The Mental Game

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The Mental Game

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The Mental Game. The Bowler’s Attributes – Physical & Mental. Components of the Mental Game. Your brain needs a constant supply of blood and oxygen to work efficiently. It never stops working, awake and asleep. When you are trying to concentrate, your mind can be full of distractions!!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Mental Game

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Components of the Mental Game

The Bowler’s Attributes – Physical & Mental

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Your brain needs a constant supply of blood and oxygen to work efficiently.

It never stops working, awake and asleep.

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When you are trying to concentrate, your mind can be full of distractions!!

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To achieve success in any activity, you must FOCUS on your GOALS

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FOCUS = CONCENTRATION And avoiding distractions!

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I will arrive mentally prepared

I will have all my kit ready

I will do my warm-up exercises

I will use my practice time to identify the lane conditions by bowling across the pins

I will use my non-bowling time to review my game so far

I will concentrate on EVERY shot

I will use my grip sack & towels after EVERY shot

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Visualisation

How many legs has the Elephant?

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Visualisation

He has a clear picture in his mind of the ball going through the posts.

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Visualisation

In the stance, the bowler TAKES TIME to visualise his shot:

Approach to chosen position at foul line.

Eyes on chosen target arrow.

A ‘mind picture’ of the result of his shot:

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Visualisation

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Let’s go and try it!!