Negative self talk is hard to stop, but at least now you have a fun way to stop it! Sports psychologists have known for decades that the mind can: Only have one thought at a time and It cannot focus on the REVERSE of an idea or thought. What that means if you are a […]
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I recently presented mental toughness strategies at the East Coast Squash Academy‘s Adult Squash camp organised by squash professional Aaron Frankcomb at Willoughby Squash Club in Sydney. Attended by a wide range of squash players, it became quite obvious that squash is a very demanding sport physically and technically where attention to stroke execution, shot […]
I recently presented mental toughness strategies at the East Coast Squash Academy‘s Adult Squash camp organised by squash professional Aaron Frankcomb at Willoughby Squash Club in Sydney. Attended by a wide range of squash players, it became quite obvious that squash is a very demanding sport physically and technically where attention to stroke execution, shot […]
We have all had that experience playing a sport when time slows down and you see everything bigger, better and slower than it is… It’s called being in Flow, “the Zone”… A recent article in The Economist Magazine was fascinating if only to shed some light on the concept of perceptual distortion FLIES live shorter […]
Every once in a while I learn something new that I know will change my life from this day forward… Until recently, I did not know that willpower was affected by what we eat and what we do. For example, you decide you want to do exercise or are watching what you eat. You have […]
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success. Sometimes a quote says it all, but often you’re left with the feeling that you’d like to make a change, but you’re not sure how to make it. One sure fire way is to read books on mental toughness. Click on the hyperlink […]
I recently read an article in the Virgin Australia Inflight Magazine that quoted Brisbane-based performance psychologist Dr Phil Jauncey as saying that “Mental toughness isn’t the ability to get your mind right before an event, it’s being able to execute when your mind is saying you can’t.” This is of primary importance to anyone who […]
Today’s discussion is one of those topics that appears self-evident but really isn’t – to most people. That is, the transition from one performance level to the next. As a squash player, I’ve transitioned from breaking rackets to breaking strings. With the level of intensity and high frequency of play, I used to break more […]
