Week 5 of Prep Steps™

Week 5 of Prep Steps™
Days 21-26

Day 21—We live in a culture of instant gratification. Honestly, I get impatient if my iPhone takes more than three seconds to respond! Likewise, our athletes do not have to wait for much of anything. Information is instant. Coffee is instant. Even microwavable food is instant. What approach do you take to help athletes see the “big picture”… to understand that over time, hard work really does pay huge dividends?

Day 22—What are your observations in the difference between confidence and cockiness?

Day 23—How do you define focus? How do you encourage this type of focus in your athletes?

Day 24—In order to maximize our athletes’ focus and ultimately their resulting performance, in what ways can we practically apply the mental light switch?

Day 25—Even as an adult, I find myself struggling to keep a positive attitude 100% of the time. We all face challenges. How can implementing the “Replacing” strategy make a difference for you personally?

Day 26—The foundation for effective refocusing is laid well before major mistakes or obstacles occur. So often, our athletes feel the weight of the world on their shoulders during competition because they feel their value and worth as people are directly linked to their performance. With this approach, when athletes perform well, they feel valuable/successful. If they perform poorly, they feel like worthless failures. How can we help our athletes see their intrinsic value as people? How do we help them see they have value because of who they are… period? When their value and self-worth do not hang in the balance with every play or every game, mistakes are less earth-shattering and much easier to overcome.