8 mental skills that you need to achieve the goals
You don’t have to be a professional footballer or an Olympic athlete to succeed in sport. You don’t even need a room full of trophies or make the local news because of your sporting exploits. Successful athletes are people who achieve their own goals they set. If you set yourself a target to complete a half marathon and then go on to achieve that goal, you are successful!
So we explore a number of Mental Skills that can help achieve the goals you set yourself.
1. Attitude
To be successful you need to try to:
- Realize that your attitude towards anything is a choice.
- Choose a positive attitude towards your goals.
- View your sport as an opportunity to compete against yourself.
- Pursue excellence instead of perfection – also realize that coaches, friends, teammates and officials aren’t perfect either.
- Maintain a balance with other aspects of your life.
- Respect everybody you come up against and interact with.
2. Motivation
To be successful you need to try to:
- Understand the benefits and achievements that you can experience through participation.
- Persist through hard times and difficult situations – understand that the benefits and rewards may not be instant.
- Realize that you gain the benefits from participating, not only winning.
3. Goals and commitment
To be successful you need to try to:
- Set short and long-term goals that are realistic, measurable and that have deadlines.
- Be aware of your performance and are able to work on your weaknesses to help achieve your goals.
- Be truly committed in completing your goals.
4. People skills
To be successful you need to try to:
- Realize that you have friends, family, coaches and teammates who also want you to succeed.
- Communicate your feelings to your network when you need to, and listen to others as well.
- Manage conflict well – conflict arises from opponents, teammates and even from within.
5. Self-talk
To be successful you need to try to:
- Maintain your self-confidence when facing difficult times through positive self-talk.
- Talk to yourself as if you were your own best friend.
- Use positive self-talk to manage your feelings when taking part in competitions and regular day-to-day activities.
6. Mental imagery
To be successful you need to try to:
- Prepare yourself for training and competitions by imagining a good performance.
- Create mental images that are realistic, detailed and specific.
7. Manage anxiety
To be successful you need to try to:
- Accept that anxiety comes with taking part in sport.
- Realize that small amounts of anxiety can help you perform well.
- Know of ways to help reduce anxiety.
8. Concentration
To be successful you need to try to:
- Keep your concentration at all times.
- Learn how to maintain focus, even if there are distractions.
- Be able to regain focus when it is lost.
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