SPORTSMIND TRAINING

SportsMind Training is designed for amateur athletes, professional athletes, coaches, and teaching professionals. The basic presupposition is that the goal of most athletes is to improve skills, to keep those skills sharp and precise, and to be able in competitive situations to access and execute those skills on a consistent basis. Our objective is to provide the mental training that will help athletes maximize the power of the mind to reach those goals.

Most everyone associated with sports will agree that mental training and skills are critically important.  I had a football coach recently tell me that football is 95% mental. And yet this same coach who has about 20 coaches to assist him has no one on his staff who is specially trained in the mental aspect of sports performance. And he is not alone. I believe that most athletes and coaches will talk about the importance of mental preparation and training but most do not make the commitment to address that aspect of their sport.

This training is for the most part designed for the athlete who has excellent mechanical skills. The goal is to increase consistent peak performance and maintain that consistency. It is also designed to help the athlete who is struggling with confidence and mechanical execution. These issues would include being in a slump, having self-doubt, performance anxiety, obsessive negative thinking, self pressure, inability to concentrate, angry outbursts, erratic performance, fear of failure, self criticism, impatience, lack of focus, and anything else getting in the way of peak performance.

The athlete will be given a written and verbal assessment designed to uncover the root of the problem/s. Once this information has been assimilated, the goals are clarified and a plan for overcoming the problem is formulated and the work begins. We will continuously consult and confer with the coach involved to get input and feedback on the training and progress of the athlete.

Two Training Sessions w/ New Clients (2012)

SportsMind Training is offering a 2 session training course for golfers who already have good mechanical skills. Before meeting with you, I will meet with your swing coach for recommendations on areas that need improvement and any other information that he/she thinks will be helpful. The client will fill out my “athlete assessment questionnaire” and bring it to the first session.

First session: Office (adjacent to FireBrook), 1 hour

• Why mental training
• Review with client the athlete assessment form; refine personal goals
• A model to simplify the complexity of the mind…getting centered
• Most powerful skill in mental training: diaphragmatic deep breathing
• Practical work to maximize the power of the deep breathing skill.
• Biofeedback training to enhance effective use of deep breathing skill
• Explaining how to use deep breathing CD and other breathing exercises
• Discussion and practical work on skills needed to accomplish selected goals
• Plan the practical work for the 2nd session at golf course

Second session: Golf Course, 1½ hours*

• Brief review of first session for questions and clarifications
• Preparing the mind: refining the skill of focusing and concentrating
• Learning how to shift and stay in the centered state
• Preparing the body for mechanical execution
• Preparing mind and body for training and competition
• Making the most out of personal training sessions and swing coach lessons
• Taking mechanical and mental skills from training area to golf course
• Sharpening pre-shot routine
• Managing the mind during the round of golf

 * The content of this practical work will depend on the goals and needs discussed in the first session. Some general topics however are listed above. This session will be held in the training area (green and driving range) and on the golf course.

The fee for 2 sessions is $200. I look forward to working with anyone interested in continuing their commitment to mental training. For more information and/or to schedule your training sessions go to the top of this page and click on “contact.”

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