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PART 1: COMPETITION REFLECTIONS

Name: _____________________ Date: ____________

Step 1: Identify BEST ever and WORST ever performance.

Concentrate on your best ever and worst ever performance.

(a). Indicate the time, place and results of you BEST EVERcompetition____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How did you feel just before the event?

No activation 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Highly(mentally and activatedphysically flat) (mentally and

physicallycharged

Not worried 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremelyor scared at all worried or

scared

Provide any important details about this competition and your performanceduring it e.g. what were you saying to yourself or thinking shortly before the

start of the event? Where was your focus?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How were you focused during the event (i.e. what were you aware of orpaying attention to while actively engaged in the performance)?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b). Indicate the time, place and result of yourWORST EVERcompetition____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Provide any important details about this competition and your performanceduring it e.g. what were you saying to yourself or thinking shortly before thestart of the event?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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How did you feel just before that event(s)?


physically

charged

Not worried 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremelyor scared at all worried or

scared

How were you focused during the event (i.e. what were you aware of orpaying attention to while actively engaged in the performance)?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c). What were the major differences between your thinking (or feelings) priorto these two performances (i.e. best and worst)?

Best:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Worst:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What were the major differences in your focus of attention during theseperformances?

Best:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Worst:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How would you prefer to feel just before an important performance?


physicallycharged

How would you prefer to focus your attention duringan importantperformance?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Additional Information

Is there anything you would like to change about the way you approach acompetition? or training?______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Is there anything you would prefer to change about the way the coachapproaches you during training or competition?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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PART 2: PRE-COMPETITION AND COMPETITIONQUESTIONNAIRE

Please answer the following questions truthfully. False or inaccurate answersmay result in inappropriate advice being given to you. If you require extraspace, please use the back of the form.

1. (a) Approximately when do you begin to prepare for a forthcomingcompetition?(Weeks in advance? Days? Hours?)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) How do you begin your preparation?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) What do you think about most during this preparation stage?(Performance? Results? Opponents? Crowds? Somethingelse?)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What do you usually look forward to the most?

(a) In the days leading up to the competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) In the competition itself?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) About the events immediately following the competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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3. What do you usually dread the most?

(a) In the days leading up to the competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

(b) In the competition itself?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) About the events immediately following the competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(d) When you are competing, how long before the competition isdue to begin do you start organizing your kit?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. (a) What do you like most about the 24 hours immediately before acompetition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) What do you dislike about this same period?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. (a) Do you have a set procedure for when you begin yourpreparation for competition?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

(b) If yes, what precisely is your set procedure? (Indicate the order inwhich you carry this out)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. (a) Where do you do your warm-up?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________


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(b) What, precisely do you do to warm-up?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) When, in relation to the beginning of your competition, do youbegin your warm-up?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. (a) What is your main objective in warming up?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) What do you usually think about most during the warm-up?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. (a) Do you always begin your competition with a clear strategy inmind?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

(b) If so, is it the same strategy for every competition?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

(c) If not, then in accordance with what criteria do you change yourstrategy?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. (a) What do you usually do in the time between warm-up and the

start of the competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) Do you find yourself watching other competitors during thistime?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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11. What do you usually do immediately after finishing a competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. (a) What did you enjoy most about your recent competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) What did you dislike most about your most recent competition?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. (a) What do you believe to the strongest features of yourperformance? (Please indicate order of priority i.e. strongest first)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) What do you believe to be the weakest features of yourperformance? (Please indicate in order of priority i.e. weakestfirst)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. Is there anything about competition that:

(a) You actively dislike?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) Usually makes you anxious?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. (a) How would you describe your present level of physical fitness?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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(b) Which aspect of your physical fitness (power, speed, strength,flexibility, endurance/recovery, agility) if any, do you think could

be improved the most in order to improve your performance inserious competition?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Which aspects of your sport do you think:-

(a) You perform the most effectively?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

(b) You need to practice the most?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. (a) How do you rate your ability to concentrate during seriouscompetition?

Excellent [ ] Very Good [ ] Good [ ] Fair [ ] Poor [ ]

(b) What is most likely to disturb your concentration during seriouscompetition?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

18. (a) How do you rate your ability to control your emotions duringserious competition?________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) What is most likely to upset you emotionally during seriouscompetition?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. (a) How do you rate your ability to train?

Excellent [ ] Very Good [ ] Good [ ] Fair [ ] Poor [ ]


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(b) What is most likely to interfere with a serious training session?________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) What is most likely to motivate you towards serious training?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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PART 3: PERFORMANCE PROFILING

Athlete: Think of someone you really admire in your sport. On the

back of this sheet, come up with (brainstorm) as manytactical/psychological/technical/physical attributes as youthink that person has that make them so good (see nextpage if youre struggling for ideas).

Which are the 16 most important? Try to pick from eachcorner if possible:

attributes ath rating coach rating

Rate yourself out of 10 as you are at the momentin each of these 16factors.

Coach: Rate athlete out of 10 as you think they are at the moment.

Which ones do you think you need work on most (i.e. prioritise)?

Athlete:

Coach:


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Prompts for Performance Profiling:Technical:

Physical: Stamina Strength Speed Power (strength x speed) Agility

Flexibility Strength endurance (ability to repeatedly contract muscles

maximally) Nutrition/hydration RestPsychological: Controlling/coping with anxiety Confidence Mental toughness Distraction control Concentration Hard work ethic Coachability (listening to instructions) Ability to set/achieve goals Optimism (positive attitude) Pre-competition planning Concentration/focus Motivation Post-event evaluationTactical:

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