KP181: mental toughness
commitement
-active role in an event, need to proactive instead of passive -commited to getting over challenges and achieving goals
Coaches (tracey and elcombe)
-believed MT accounts for at least 50% of performance in sport -in tennis, skating, golf; consistenly saw less than 80% of it
scully and Hunne
-believed mental toughness was the most important determinant of success
strength
-fighting spirt and gut to continue and preserver
Gould et al
-looked at olympic atheletes metnal toughness -believed it was a crucial aspect to sucess
challenge
-looking at change or challenges as an opppurtunity rather than a threat -challrnge is to be overcome for developement and growth
sport performance
-mental toughness is neccessary to deal with adversity in sport and adapt to the environements you face -two atheletes who are physically the same, the one with better mental skills is likely to win
confidence
-strong sense of self belief, build on your previous experience -confidence to overcome
personal responsibility
-taking responsibility for your actions -not a passive response -take responsibility for your success and failure -no sense of entitlement
mental tough atheletes can;
1, ability to increase flow of positive energy in a crisis and have adversity 2. have an excellent thinking patterns that they have the right atitudes when faced with problems, pressure, mistakes and competition
mental toughness allows performers to
1, cope better than other opponents with demands they face (in com, training, lifestyle) 2. tendency to be more consistent and better than other opponents in determination, focus, confidence and control in pressure -good and focusing and refocusing
how can you develop mental toughness
1. asses your confidence, attitude, state of mind 2. program your mind for success; expect success and think proactively (self talk, visualization) 3. have performance routines 4, composure skills to reduce nerves, calm, physiological, control fear 5. use internal dialogue and cognitively reconstruct (no negative self talk) 6. take your failures or poor performance as a learning oppurtunity 7. constantly raise bar for yourself and behaviour
4 components of mental toughness
1. flexbility 2. responsiveness 3. strength 4. resiliency 5. (extra) personal responsbility
resilency
ability to bounce back from things that dont go your way
4 Cs of mental toughness and resiliency
mentally tough people 1. control 2. commitement 3. challenge 4. confidence
flexiblity
-ability to adapt to environement
mental tougness
-ability to continue on despite challenges and capacity to face all pressures, rebound from failure -coaches constantly rate mental toughness as one of the most important attribute to success -a naturally developped physiological edge -how someone manage stressful high performance demands and can cope with competition demand -ability to consistently perform toward an upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the circumstances -natural or developed edge to cope better
control
-ability to incorporate stressful event into your ongoing plan- use skills, knowledge, choice to influence how you can asses a situation -can control and plan a response -can control there experiences
responsiveness
-ability to remain focused under pressure
12 things a mental tough person is
1. have an unshakable self belief in ability to achieve goals 2. recover from set back and having an increased determination to succeed 3. belief that abilities are greater than opponent 4. instainable desire and internal motivation to succeed 5. fully-focused on task in face of competition specific distractions 6. need to regain control following an unexpected and uncontrolled event 7. overcoming physical and emotional pain, still have a good techniques and effort 8. accept and cope with competition anxiety 9. thriving on the pressure of competition 10. not being adversely affected by others good and bad performances 11. remaining fully focused in the face of personal life problems 12. ability to switch there sport focus on and off
