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Getting Tough Mentally “The Strategies!”

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Getting Tough Mentally“The Strategies!”

Inside Out Training

Positive thinking Humor, Problem- Solving, Tough

Thinking Visualization Tough Believing

#1 Change your thinking to change how you feel

The way your thinking affects the way your feeling.

The way your feeling affects the way your thinking

Override temptation of negative thought

Be a disciplined thinker

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Tough Competitors use images of success, fighting back, having fun staying relaxed, and being strong in the face of adversity.

You MUST PRACTICE

Strong Self-Image is the most powerful tool

#3 Take Full Responsibility For What and How You Think

Negative feelings have no place

Say “STOP” Replace feeling with

positive image Your are not

responsible for negative feelings but you are if you let them persist

#4 Constantly Practice Positive Thinking

Repetition Tough Competitors

continue to think tough during tough times

#5 NEVER THINK OR SAY CAN’T; NEVER SAY HATE

Don’t let what you can not do interfere with what you can do

› John Wooden

#6 Think These Terms Every Day

I Will Put MY Self On The Line Every Day

I Will Not Surrender I Will Over Come In Tough Times I Will Come Totally Prepared To

Compete Every Day I Will Never Show Weakness The Crazier It Gets The More I Like It I Love Competing More Than Winning

#7 Think humorously to break up negative emotions

Fear and anger vaporize in humorous thoughts

Use humor with teammates when things get to tense

#8 Think more energetically

Energy is everything

Outside-In Say

› I Love This› Is this great

pressure or what!

#9 Learn to Keep a “Here and Now” Focus During Competition Staying in the

present allows a natural expression of talent and skill

Present centered focus, during critical moments of execution, is fundamental to performing well under pressure

Thinking about the future allows fear to set in.

Thinking about the past allows anger to frustrate you.

Practice focusing on a moment to moment focus in practice and in games

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#10 During critical moments of execution, focus your attention outside yourself

Choking occurs when too much attention is focused inward

Get outside your head

Negative emotions lead to concentration problems

Direct your attention

#11 Practice Strategic Visualization Constantly

“See”, “Hear”, “Feel”

Experience it mentally before you test yourself physically

Mentally rehearse difficult routines

Works best in deep relaxation

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#12 Be more disciplined in the way you think about mistakes If you fear mistakes

then they will happen

If you fear losing then you will

Playing not to lose or not to make mistakes locks you up inside

#12 Cont. “Mistakes are necessary part of learning”

No Mistakes = No Learning I will make my mistakes

fearlessly and aggressively I will accept what ever

happens and learn from it “What could have I done

differently?” “What can I learn from

this?” “What can I take away

from this that will help me in the future”

#13 Be clear why it’s important to fight before the battle begins, then commit

Without a clear commitment to fight… You wont

Why are you competing

How important is this game/event to you

What are you willing to do

Will you put your self on the line

#14 Use adversity to get stronger

Every crisis is a opportunity to grow

Tough Times are Stress…. Give me tough times to be tougher

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

“Show me someone who has done something worth while and I will show you someone who has overcame adversity” Lou Holtz

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#15 Constantly remind yourself to love battle Love the Process,

the fight, the breakthroughs, the struggles, the pain, the glory

Loving to win is easy… loving practice is tougher

Love the Battle

Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don’t want to fight , it’s impossible to win

› Bud Wilkinson

#16 Use Positive brainwashing to break negative habits You can control

control what comes into your mind, and as a result, control your actions. You can become the person and leader you want to be

› Homer Rice

I can’t , I hate lead to negative imagery

1. Make signs and notes that read “ I Love ________(skill)”

2. For the next month write I Love _______(skill) 25 daily

3. Every time you approach that skill say to your self I Love _______ and Smile+

#17 Just For Today Just for today I will become

challanged when problems come my way. Today I will be a great problem-solver

… I will Love battle. I can create my own state of enjoyment. I will accept the hand that was dealt. No complaining

… I will exercise, eat, and train right. Self-discipline will bring me the confidence I need

… I will take charge in how I feel. I am not in the mercy of my emotions

… I will set time aside to relax. Relaxation is critical to my training

… I will have a plan to follow. The plan will keep me focused and organized in training and competition

… I will stop saying If I had time, If I want time I will make it.

… I will find humor in my mistakes. When I can smile I am in control.

#17 Just For Today

… I will do the ordinary things exceptionally well. Little things make the difference

…I will believe that I make the difference for my team.

… The choice is mine. I am in control

Mental Toughness Plays the Most Important Role In Your Achievement