Sports Psychology: Developing Mental Toughness
2008 September 29 by: ScottStep Four: Failure Can Lead To Success
One of the greatest athletes of all time, Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame baseball player, hit 755 homeruns! Did you know that he struck out 1383 times! He failed more than he succeeded. While striving to create light from electricity, Thomas Edison failed over 1200 times before he achieved success. Thomas Edison stated: “I have not failed. I have discovered 1200 materials that don’t work.”
- Failure may become the outcome that causes you to learn how to obtain success. When you decide to learn from your mistakes, make positive adjustments and put a plan together to avoid future mistakes, success become more achievable.
Step Five: Practice Being Confident
- You may have heard that “winning is 10% physical and 90% mental.” Then, why do athletes spend 90% of their time practicing for the physical requirements of a sport and only 10% of the time practicing the following mental confident building techniques:
- Mental Visualization Training
- Pre-game Attitude Adjustment Session
- Sport Psychology Training
- Using Visual Cues
- The average human body can run a marathon in less than four hours. Then, what stops us? Our mind; We don’t believe that we can do it! Athletes need to practice mental toughness. Practicing mental toughness is not about pep talks from the coach or getting fires up for the game or match by slamming your body into a locker to get fired up. It involves day to day train techniques and strategies just like physical practice sessions.
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