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Celebrating Athlete’s Treasure 5th Anniversary. It all began in 2014 when two wonderful coaches, Tita and Sandra, gave me the opportunity to share a few mental skills with their team and complete my first internship in Sport Psychology. Fast forward to April 2018, my husband supported me in...
Mindset is the established set of attitudes held by someone. Your mindset can help or diminish your performance during competitions.
Mental Skills is the set of learned skills that help athletes regulate thoughts, feelings, and actions during practices and competitions.
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Psychophysiology is the science that looks at the interactions between the bodily and mental processes in conjunction with the environment. For example, if you are undertrained, and you need to compete today under challenging conditions (long match and against a strong opponent), of course, you...
Let’s start with an example that happened during a bodyboarding competition in Portugal.
The event had a record number of participants in the men’s division. The competition schedule was tight, and all the athletes had to stay on the beach because the event would run until the last...
To be more successful at completing your goals, those goals must be connected to your values. Values are the principles or standards that you follow in your life. What do you value most? What are the personal qualities and character strengths you want to cultivate? Goals are something you want...
Mental Training is the science of “Psychology” applied to enhance athletic performance. There are many factors influencing performance, and the mental performance professional will perform an investigation of what is hurting performance and teach psychological skills (mental skills)...
We can train our brains to improve cognitive function, and motivation, manage emotions, and improve our interpersonal skills, which leads to better performance in sports and life in general. The methods and techniques to train our brains are psychological skills training programs (mental...
