Athletes develop mental toughness with a variety of specific positive psychology techniques. Take a moment to consider adopting some of the following strategies to improve your performance at work, public speaking, your marriage, as a parent, musician or athlete. Borrowing from Sports
Shooting between heartbeats under tough conditions Emotionally rewarding athletic development means self-satisfaction resulting from concentrated maximum athletic effort. Love of sport and happiness with personal or professional development will lead to self-actualization, and enhanced self-esteem, and confidence. These are natural
Inner mental training for athletes is essential to enhance performance, manage anxiety, develop mental toughness and create a winning attitude. Three variables that capture some basic elements of sports psychology are as follows: Champions think like champions. Champions are made
Watching athletes (professionals or elite) compete on the biggest stage in the world, the Olympics, is chock-full of great examples of mental strength and mental weakness. The power or use of positive psychology became evident in the athletes who had
Don’t give up!!!!! If you are an athlete and you are having performance problems, there are tools and techniques developed in sports psychology to overcome mental blocks. Mental blocks or barriers include high expectations, perfectionism, fear of failure, lack of
A right mindset is one of the determinants of an athlete’s performance, right along with his or her physical condition and technical skills. Just as there is a set of well-known physical characteristics of a champion (i.e., strength, speed, and
Dr. Mike Klaybor brings thirty years of experience in practicing counseling psychology with individuals and couples. His approach is cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT. Specific specialties include; anxiety and stress management, chronic pain & chronic illness management, depression, substance abuse evaluations, employee assistance and executive coaching for workplace performance and leadership.
