Figure Skating, Gymnastics, Diving
Sports Psychology, Chicago, Performing Under Pressure
No better example of
Body Control Sports
than the Winter Olympics 2018. On the ice, on the snow or flying
through the air, it's about making your body do what you practiced
thousands of hours for, under the most pressure imaginable. I'm Paul
S. Palmer, Author of Performing Under
Pressure, Sports Motivation Clinic, Chicago, and I have
been working with body control athletes for three decades to help
them perform under pressure and I can help you too.
Sports like figure skating, gymnastics and diving require a
different mental state than ball control sports. Your mental
preparation is different. Your focus is on your own body not an
external object. It's a dual challenge with style sports, you need
to be a top notch athlete and look good while you are doing it.
Body awareness and control is the key. Body control athletes have
been taking advantage of Mental Training skills for 75 years. Mental
Rehearsal should be a key part of any athletes daily routine but
especially in body control sports. At the Sports Motivation Clinic I
have been helping Chicago area athletes mentally prepare for
competition since 1985.
You can't possibly compete enough.
Here is the problem: You can't possibly compete enough to discover
your mental zone if it doesn't come naturally. Being able to compete
under pressure is often a gift from the gods. If you were able to be
in a real competition once a week, you could probably find your
groove, eventually. But, you spend 99% of you time at rehearsal and
only a small fraction of time at actual competition.
You can try
to simulate a real competition but your own mind knows it's not the
real thing. Mental Rehearsal seems to be the only answer. But,
learning to do it properly is essential. Almost every athlete I have
worked with, that was doing some form of mental rehearsal was
doing it wrong! I can show you the right way to do it, more
important, I can also explain why and how it works.
If you choke under pressure, you need to build your mental toughness
away from the gym or off the ice. That's where I come in. I teach
you how to prepare mentally for your brief moments of truth. If you
weren't born with the "gift", to perform under pressure, you need to
learn how. It's mental rehearsal of your routine away from the rink,
the gym or the pool that can make all the difference in the world.
I can even help with new skill development.
Well? Call today,
708-824-9057