Pre-Game Nerves Pt. 3
If you’re someone that’s prone to having unwanted, elevated levels of nerves before competition, here's three ways that you can manage those.
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Pre-Game Nerves Pt. 2
So why does it sometimes seem like our pre-game nerves wreck our performance? Well it's not the nerves, it's not the importance of the game, and it's not the fact that we're being evaluated. It's our interpretation of all of it. It's the belief that the demand of competition outweigh our abilities to compete.
Pre-Game Nerves Pt.1
The dreaded pre-game jitters. We've all probably experienced them before and they’ve probably wrecked our performance a time two. But I'm not convinced that it is the nerves that themselves that wreck our performance but it's more that we don't know what they are, why they happen, and how we can handle them.
Show Up With Courage
This might sound a little crazy at first, but one thing that I think athletes should prioritize over being confident is being courageous. And again, I want to reiterate that being confident is incredibly important and it comes from being competent. But sometimes the athletes who are competent and who should be the most confident in their abilities really struggle from a lack of confidence and you see this a lot in athletes who overtrain or get really nervous before games or who seem to be perfectionistic and if any of these sound like you, you might be wondering how you can put in so much work and still doubt your abilities when game time rolls around.
Confidence Breeds Confidence
In sports we talk a lot about the importance of being confident and confidence is incredibly important. The top competitors in the world are some of the most competent people in their abilities. But, sometimes we talk about confidence as if it's something that you can just muster up out of thin air and it's not.
Stop Chasing Past Performances
Stop chasing your past performances. More often than not, when we have a really good game or a really good bat or a really good rep or whatever it might be, we tend to think that we have to follow it up with another performance that is just as good, if not better.
Why Train the Mental Game?
If you’re an athlete and you’ve never done mental training before, you might be wondering what it is and how it helps. To put it simply, it is the development and strengthening of mental tools and strategies that help you perform your best.
