Having Fun as way to perform in Sport Having Fun. For some, it might be surprising that I identified this as a key mental skill in the Wheel of Mental Performance I presented in this article. But isn’t it why we do a sport at first? And yet, lots of athletes tend to forget it … Read more
Positive Affirmations, a simple but efficient tool for Athletes In a precedent article, I provided several suggestions for dealing with negative thoughts and self-sabotage that can arise in athletes. Today, I would like to focus on one of them in particular, namely positive affirmations, which can also be used for other purposes, in order to … Read more
How to deal with Negative Self-Talk in Sport Do you, your kid or your athletes have negative self-talk? “I suck, I am going to fail as usual, I don’t belong, I can’t beat him, we can’t win that game, what if I make a mistake?, I don’t feel great today”, etc…. These are all examples … Read more
How to deal with nervousness in competition Stress, anxiety, nervousness… these are different words to describe the mental and emotional tension that arises when approaching and during a competition, and to a smaller extent, in training. This is one of the most common challenges athletes face and the goal of this article is to give … Read more
How to best prepare for a competition A question that regularly comes up among athletes is the question of preparing for a competition. Competition is the culmination of training, the moment when they have to pass a test, comparing themselves to others or to a past performance. Even when the competition is not the ultimate … Read more
Covid-19 : How to mentally deal with the situation as an athlete The current situation is unprecedented in modern history. If the global situation and the health crisis are of course the priority, the impacts in the sport arena are immense and of a level never seen before: suspension of most of all leagues and … Read more
How to use Visualization to improve your performance Although some definitions distinguish Visualization as a voluntary act which involves that one “orders” the creation of precise images in the mind, from Mental Imagery as a way to have some images rise from the unconscious mind (especially in therapeutic fields), they are often used indifferently in … Read more
What is Mental Training and how can it support athletes to perform to their full potential? How Much of the Performance do you think is mental? When you ask athletes, most often their answer usually lie between 50% and 90% with a few rare exceptions that will answer 10% or 100%. I prefer seeing it … Read more