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LERT MENTAL PERFORMANCE & LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM

LERT MENTAL PERFORMANCE & LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM. Brett Manning. 15 Seconds of Focus. Session 3. Topics: Focus Enhancement Routines Self-Discipline Taking Responsibility. Focus Enhancement. Goal: Create clear l ines of communication in your mind. Focus Enhancement.

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LERT MENTAL PERFORMANCE & LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM

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  1. LERT MENTAL PERFORMANCE & LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM Brett Manning

  2. 15 Seconds of Focus

  3. Session 3 • Topics: • Focus Enhancement • Routines • Self-Discipline • Taking Responsibility

  4. Focus Enhancement • Goal: Create clear lines of communication in your mind

  5. Focus Enhancement • What does being focused actually mean? • In the present moment • Not thinking about the future or the past • “Be Here,Now” • High awareness… • Of the competition environment • Of your own emotions • Of small details • Of your movements

  6. Focus Enhancement • Ways to raise your focus level: • Become in tune with your breath • Determine the exact task at hand (simplify the process) • Integrate all of your senses • Pay more attention to sounds, touch, smells, seeing small details • Train your mind to have a high level of focus outside of sport PROCESS FOCUS details

  7. Focus Enhancement • What things can hinder your focus level? • Teammates/Competitors • Coach • Officials • Fans • Pain • Failure • Success • Level of tiredness • Emotions • General Life

  8. Focus Enhancement • Focus Breaks • Cannot focus 100% of the time • Develop a “Focus Tool” to help you get into high focus mode • Examples: • Que word(s)- “Be Here Now”; “Go Time” • Circle of focus • Quirks- Clap hands, etc,

  9. Focus Enhancement 4 Questions From the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI) (Smith et al., 1994). Scale: 0- Almost Never 1- Sometimes 2- Often 3- Almost Always I handle unexpected situations in my sport very well. When I am playing sports, I can focus my attention and block out distractions. It is easy for me to keep distracting thoughts form interfering with something I am watching or listening to. It is easy for me to direct my attention and focus on a single object or person.

  10. Focus Enhancement • Application Activity: 100 Numbers

  11. Focus Enhancement • Simple • Clear • Task at Hand • Aware of surroundings • Able to Predict • In Control • Attention to detail

  12. Routines

  13. Routines

  14. Routines • Why are routines important? • Improve consistency • Increase comfort • Ease anxiety • Types: • Daily • Pre-Practice/Competition • Pre-Race/Training Run • Post-Race/Training Run • Post-Practice/Competition

  15. Routines • Application Activity • Create & define your competition day mental routines

  16. Self-Discipline • What is it? • Giving up something today to gain something even better in the future • Examples…?

  17. Self-Discipline • Role Play Exercise: • Partner up and pretend that you are 40 years old and don’t have very good self- discipline. • Answer these questions: • What kind of job do you have? • What do your kids think/act like? • What does you husband or wife think of you?

  18. Taking Responsibility • Is it easier to take responsibility or make an excuse? • Who is in charge of your behaviors? • Who is in charge of your success or failure? • Who is in charge of making a change in your performance?

  19. Taking Responsibility • Write down one way that you can take more responsibility for your behavior in the following 5 areas: • School • Home Life • Ski/Snowboard Racing • Other Sport or Activity • Friends/Social Life

  20. Next Session • Monday, February 17 • Topics: • Visualization • Breathing & Relaxation • Communication Skills

  21. Application Assignment • Finish your Routines Worksheet & bring it to next session

  22. Stay Connected • Resources to Keep Learning About The Mental Game: • Website: www.lertmentalskillstraining.weebly.com • Email: bcmperforance@gmail.com • 1:1 Consultation Questions?

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