One of the very staples of mental performance & pressure management is Controlling the elements of sports performance that are within our control. Many psychologists, performance coaches and elite level athletes preach controlling the controllable. Where did the phrase “Control the controllable” come from? The phrase is accredited to Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl as…
Monthly Archives: July 2024
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What is perfectionism? Perfectionism is a trait characterized by an athlete’s concerns in striving for flawlessness & perfection. With this comes critical & negative self-evaluations & concerns of others evaluations. It is driven by internal pressures such as: trying to avoid failure or harsh judgement and manifests as criticism of self or even others. The…
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Many athletes describe the flow state as a shift of the mind; they state that they experience total calmness and a complete awareness of what is going on, often pointing to an experience complete silence and that time seems to slow down, as if everything shifts to slow motion. What is it? The term “flow” was…
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In this blog, I want you to get to know me better. I want to give you a bit of an insight into who I am as a Mental Performance Coach as well as who I was as an athlete and my career journey too because I’m sure there are parts that you can relate…