Antidote For Physical Harm In Sports

2017-09-28T18:59:21+08:00

What are the next beliefs or problems that you need to clear out to perform your best? It's the fear of physical harm and danger to the body. Like everything else, you need to come up with some antidotes to clear them out. So what are really the problems?  PAIN INJURY DEATH What is the first antidote for pain? "It's worth the risk!" So if this is your issue, go and get  your journal. You want to write down the whole list of reasons why it's worth it. Make it this huge list! The bigger the better and the more you can generate [...]

Antidote For Physical Harm In Sports2017-09-28T18:59:21+08:00

How To Handle Your Sports Nerves

2017-09-28T20:50:33+08:00

As an athlete, performer or competitor, getting nervous, tight, or any way physically tense, even in a very subtle way will hinder your ability to perform and is one of the major mental blocks. I operate under this principle: Performance = Potential - Interference. Meaning, you will play, compete or perform your best when you have no interference or mental/emotional blocks. mental block called nervousness To be able to clear this mental block called nervousness, it is extremely helpful to understand it first and then you can take it apart. Let me explain your solution to this problem using [...]

How To Handle Your Sports Nerves2017-09-28T20:50:33+08:00

Craig Sigl Story: The Gift Of Pressure

2017-04-04T17:02:28+08:00

Have you had a major setback you need to come back from? Maybe facing a huge obstacle right now? I’m going to tell you a true story about overcoming adversity that turned into the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I began my toughness trainer career as a manager at a Fortune 500 company.  Now, Before becoming a manager, I was an hourly worker.  One day I’m a worker and the next day I’m a manager, just like that.  No training yet, no instructions, just these phrases from my boss: “Here’s your desk and office!” and "I’ll see you at [...]

Craig Sigl Story: The Gift Of Pressure2017-04-04T17:02:28+08:00

What To Do When The Nerves Get To You In Sports Competition

2017-09-28T20:55:18+08:00

Ok, this is part 6 of our series of techniques and strategies for how to play your best game even when under pressure.  Let’s quickly review the first 5 tactics shall we? 1. Mentally rehearse being in pressured situations. Plan how you will think at that moment and imagine perfect execution of your skills. 2. Get in the present moment directing your mind to your senses 3. Use comparisons of bigger things in your life to reduce the importance of the event. 4. Have one thing to lock your eyes and mind onto 5. Build trust by using your phrase to [...]

What To Do When The Nerves Get To You In Sports Competition2017-09-28T20:55:18+08:00

How To Stop Sabotaging Your Performance Under Pressure

2017-09-28T20:53:49+08:00

Pressure tip #5. When athletes or other performers are just about to do their thing under extreme pressure of having to execute their skills, a curious thing happens… A part of your mind tries to take over and guide you to do it correctly. It wants to make sure that you have covered all of your bases and considered everything that needs to be done.   If it isn’t bringing you thoughts about your opponent, then maybe it’s reminding you that you have to hold your arm a certain way or make some specific movement your coach reminded you about last week. [...]

How To Stop Sabotaging Your Performance Under Pressure2017-09-28T20:53:49+08:00

Pressure Tip #1: What The Best Clutch Players Have In Common

2017-09-28T19:18:41+08:00

Michael Jordan Lionel Messi in soccer, Tom Brady in football, Mr. October Reggie Jackson in baseball, Michael Jordan in basketball, Patrick Roy in Hockey… What do these athletes have in common?  They are all clutch players who have come through under pressure more than most. Now, you may think that athletes like this are just blessed with some kind of mental ability the rest of us don’t have…and that’s just not true. Here’s the real truth… When you look at stats of world-class athletes in all sports, even those greats I just mentioned, you will find that they actually [...]

Pressure Tip #1: What The Best Clutch Players Have In Common2017-09-28T19:18:41+08:00

Mind Racing Under Pressure? – Drive It!

2017-09-28T19:19:36+08:00

Trouble with video? Click Here To Watch on Youtube Transcript: Like a race car is designed to drive, your mind is designed to think.  When coaches and others give you well-intentioned advice to "stop over thinking," they don't realize how futile this directive is.  How do you stop over thinking? I guess you could go to the Himalayas and meditate with some Buddhist monks for a few years and you might learn it.  Don't get me wrong, meditation is a good thing and I practice it regularly but it's still very difficult for me to slow or stop over thinking...and that's [...]

Mind Racing Under Pressure? – Drive It!2017-09-28T19:19:36+08:00

Get Perspective to Diminish Pressure

2017-09-28T19:55:27+08:00

Let me remind you from my first pressure tip that pressure affects ALL athletes negatively, even world-class athletes.  It tenses you up and hurts your ability to think strategically.  If you want to perform better, you want to minimize those effects, right? Why do us athletes feel pressure in the first place? What is pressure and where does it come from?  Simply put, as humans, we attach more meaning, more importance on certain events than other events in our life. Here’s a simple example in sports: a baseball pitcher throwing a ball in practice is not near as important as throwing [...]

Get Perspective to Diminish Pressure2017-09-28T19:55:27+08:00

Extreme Focus To Deal With Pressure

2017-09-28T19:54:01+08:00

Today I’ve got Technique #4 for How to perform brilliantly under pressure. Have you gotten the idea from me yet that the key to performing under pressure is to prepare for and practice mental skills BEFORE you ever get to the pressure situation? I’m still amazed that in this day and age there are athletes wanting to get to the next level of their sport and they do next to nothing for their mental game.   Sports psychology is now a science, it’s not a bunch of quotes from successful athletes.  You may be blessed with a mind that is wired to [...]

Extreme Focus To Deal With Pressure2017-09-28T19:54:01+08:00

Deal With Pressure To Win In Sports

2020-09-30T20:27:02+08:00

In this video Coach Dan discusses effective ways to Deal With Pressure In Order To Win In Sports. This is part 4 in the series of interviews with Coach Dan Clemens. Let's find out how Coach Dan and his team deals with pressure and use it to win. All of us will feel pressure at some point in our lives. The biggest thing, first, I tell kids to do is breathe. Take a couple of deep breaths and clear your mind. Just try to relax a little bit. Second, think small. I think a lot of times when [...]

Deal With Pressure To Win In Sports2020-09-30T20:27:02+08:00
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