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Sports do not define you as a person. Athletic failure doesn’t make you a bad person, and athletic success doesn’t necessarily make you a good person. Always remember that you are more than just an athlete!
Sports Psychology
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Sports Psychology
@SportPsychTips
Daily tips on motivation, mindset, peak performance, mental toughness, leadership, coaching, and mental health.
Orange County, California
Joined October 2014
- Nine habits of highly successful athletes: 1. Showing up early 2. Listening to coaches 3. Working hard 4. Thinking positive 5. Putting the team first 6. Studying film 7. Eating healthy 8. Practicing rest and recovery 9. Going to sleep early
- Things you can control in games: • Effort • Attitude • Self-talk • Attention • Execution Things you can’t control in games: • Winning • Refs • Fans • Your opponent • Bad luck • Weather • The past/future To play your best, focus only on what you can control.
- Five things that mature athletes do: 1. Show up on time. 2. Work hard in school. 3. Take care of their bodies. 4. Stay out of trouble. 5. Treat others with respect.
- Pressure is a privilege. Most people sit in the audience. Few get to be on stage.
- Great athletes don't talk about how great they are. They just show up, work hard, and remain humble.
- Getting angry at yourself after making mistakes in games isn’t going to help you play any better, so you might as well stay calm and continue to do the best that you can. Leave your mistakes in the past. Learn from them, move on, and focus on what’s next!
- Your parents and coaches can only yell at you so much. At some point, you need to take control of your own life and learn to be self-motivated, responsible, and independent.
- The best player on a team should also be the hardest worker on the team. If you are the best player on your team, you have great influence as a leader. If you work hard and put the team first, your teammates will follow you!
- As an athlete, you play your best when you stop trying to control the outcome, and instead, you relax and let your instincts take over.
- As a parent, there’s hardly anything you can say from the bleachers that actually helps your child play better, so you might as well limit yourself to cheering, and let the coach do the coaching.
- As an athlete, you’re only as good as your attitude. It doesn’t matter how talented you are, if you have a terrible attitude, you won’t accomplish much in life.
- The two things you have the most control over: 1. Your attitude 2. Your effort
- Things you can control in games: • Effort • Attitude • Self-talk • Body language • Attention • Execution Things you can’t control in games: • Winning • Your opponent • Refs • Fans • Weather • The past/future To play your best, focus only on what you can control.