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Squeezing the Sponge…

Squeezing the Sponge…. Performance Sport Conference Katie Richards. Objectives…. This session aims to… Help you understand how irrelevant thoughts impact your performance Provide strategies you can use to give you the psychological edge over your opponents. Sorting the Relevant….

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Squeezing the Sponge…

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  1. Squeezing the Sponge… Performance Sport Conference Katie Richards

  2. Objectives… This session aims to… • Help you understand how irrelevant thoughts impact your performance • Provide strategies you can use to give you the psychological edge over your opponents

  3. Sorting the Relevant… Sort the following thoughts into relevant or irrelevant to your performance… These guys are massive, we’re definitely going to lose These guys are massive, we’re definitely going to lose They look really professional, they must be good If I miss this everyone will think I am rubbish Where am I aiming this ball? Choose a place & put it there This team thrashed us last time, it would be so embarrassing if it happened again I’m so nervous I’ve got butterflies I can’t miss this shot or we will lose the game Make sure I finish every pass off Push hard Remember the game plan/set play Push hard I can do this, I’ve done it loads before Focus on the backboard They look really professional, they must be good This team thrashed us last time, it would be so embarrassing if it happened again I’m coming on as a reserve, I bet they don’t pass to me Focus on the backboard I’m so nervous I’ve got butterflies If I miss this everyone will think I am rubbish I’m coming on as a reserve, I bet they don’t pass to me I can’t miss this shot or we will lose the game Make sure I finish every pass off Remember the game plan/set play My last serve went straight into the net Where am I aiming this ball? Choose a place & put it there My last serve went straight into the net I can do this, I’ve done it loads before Watch the ball Watch the ball

  4. Impacts to Performance? What happens to your performance when you think about irrelevant thoughts? • Performance decreases • Mistakes increase • Choke Don’t think of a white Polar Bear… • Impacts our attention (sponge)

  5. Impacts to Performance? What thoughts are you filling your sponge up with? Relevant Irrelevant

  6. Squeezing the sponge… 1. Evaluate your current thoughts 2. Create a ‘thought-stopper’ 3. Develop useful thoughts & images for different parts of your game to replace the irrelevant ones… • Remember to… • Follow the above steps • Practice • Discuss & support as a team • K.I.S.S Motivational/ Instructional Phrases Images of past success Cue Words Images of future success

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