"Make them ready for the moment"
My research confirms that psychological needs are MOST IMPORTANT to competitive athlete's success in sports. Responses from 89 athletes clearly showed that the 4 BIGGEST REASONS why competitive athletes quit or love the sport they play, is if they are able to:
Compete: The ability to compete is the sports equivalent of competence, a psychological need
Enjoy competition and playing for you: enjoyment is the equivalent of autonomy because you can only enjoy things you want to do.
Bond with Teammates: team-bonding was 4th in my research behind injuries and it's equivalent is relatedness. This only comes about AFTER the first 2 needs are met.
As we learned in the previous posts, for your players to love playing for you, they need to be a ‘complete’ athlete which means they have optimized 3 factors:
Thoughts (The Mind)
Feelings
Behaviours
This is because these factors are all connected so if your athletes have a lot of doubt in their mind while performing (mental struggles), overwhelming feelings (emotional struggles) or too many weaknesses in their skill or athleticism (physical talent issues), just one of those problems will have a significantly negative impact on the chances of that athlete performing well and your team winning!
The way we, at Psychvancing, will make your players ‘complete’ is by optimizing their mental and emotional side. This is due to the fact that players on most teams have enough talent to be on your squad and play their role, but, most likely, have little to no knowledge about the mental skills that are critical to consistently performing well.
Also, coaches don't have the time to work with each and every athlete. Coaches do have a much better grasp of mental concepts and techniques but that's not their main job. But do not fear because Psychvancing's got you covered!
My ‘Complete’ Athlete Level-1 course, is the combination of my basketball experience and the help and knowledge of my mental health consultant, Gillian Wells.
I have 20 years of experience playing competitively from the amateur to the professional level
My mental health consultant, who worked with many elite athletes, has over 20 years of experience under her belt!
When athletes obtain the mental skills from my course like resilience, confidence, composure, emotional control, more motivated to work on physical/technical skills, faster skill learning and buying-in to your system! For athletes having these 3 core elements is what winning pedigree is made of. And, if your whole team has this then it is what championship teams are made of!
I would like to invite you to apply for your team to test my course so I can get much needed user data. I get feedback to improve my product and you get mental performance training for free! How does that sound?
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