Building the Foundation

In this lesson athletes will learn what self-awareness is and why it’s important in performance. We’ll dive into learning and understanding emotional intelligence and how it plays a role in performance. 

In this lesson athletes will learn key definitions and misconceptions. Go over guidelines for gaining confidence, learn about self-talk, and learn techniques to identify and control self-talk.

The techniques given in this lesson can go hand in hand with stress and anxiety, however this course focuses more on stress, and controlling your nerves will focus a little more on anxiety.

In this lesson athletes will learn about the relationship between sports performance and anxiety, review symptoms of anxiety and learn three techniques athletes can do to alleviate anxiety.

In this lesson athletes will learn the difference between concentration and attention, break down the types of concentration, discuss choking and strategies to enhance concentration.

 In this lesson athletes will learn key definitions and goal setting guidelines. Break down different types of goals and how to use them and learn and create goal tracking formula using the staircase method.

In this lesson athletes will learn what imagery is and the difference between imagery and visualization. How to incorporate all 5 of your senses and the benefits of practicing imagery. Athletes will also go through imagery basic training.

In this lesson athletes will learn the benefits of creating a performance routine. Go through a peak performance checklist, the phases of prep, and create your own routine.