Mindfulness and Grounding
Taking slow breaths and paying attention to the air going in and out of your body is called this.
What is Mindful Breathing
After a touchdown, teams can score 1 or 2 extra points by doing this.
What is an extra point kick or a 2-point conversion?
Thinking “I failed one test, so I’m bad at everything” is called this thinking mistake.
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
The planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
Breaking a big task into smaller pieces can help your brain feel this.
What is less overwhelmed?
Naming 5 things you see, 4 things you feel, 3 things you hear, 2 things you smell, and 1 thing you taste is a grounding exercise called this.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise?
This line on the field shows where a play starts.
What is the line of scrimmage?
Believing you know what someone is thinking about you without asking is called this.
What is mind-reading?
This process turns liquid water into a gas.
What is evaporation?
Doing something for just 5 minutes to get started is a trick to build this.
What is motivation?
When your brain is worrying about the future, mindfulness helps you focus on this moment.
What is the present moment?
If the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage, it is called this.
What is a sack?
Your stomach gets a new lining every few days to protect it from this.
What is stomach acid?
The center of an atom is called this.
What is the nucleus?
A reward you give yourself after finishing a task helps increase this.
What is motivation?
Pressing your feet into the floor and noticing how the ground feels is a way to do this.
What is grounding your body?
This penalty happens when a player moves before the ball is snapped.
What is a false start?
A helpful way to challenge a thinking mistake is to ask yourself this question.
What is “What is the evidence?”
This type of energy comes from the sun.
What is solar energy?
Thinking about your goals and why something matters can help you keep doing this.
What is trying or working toward the goal?
Mindfulness means noticing your thoughts and feelings without doing this to them.
What is judging them?
This is the maximum number of downs a team has to get a first down.
What are 4 downs?
This animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they can confuse scientists.
What is a koala?
Animals that eat only plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
Saying “I can try again and improve” shows this type of mindset.
What is a growth mindset?