Pressure Tip #6 - Developing Trust Under Pressure For Better Sports Performance
Channel: Mental Toughness Trainer
Date: 2012-09-04

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Developing Trust Under Pressure  

This is the final tip in our mastering your pressure video series.  

So how do you practice TRUST before a big pressure situation?   During your next practice or training, you need to come up with a sentence to say or sing out loud while performing your desired action.  What you say doesn't have to have anything to do with your sport either. Sound crazy?  

This is what it would look like... a golfer might say "rhythm, timing and tempo", while swinging the club.  The soccer player could sing her favorite line from a hip-hop song as she is approaching the ball for a shot. A tennis player could say, "Cookies are my favorite food" in the middle of her serve.  

Are you getting the idea? This will force your mind to let go of control.  By doing this practice, you will discover that you can still perform beautifully, while intentionally letting go of control.  Crazy as it sound, this will actually develop TRUST.  

You might also find it useful to use that same song or sentence under pressure during the game as well. 

In the Mental Toughness Academy, we know how important focus and concentration are in sports and in school, so we teach multiple ways to develop that FOCUS.  With some practice, it becomes easy to zero in on your target under pressure.  

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