MENTAL SKILLS TRAININGLearn how to master your mental skills

MENTAL TRAINING vs. PHYSICAL TRAINING

You spend countless hours training and practicing the physical skills of your sport ...

Working out Skating Shooting pucks

How much time do you spend working on the mental side?

WHO HAS DONE THIS???

Been so nervous before a game that it had a negative impact your performance?

Had trouble getting motivated to workout or train?

Lost confidence in yourself and your ability coming back from an injury?

Had a bad performance and carried it with you into your next game or practice?

Walked away from a performance knowing that you could have done better?

Understanding Mental Skills:

What are mental skills?

What are the benefits of mental skills?

How do you develop your mental skills?

WHAT ARE MENTAL SKILLS???

MENTAL SKILLS : internal capabilities that help an athlete improve

performance by learning to control their minds efficiently and consistently as they execute attainable goals

BENEFITS OF MENTAL SKILLS

Clear away the obstacles that keep you from achieving peak performance.

Enhance consistency in your preparation and performance for your sport.

Increase your ability to perform successfully under pressure. Believe in your ability to accomplish your goals. Prepare for and handle the challenges of training and

competition. Develop the confidence and focus necessary to take your

sports performance to the next level

HOW DO WE DEVELOP MENTAL SKILLS???

CONSISTENCY!! Very similar to strength training, mental skills training

takes time. To develop a strong mind, you have to PRACTICE

and apply these skills on a DAILY BASIS!

“We are what we repeatedly do, therefore, excellence is not an act, but a habit.”

~Aristotle~

The Mental Skills Training Lessons:

Goal Setting: Winning one day at a time

Attitude: Your attitude changes everything

Routine: Mental and Physical Preparations

Motivation: Find your inner drive!

Self-Talk: Positive and Negative communication with yourself

Imagery: Visualization of Success

Anxiety Control: Performing Under Pressure

GOAL SETTING

Who set GOALS for today?

Who set GOALS for this week?

Who set GOALS for this year?

“Excellence can only be achieved TODAY – not yesterday, or tomorrow, because they do not exist.”

“When I go to sleep at night, I’m a better martial artist than when I woke up in the

morning.”~Georges St-Pierre~

GOAL SETTING

Why do we set Goals?

What types of Goals are there?

How do we set Goals?

GOAL SETTING: Why do we set Goals?

MOTIVATION

FOCUS

SELF-BELIEF

CONFIDENCE

Goal Setting: Why do we set Goals?

Increase your drive, your effort, will to succeed. Increase awareness of strengths or areas of needed

improvement. Goals can be a guide to follow your dream.

Commit yourself to daily acts of excellence with your dream goal in mind.

Goal setting: What types of Goals are there?

Short-Term: Focusing on the here and now. Portions of the Day

Daily Weekly Monthly

Long-Term: Look towards the future. 6 Months

1 Year 18 Months

Goal Setting: What types of Goals are there? S.M.A.R.T. GOALS

SPECIFIC

MEASURABLE

ADJUSTABLE

REALISTIC

TIME-ORIENTED

Goal Setting: How do we set goal?

Think it then ink it! Write them down Put them somewhere you will see it everyday

Bathroom mirror Refrigerator Inside of car Locker

Don’t allow yourself to escape from your plan.

Jonathen Toews:

Kept a notebook/journal and repeatedly wrote his goals in his book and what he needed to do in order to achieve those goals.

I need to eat betterI need to eat betterI need to eat better

I need to sleep moreI need to sleep moreI need to sleep more

Better preparation for practiceBetter preparation for practiceBetter preparation for practice