Applying self talk for sports performance

Being a successful athlete is about more than just physical strength and agility — your mind plays a key part in your winning performance. You can use sports psychology techniques to build confidence and improve your focus. In this podcast we will look at: Know what you need to focus on. Focu…

 If you are an athlete who would like to be more confident, and want to learn how to develop your confidence, listen to my podcast   A confident athlete has the belief that they have what it takes to be successful no matter what is happening on the field of play. Their thoughts are positi…

So why do people want to improve their skills? Why do marathon runners continue despite pain? In other words what motivates people? We look at what motivation is, how it works, and how to improve it through goal setting and self- efficacy Motivation Goal setting self efficacy self confidence

In sports psychology there are a number of approaches in efforts to help people continue participation in sports activities or why they withdraw. In this podcast we talk about the use of imagery and self talk as great tools to help maintaining participation and improving performance.We talk about w…