Questions to aid players mental game
Here are some questions that can be really useful for players to ask themselves – force them to think about, analyse, & critically appraise their mental game
Confidence:
- What did my best game look and feel like?
- What does my dream game look and feel like?
- What do others see when I play with confidence?
- What behaviours do I engage in that help me build confidence?
- Who helps me to feel confident and what do they tend to say?
Game focus:
- What internal noise tend to distract me?
- What external distractions impact my game?
- What can I be curious about in my game that I can focus on to improve?
- what can I control, or get close to controlling, when I play?
- who can help me stay focused?
Emotion:
- what does my high performance mental state look and feel like?
- do I tend to get frustrated or angry…or…down or despondent?
- what have I done in the past to manage my emotions?
- does anger actually help me compete better?
- who can help me manage my emotions?
Goal Achievement:
- what game day goals help me? What hinder me?
- should I focus on winning or does this just get in the way?
- what KPI’s help me to focus my mind on the tasks at hand?
- do I have mental objectives? If so, what are they? If not what could they be?
Again courtesy of Dan Abrahams via twitter
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