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The fundamentals of the mental training

Published on April 20, 2021 in Allenatori, Calcio, Corsa, Generale, Giovani, Mental coaching, Olimpiadi, Stress, Tennis and Tiro a volo. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

It is important for a coach and psychologist to understand the basis of the psychological training.

It’s about answering the question of what aspects are the basis for mental improvement in young people. I would say that from the age of 14, one can introduce an activity centered essentially on mental education for sports. The purpose is twofold. Those who will continue in their development as athletes will begin to develop the mental skills they will need, while those who will not follow this specialized path will have had the opportunity to learn skills that will be useful to them forever.

With this approach we are always in the area of teaching what it is necessary to learn, from the mental point of view, to learn to compete effectively or successfully overcome challenging situations (even non-sporting).

  1. Self-control - to improve it you can start by learning to take deep breaths, it predisposes to reduce physical and mental tension, increases the concentration on training tasks and the use of visualization.
  2. Proprioceptive awareness - Essential for an athlete to know how to move, what are the sensations to be perceived, for example during the warm-up, to know if how I think I’m moving corresponds to how I’m really moving.
  3. Talking to yourself - you have to learn to talk to yourself in a way that is helpful and encouraging, in every training and competition situation. This is simple to understand but difficult to practice if you don’t live in an environment geared in this direction.
  4. Be task-oriented - We need to embrace the concept that “we improve through our efforts”, so the feedback I give to myself should relate first to the quality of effort and only after the result.
  5. Visualize the sports actions - the mental repetition of sport technique and tactics is indispensable in each part of the training process, for beginners as well as for experienced athletes.

These, in my opinion, are the main skills to be developed in young athletes at the beginning of the training process.

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To breath to be as you want to be

Published on December 2, 2020 in Allenatori, Calcio, Corsa, Generale, Giovani, Mental coaching, Olimpiadi, Stress, Tennis and Tiro a volo. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Did you know that breathing is useful to train self-control? It can  allow you to be relaxed, concentrated and activated according to the your goals at a specific time.

To learn more about how to do this, write to me.

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Why is self-control so difficult during the competition?

Published on February 9, 2015 in Allenatori, Generale, Giovani and Mental coaching. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

The self-control of the sports performance is a very difficult task even for the expert athletes.

But who can be defined as an expert? Who is able to effectively manage a sequence of increasing challenges in specific situations.

Self-control is based on the development of the  self-regulation skills in three distinct areas:

  • behavioral self-regulation – the athletes act observing them-selves and strategically adjust their behaviors.It happens when an athlete misses a shot and decide what to do to correctl it in the next action,
  • environmental self-regulation – the athletes adapt them-selves to environmental conditions or outcomes. In shooting sports the athlete can change the lens color  as a function of the light conditions or may take more time before the execution.
  • covert self-regulation – the athletea are aware of their cognitive and emotional processes and decide whether to persevere in those conditions or changing them. During the performance or training thoughts and emotions prepare the athlete to speak at his/her best or they can be a source of problems to solve.

The expert athlete must be accurate and consistent in performing these activities of self-regulation by monitoring in the same time the results of the performances, so as to be aware of what are the best conditions to compete effectively and increase self-confidence.
The mental coaching is the means by which to train these skills.

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The three aspects of self-control

Published on February 25, 2013 in Calcio, Giovani, Mental coaching and Stress. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

The goal of an athlete is to be always proactive in competitions and, therefore, not to suffer what happens in the race. Each athlete must indeed enhance self-control, because otherwise every fact can distract him/her from the performance. In my view, there are  three forms of self-regulation:

  1. Behavioral control – means knowing to adapt your behaviors to the game situations. A player who misses an easy goal should think about his mistake and immediately understand what he must do differently to avoid falling into the same situation. For example, I do not know if Balotelli, who has lose 3 goals in the derby, after the first error stopped himself a moment to reflect on how to do better in the next occasion.
  2. Environmental control – concerns such as how to react to those fans who whistle at you all the time. It’s happened yesterday in Turin, where Giovinco was constantly booed by fans of his team. He continued to play without being influenced, scored a goal and not cheered.
  3. Thoughts and emotions  control – refers to what make athletes when they are anxious or feel too much the competition and regards all those mental acts, which of course are not visible, but they help the athletes to put themselves in a favorable psychological condition.

For any athlete to be aware of these three aspects of self-control can be very useful for building a mental approach to the race that is really useful.

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