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Category: Mindset Training

Becoming Resilient: Daily Mental Health Routines

To become resilient, routine and mental health are paramount.  Let’s dive into a practice that achieves both, and create a Healthy Daily Mental Health Routine.  

Morning Routine: Set Your Intention

Starting the day with an intention can be a very positive, a very important first step.  So often, we just wake up and we let the day, and the stress of the day, hit us without thinking of how we want to be, how we want to respond. Some of the best athletes and the best leaders that I’ve worked with set their intention for the day when they wake up in the morning.  They think through what the day might look like.  They think through how they want to navigate it, how they want to be. They can’t control what comes at them, but they can control how they want to respond, and the type of person that they want to be—living more closely to their values, being the leader that they want to be.  By setting that intention, they’re gi...

The NCAA Men’s National Championship: Does Mental Toughness Really Play a Role?

NCAA Championship Mindset - Who get’s the one shining moment? Punching their tickets to the Final Four Championship game, Virginia and Texas Tech have battled seven rounds to stand centre court at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis Monday night. Each earning their first trip to the final four, Virginia and Texas Tech have more than strong physical game. Getting through the best 68 teams in the nation requires a highly practiced mental process. Virginia’s disappointing first round exit last year to final moments of this year’s semi-final win vs. Auburn is resiliency in action.  The Cavaliers are proving that the power of a practiced mental game is giving them the edge in a tournament of the nations best. Big 12 Champions, Texas Tech have mindset as solid as their ‘swarm defence’. Staying composed under the pressure of Tom Izzo’s Michigan State in their semi-final win over the Spartans,  Texas Tech’s players and coaches stay focused in the moment. “Ju...

Player Development and Mental Skills: Why Does It Matter?

The Why:  

When you think of any sport, there are always fundamentals and strategy that come into play.  There are roles and responsibilities, specific skills, things to focus on, adrenaline spikes, fatigue, ups and downs, and these are just the demands that occur during one performance.  We spend so much of our training and efforts around learning how to do the task, that we forget to consider the demands we face while performing under pressure.  At Premier Sport Psychology, we teach coaches and athletes how to implement processes around training for BOTH the tasks and demands of their sport.  In doing so, you have a structured process for program and player development to reach an optimal level of consistent high performance.

The What:

Mental skills are designed to help athletes organize what they are learning from their coaches and cope with the demands of performing under pressure.  Therefore, mental skil...