Nine Mental Skills Of Successful Athletes

Staying up late to finish up an essay, or studying late at night after a long day of a physical and mental beat down, is pushed through with determination. Sports taught me determination, and it comes with work ethic. Being a student athlete also gave me leadership qualities both in the classroom and on the field. No where in the classroom will I be put into situations where quick decisions must be made and consequences are waiting to follow. The discipline that is required to be successful at a sport has only strengthened me in every aspect of my life. The discipline through sports has taught me to respect everyone, be coachable, and not to sell myself short. Everything learned through sports gives you a big advantage in school as well. For many of us, if it wasn't for sports, we wouldn't still be in school working this hard. Being a student athlete helps prepare you to catch anything life throws at you, and to handle it very well. Gold medal olympian Bob Richards stated that "One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top". Sports has taken me farther in life and school than I believe I could’ve taken

The connection of the mental game and the athletes for any rank of sports has been extremely underestimated. While some believe that all athletes are “all brawn and no brain,” this disregards how much mental activity is brought into any sport. It connects to the fear and separation of mental health for athletes. If an athletes is showing signs of any type of mental issue or disorders, their spot on the team has been threatened. The coaches and staff sometime cannot simply understand the importance of treatment for an athlete. Depression, anxiety, burnout and other disorders causes athletes to do poorly with their mental game, making them appear that these athletes would not be

For many years, the mental aspect of sports performance has received considerable attention in sports psychology. The cognitive processes in elite and less skilled athletes have been studied extensively, in an attempt to shed light on the variables arbitrating task execution during performances (Beilock, Carr, Machon & Starkes, 2002). This essay investigates how cognition differs in elite and less skilled athletes. Firstly, it considers elite-novice- differences in attentional focus; which suggests that where athletes direct their attention while performing differs across skills. Moreover, the essay closely examines the difference in elite and novice athletes ' ability to make effective decisions during performances (Milazzo, Farrow, Ruffault & Fournier, 2016).

Family, teachers, perhaps even peers has told you the saying “Hard work pays off eventually.”. That is precisely what the individuals who are informed of my Track and Field career told me. But at the time, as a freshman, I wanted to be the best there ever was, a track star, the unbeatable.

In the article it states,” Creating and setting goals is an integral part of being an athlete. They can give direction and represent a place in the future where one wants to be… Competitive athletes are consistently involved in situations where they are challenged … It is not that good character and integrity are automatically developed by participating in sports, but rather are revealed thought circumstances that normally arise in the competitive arena…” In other words, all of these qualities can help you become a better person. All in all, sports can make you a better person.

     James Dodson (1995) quotes Dr. Richard Coop, and says that he refers to sports psychology as “just mere helping people to clear away the mental clutter that keeps them from achieving their best” (p. 1). Dodson admits that as a golfer he has tried to break eighty strokes in golf, but did not succeed until he got help from a well-known sports psychologist. Before meeting his mental coach, Dodson tried to improve his game by buying expensive equipment such as oversized irons, gizmos, and lucky charms, but none of these worked. Once he started working with Dr. Richard Coop, he began to liberate his mind from its usual patterns and

Starting from my freshman year in high school I have always been more intrigued by the human mind and how it operates. Thanks to the study of psychology my curiosity only flourished even more as I got older. I find the observations psychology gives about human behavior very interesting, and I have been fascinated by it for as long as I can remember. I’ve been caught in between approaching the journey of being a sports psychologist and an industrial organizational psychologist. I am passionate about sports and studying Psychology. I plan on extending my knowledge in the mixture of the two and contributing it towards my future. I want to examine the various areas of sports psychology and also learn more about the idea of improving quality performance

To be an athlete, especially one of the three sport variety, is a huge undertaking, as it requires year-round commitment and a passion for hard work. Personally, I have played consistently in three sports since the fifth grade, and I believe this lifelong dedication has paid off for me. It’s impossible to put all of your energy into being an athlete, because while becoming successful in sports is one thing, it is an entirely more important matter to become a successful student. Balancing this can be hard and it is that balance which must be perfected in order to become a good athlete. An athlete to me isn't just someone who straps on their jersey and plays a game, it is a person who is dedicated to a sport on and off the field, and someone who exemplifies the best qualities in their environment.

Athletics has played an instrumental role promoting success in all branches of life impacting my performance in school, work and other life facets. Involvement in athletics taught me the value of commitment allowing me to play in Division 1 Women’s Soccer while attending the University of Washington. As a former student athlete, I have been winning and losing my entire life developing my own resilience and tremendous work ethic to work with others toward a common goal. My drive spills over into my professional interactions and career aspirations allowing me to connect

What is the key to success to many athletes? There is many possible answers to this question but the most common answer would be hard work, determination, and dedication. Many athletes such as Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and Kobe Bryant all have these qualities that's why they are the best at their sport and are successful. So, dedication is the secret of success of many athletes.

Sports have been a big part of my life since I was young. When I reach one goal, I begin a new and more challenging goal to achieve. When I overcome my goals, I feel a sense of happiness, and amazement that I can be the best that I can be.

Success, the act of accomplishing a goal, the attainment of wealth, achieving a recognized position in life, many definitions however, who is willing to try hard enough to achieve success? Maybe the larger question is, is success attainable for everyone? Many would answer “no it’s not possible for everyone to be successful”. Well I beg to differ , if a young African American kid from a tough part of Hampton Virginia can grow to become one of the most respected athletes to ever play in the NBA, why not you.

Some is that the athlete just loves the sport and wants to excel at the highest level they can as long as they're getting better day by day. That's known as a "Intrinsic Motivation". Another Type of motivation is, the "Achievement Motivation", which is when the athlete is too much of a competitor and hates to lose. The athlete has motivation to never will lose and will do anything to be the best at what sport they are playing. The bad part about motivation is when the athlete is super motivated, that it can be very stressful and sad if the athlete doesn't succeed, when all they do is train for their moment. Motivation can actually make a person sad if they work extremely hard and see no improvement in themselves and all the hard work they have been doing. Some people have stronger motivation than others, which is a proven fact. Many athletes have motivation, but many don't do anything with it. Some athletes work harder than everyone else to do good in the classroom, so that they can be a scholar athlete. Many athletes loose more and more motivation when the competition gets harder. The better athletes, that do make it to the pros, are the ones that when the competition got harder they still worked as hard as they could because they knew that some day they would get where they wanted with good hard work ethics and strong

Athletes have such desirable passions for sports that is very hard to obtain for other

The aim of this research is to examine the correlation between mental rehearsal and physical practice and no practice at all, in a marble throwing exercise in different methods of improving performance. Studies have shown mental rehearsal and physical training will significantly improve motor skills in sport. However, mental rehearsal needs to be incorporated along with physical practice to gain specific benefits. The study saw thirty psychology students from Monash University and Federation University, both male and female, aged between eighteen and sixty three years of age, randomly allocated to one of three groups, these being physical rehearsal, mental rehearsal, and no rehearsal. The participants consisted of students from