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:
  1. What did my best game look and feel like?
  2. What does my dream game look and feel like?
  3. What do others see when I play with confidence?
  4. What behaviours do I engage in that help me build confidence?
  5. Who helps me to feel confident and what do they tend to say?
Game focus:
  1. What internal noise tend to distract me?
  2. What external distractions impact my game?
  3. What can I be curious about in my game that I can focus on to improve?
  4. what can I control, or get close to controlling, when I play?
  5. who can help me stay focused?
Emotion:
  1. what does my high performance mental state look and feel like?
  2. do I tend to get frustrated or angry…or…down or despondent?
  3. what have I done in the past to manage my emotions?
  4. does anger actually help me compete better?
  5. who can help me manage my emotions?
Goal Achievement:
  1. what game day goals help me? What hinder me?
  2. should I focus on winning or does this just get in the way?
  3. what KPI’s help me to focus my mind on the tasks at hand?
  4. 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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