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Mental Coaching

This is the  mental coaching program I propose who really want to improve their sport performances using a system used by athletes who won 10 Olympic medals. The program is divided into 5 areas of intervention as described below:

1. Your goals 

• How to establish goals
• Which commitment show the tough athletes
• The correct mental habit during the coaching sessions
• The focus: on the performance and not on the results
• The athlete main mental mistakes 

2. The stress management 

• What is relaxation
• Strategies of optimal activation pre-event
• How to learn relaxation and reach the right activation
• When/how to use them during the competition 

 3. The concentration 

• Which kind of focus you need
• Strength and weakness points of each athlete
• The focus during the performance
• Exercises to be focused during the coaching 

4. Which are your fears 

• Are you worried about what?
• Are you ready to perform, to do your best?
• Is the fear useful?
• How to manage the fear 

5. Planning the competition 

• How to stay in your individual zone of optimal activation
• One hour before the events: what to do
• Your thoughts and feelings before the beginning and during the event
• What to do during the competition days