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This video is one of those instances where you can choose a pro or con argument. I will pick the pro argument.
What I admire is that he doesn’t stop – he keeps on going – no matter what.
That is what I choose to focus on – the perseverance and desire to win.*
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/v/ewckPYePzbU
* I am NOT advocating cheating and winning at “all costs”. I am mindful of the intellectual challenges of the contestants, but maybe, just maybe we can learn something useful here.
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- Don’t give up.
- Do it your own way.
- F_ _ _ the rules! Sometimes it’s the only way to get things done.
- Give it your best shot.
- Give 100% each and every time.
- Leave it all out there, don’t hold anything back.
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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 selection and court movement can provide beneficial results.
While focusing on technical improvement can yield incremental results over time, today’s lesson can produce INSTANT results and in some extreme cases, a quantum leap forward!
Please watch this video and then scroll down.
The next time you are on the squash court and hear yourself talking negatively about something you just did or that just happened…
STOP IT!
Think back to this video as your pattern interrupt.
The first step is to Stop it – then you will need to replace the negative self-talk with something positive.
Sports psychologists have known for decades that the mind can (1) only have one thought at a time and (2) it cannot focus on the REVERSE of an idea or thought. What that means is that if you say “don’t tin the ball, or don’t choke or don’t boast“, the brain only hears “tin the ball, or choke or boast.”
First things first – Stop It and come back to this blog for more on how to replace negative self talk with positive self affirmations. There are a few “tricks” to getting this right…
Just like today’s distinction – most players don’t know this stuff!
Squash Olympic Bid for 2020
Help squash make it into the Olympics –
FORWARD this link to friends, family and colleagues
who are sport enthusiasts!
You can do your bit to get squash into the 2020 Olympics by joining the worldwide initiative Back The Bid… The best way is to go to your local squash club tomorrow – October 20th and participation in what will become a World Record event… World Squash Day.
I know this blog focuses primarily on elite athletic strategies and techniques, but the video below is a MUST WATCH to remind us all of the benefits of exercise.
If you have a family member or friend who is not exercising at all, make sure you send them a link to this blog post…
Thank you to Ray Keefe of Successful Endeavours who forwarded this to me.
When you come across anything like this, “pay it forward” and send it to me so I can share it with others.
