Performance outcomes are more likely to be achieved when what is done prior to and during a competition has been planned, practiced, and shown to be successful. In contests, an athlete should never use new approaches, techniques, or strategies without them first being tested, refined, and trained.
Athletes can learn to think very clearly in physical activity.
Training sessions need to combine thinking practice with physical practice to allow the skill of thought control to develop so that it can be used in a competition. Mental functioning should be trained for physically stressful conditions. At all times, in practices and competitions, an athlete should remain in mental control. The development of strategies, with the athlete having the major portion of content decision-making, produces an enhanced approach to competing. Strategies must be specific in content and extreme in detail.