MENTAL FUNDAMENTALS

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• Self-Awareness – personal growth

  • Concentration and attention control

  • Building and managing energy

  • Thought control and self-talk

  • Self-reflection

  • Personality awareness and development

  • Development of personal philosophy

  • Virtue development

  • Learning style (finding ways to speed up learning and adaptation to new levels of performance)

• Optimism / Confidence

  • Positive physical expression, behavioral control, strong body language

  • Gratitude – recognizing the opportunities and all the positives

  • Eliminating doubt and self-destructing thoughts and behaviors

  • Building on the small successes

  • Attitude of finding the “win” in all situations

  • Underlying beliefs, faith foundation

  • Respect as a builder of positive emotion

• Grit

  • “Rage to master” – increasing the motivation towards mastery

  • Persistence in the mastery process

  • Habitual and smart discipline – matching the process with ability of the player to sustain the work

  • Long term motivation as a base of grit - learning what motivates individual

• Mental Toughness

  • Understanding value and the mechanics of stress and recovery as a base of sustainable growth

  • Developing “love for challenge”

  • Redefining nervousness and embracing pressure

  • Stress management and adaptation techniques

• Situational Management

  • Mistake management

  • Managing losses and wins

  • Problem Solving – strategic thinking

• Life skills

  • Organizational, managing, planning skills

  • Virtue Development

  • Relational Skills: self, coaches, parents, partners, opponents, spectators, fans, support team, environment

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​Simplified player system for mental development 

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I.D.E.A.L. STATE

I   DENTITY IMAGE, BELIEF

D REAM, PROJECTION

E MOTIONS, FEELINGS

A CTION, BEHAVIOR

L ANGUAGE, THOUGHTS

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G.R.E.A.T ATTITUDE

G ratitude

R espect

E motional Control

A ccountability

T ruthfulness