old daughter is an equitation rider and show jumper. ~Coach Jim Bird, Head Coach Osceola High School Hopefully, you can help us reach our goals next year.” We will definitely need you again next year. The kids bought in and really worked at it. We really improved our mental preparation in the post season. We scored 163 points, which is 11 more than we scored the year we won the state tournament. We finished second in the State Tournament. Take control of your mindset and performance today! What are mental game customers saying about our program? The Confident Athlete: A 14-Day Plan For Ultimate Self-Confidence Learn more about one of our most popular CD programs in The Confident Athlete Series… Confident Athletes are proactive when it comes to confidence! You have to make a conscious effort to proactively seek confidence building thoughts and behaviors. Remember, confidence is a choice you make. The Confident Athlete CD and workbook program consists of 2 audio CD’s that include 14 days of confidence fueling exercises and a simple to follow workbook that guides you through the 14 days, helps you apply the strategies and customizes the exercises to your personal needs. You can tap into my knowledge and experience to learn how to bring ultimate confidence to competition! Self-confidence is what separates champion athletes from the rest of the competitors… If you’re an athlete who struggles with self-doubt, loses confidence, or cant take “practice confidence” to competition, The Confident Athlete is for you! Learn Mental Game Strategies to Boost Your Confidence in Sports! Ask yourself positive questions, such as, “What is the best that can happen?” By focusing on what you want to have happen during competition, your performance will follow your thinking.This success-oriented approach immerses you in the present moment and allows you to intuitively play your game or perform the way you want to. Focus on what you want to do instead of what you fear might happen.When you opt to see the positive and grab hold of confident thoughts, you will greatly increase your chances to succeed.įor this reason, it is essential that you commit to reprogram your thinking! 2 Effective Strategies for Turning Around Negative Thinking: You’ll play to not make mistakes or mess up your team’s chances of winning.Īnd since the avoiding failure holds you back from taking chances, you will never become all you can be in sports.įocusing on success and what you have allows you to play aggressively, gives you the opportunity for a positive outcome and allows you to strive for your potential. Attack the goal and possibly score (success-oriented)Īvoiding failure causes you to play it safe. ![]() That was the type of stuff holding me back.” You can see from this example that Fraser had two choices in how to think about the situation: I had gone to the negative output, the safer output. The sport psychologist responded with, “But what if you took him on and crossed the ball and we scored from it?”įraser admitted, “I hadn’t really thought of that. Scottish soccer player Ryan Fraser has batted with thinking negative during games.ĭuring a game tied 0-0 with 5 minutes remaining, Fraser had a one-on-one against a defender but rather than take on the defender, he passed the ball back.įraser was later asked by the team’s sport psychologist why he’d been so timid, he said, “I didn’t want to lose the ball and they run in and score.” The more you focus on feeling confident, the more you will push out the demons in your head. ![]() You can change your beliefs to focus on healthy ones. Related Article: Helping Athletes Overcome Self-Critical Behavior Well, there is nothing further from the truth! ![]() You may think there is nothing you can do about your negative beliefs, “It’s just the way I am.” The more you focus on negative thoughts, the more they run rampant in your mind which leads to mistakes, errors, drops, falls and losses. Poor performance occurs when you feed those negative thoughts by constantly focusing on them, especially when not performing your best. Now, a few random negative thoughts won’t guarantee a poor performance. You make your reality by the thoughts you choose to entertain. Negative beliefs bring about negative outcomes. Negative thinking is based on fear… Fear of failing, fear of mistakes, fear of criticism, fearing of losing playing time, etc. Why do so many athletes get trapped in negative self-labels? What is the root cause of your negative thoughts? Negative self-labels or beliefs are one reason for falling short of your goals and your potential in sports. How many times have these thoughts crossed your mind during a competition? “I can’t!” “I stink!” “Why do I always mess up?” “I will never beat her.” Focusing on Positive Outcomes Rather Than Negative
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