All Things Mental Performance
This drives what how we feel physically and emotionally, ultimately impacting our performance
What is Thoughts?
Definition of Confidence
What is the amount of certainty you have about your capabilities, your internal belief
Definition of Composure
What is the ability to stay calm, focused, and in control of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors during high-pressure situations, mistakes, or setbacks?
Definition of Attention Control
What is the ability to shift your focus of concentration in response to changing performance demands?
Washington Nationals first every draft pick in 2005
Who is Ryan Zimmerman?
Importance of Self-Awareness
What is you can't change or reinforce what you don't know - being self-aware allows you to change what you need to, to get better and to replicate what you do well?
Four Sources of Confidence
What is past experience, physical state, vicarious experience, and persuasion?
Two things that would impact the your ideal zone of energy
What is me as an individual and the performance?
4 Dimensions of our Attention (Think Quadrants)
What is Broad and Narrow, External and Internal?
Sport Noelle played
Soccer
Positive/Negative Thoughts or Ineffective/Effective Thoughts and why
Ineffective/Effective thoughts, it's possible to have "negative" thoughts that are helpful for that particular moment in your performance
Two strategies we can use to fight ineffective self-talk
What is Evidence and Perspective?
How to use diaphragmatic breaths to increase my energy
What is inhale for longer count or time than the exhale which should be shorter, hold at the top during inhale if needed?
At least 2 of the 3 skills used to proactively direct your attention
What is W.I.N., cues, and routines?
Old Name of the Washington Nationals
Why might we care less about the first (reactionary) thought you might have
What is you're human! Is the series of thoughts afterwards that really matter
Two main skills we can use to build confidence
What is effective self-talk and routines?
The importance of knowing our own RED, YELLOW, and GREEN lights in regards to energy levels
What is being self-aware of our TEA and changing if needed?
Three types of cues with an example of each
What is BE - Beast mode, DO - Aim Middle, Present-focus - Here and now?
Demonstrate the wobble
Was the effort there?
Name on skill you learned and will implement into your practice/game and how (give examples as applicable)
Skill, defined, use of it during training, prep or game, example
A strategy used to certain in uncertain situations
What is leveraging/recalling/reminding ourselves of our strengths?
Lead us through a demo of diaphragmatic breathing as first time learners
What is...
1. Diaphragm is dome shape muscle that with an inhale it pushes down causing our stomach to come out (belly breathing)
2. When you inhale through nose, stomach goes out.
3. Exhale through mouth, stomach deflates back to resting position
4. Allows us to use full lung capacity
What is grounding and provide a live demo
What is 3 things I can see, 3 things I can hear, 3 things I can feel/touch?
Name the 4 Presidents used as Mascots at Nationals Parks to run the Presidential Race during the 4th inning