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Building your Mental Edge |
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Are you Primed for Racing? You can
prime yourself with positive things and be a task oriented
go-getter or you can prime yourself with the opposite. The
results of this are magnified in racing. Surround yourself
with people who believe in you and have positive encouraging
things to say to you. Read more >> |
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Fear of Failure
Fear of
failure comes in a package with the desire to perform. You
take them both together if you have a strong desire to
perform. Occasional failure should be embraced. Even though
those are the toughest moments to be in, they are the moments
we learn the most from and give us the opportunity to be
better. Read More >> |
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Concentration Skills for Racing Concentration is
paying attention to the right things at the right time.
Along with physical skills, strong mental skills are
an essential for peak performance. It is the mind that
often holds us back. In the heart of a race many things
compete for your attention, distracting you from your
goal objective. With strong concentration skills you
can focus your thought and attention on performance,
ignoring distractions. Read
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| Quantifying
Stress and its Affects on Performance In order
to quantify stress you must define it. Stress comprises
of physical and mental stress. Physical stress = training.
Mental stress = family harmony, finances, sponsorship,
work demands, travel etc. Coaches must consider an athletes
life as a whole in order to quantify and manage stress.
Many coaches only consider physical stress. An athlete’s
mindset affects performance. Read
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Affirmations
for Running The mind is as important as the body
when it comes to success in sports. This is especially
true for long duration events, like an Ironman or marathon,
when the mind has plenty of time to wander.
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