“PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN POSITIVE THINKING AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES WILL PROBABLY PERFORM BETTER 

 IN ANYTHING THEY DO”.

 

· GIVE MAXIMUM PHYSICAL EFFORT BECAUSE WHEN WE DO WE FEEL BETTER ABOUT OURSELVES.

· BE POSITIVE WITH OURSELVES AND WITH OTHERS BECAUSE PEOPLE PERFORM BETTER AND LEARN FASTER IN A

       POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

· SET WRITTEN GOALS BECAUSE THEY PROMOTE PREPAREDNESS, WHICH LEADS TO FEEING CONFIDENT.

· BE TASK-ORIENTED AND NOT OUTCOME-ORIENTED, BECAUSE OUR OWN PERFORMANCE IS ALL WE CAN CONTROL 

       AND SUCCESS IS MORE LIKELY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE DETAILS THAN WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE FINAL

       PRODUCT.

· VISUALIZE PERFORMING BODY MOTIONS SUCCESSFULLY OUTSIDE OF PRACTICE

· LEARN TO CHANGE HARMFUL THOUGHTS INTO HELPFUL ONES.

 

 

ACCEPT THAT EACH PRACTICE IS A COMPETITION IN ITSELF. THE CHALLENGE IS “HOW LONG CAN I KEEP UP MY MAXIMUM PHYSICAL EFFORT?”

 

IDENTIFY MAXIMUM PHYSICAL EFFORT AS IF IT WERE A SEPARATE GOAL SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS

KINESTHETICALLY, HOW IT FEELS EMOTIONALLY, AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE VISUALLY. IDENTIFY MAXIMUM EFFORT IN PRACTICE WHEN IT IS HAPPENING SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.

 

DEMAND THAT YOU MAKE A CHOICE WHETHER TO GIVE ALL YOU HAVE – OR NOT. DON’T KID YOURSELF WITH YOUR

ANSWER.

 

EXPECT CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD CHOICES THAT DO NOT FIT THE IDENTITY OF THE TEAM. EACH PERSON ON THE TEAM HAS BEEN ASKED TO GIVE SOMETHING THEY HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER:  THEIR EFFORT.

 

ASK BEFORE EACH TRAINING INTERVAL, “WHAT AM I THINKING ABOUT?” (ANSWER: MY LEVEL OF EFFORT.) WHEN THE

EFFORT LEVEL SAGS, ASK, “WHAT AM I THINKING ABOUT?” SOMETIMES WE JUST FORGET TO GIVE MAXIMUM PHYSICAL EFFORT AS OUR THOUGHTS GO ELSEWHERE, ESPECIALLY DURING PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TRAINING.

 

RATE YOUR EFFORT AFTER EACH TRAINING DRILL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A TEAM, UNTIL MAXIMUM EFFORT IS THE RULE, NOT THE EXCEPTION.

 

STOP AND REFLECT ON HOW CONFIDENT AND PREPARED YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WORK AS HARD AS YOU CAN ALL

PRACTICE, EVERY PRACTICE. STOP TO REFLECT ON HOW GOOD YOU FEEL AS A PERSON AFTER YOU’VE WORKED AS HARD AS YOU CAN.

 

NOTICE EACH PHYSICAL LETDOWN AND CONSCIOUSLY TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LETDOWNS.

 

SUPPORT TEAMMATES, WHETHERYOU ARE ON OR OFF THE TRACK. DURING MEETS, ATHLETES WHO ARE NOT

COMPETING SHOULD HELP THOSE WHO ARE TO ACHIEVE THE LEVEL OF EFFORT EVERYONE PRACTICES DAILY.

“ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING”