Our final Pressure Tip of the series is about developing trust even under pressure for better sports performances.
In this final video of the Pressure Tips series, we share a technique to TRUST your skills right at the moment of competing…
You start by coming up with a sentence to say or sing out loud while performing your desired action.
What you say doesn’t have to have anything to do with your sport. You could sing your favorite line from a hip-hop song or repeat a phrase.
Sound crazy? Watch the video to learn why it works!
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I often hear athletes say they have trouble with this concept of TRUST. Understandable, but the good news is that it is just like learning any type of skill, you just have to practice and apply your mental skills before you go out to compete.
Doing this extra step will help you become a winner and be head and shoulders above the other athletes.
So how do you practice TRUST before a big pressure situation?
During your next practice or training, you need to come up with a sentence to say or sing out loud while performing your desired action. What you say doesn’t have to have anything to do with your sport either. Sound crazy?
This is what it would look like… a golfer might say “rhythm, timing and tempo”, while swinging the club. The soccer player could sing her favorite line from a hip-hop song as she is approaching the ball for a shot.
A tennis player could say, “Cookies are my favorite food” in the middle of her serve.
Are you getting the idea? This will force your mind to let go of control. By doing this practice, you will discover that you can still perform beautifully, while intentionally letting go of control. Crazy as it sound, this will actually develop TRUST.
You might also find it useful to use that same song or sentence under pressure during the game as well.
In the Mental Toughness Academy, we know how important focus and concentration are in sports and in school, so we teach multiple ways to develop that FOCUS.
With some practice, it becomes easy to zero in on your target under pressure.