Athletes who have had performance training know the damage that can be done to their game when they let negative thinking, or what is referred to as "defeatist thinking," takes hold. A losing team more or less gives up or possesses a losing attitude that affects performance. A marathon runner, for instance, is plagued by thoughts of his inadequacies and becomes certain he can't succeed for the duration. The power of thought is generally overlooked and not given credit for all kinds of poor performance problems, missed plays, and even entire losing streaks and seasons.
A great deal of very famed results provided by people who deal with performance coaching are wasteful strategies which might seem like beneficial in the beginning but in due course of time, they become inefficient by actually fuelling up the negativity that the athletes are looking to cope with and failure. Slogans like "think positive" or "believe in yourself" are nice catchphrases, but they have very less to do with athletic performance, and as answers to wayward ideas, they simply do not work. Actually, an athlete who continuously engages a pessimistic thought with the empty phrase, "I think I can, I think I can," like the infamous little engine that could, is merely affirming the negativity by engaging with it and allowing it a place on the stage.
In other words, in performance sports training, using catchphrases, or efforts to redirect negative thoughts, gives lifeblood to negative thinking and takes one's attention away from the act of the performance. This type of mental coaching tends to allow the negative thoughts, making them something that need to be tackled instead of a voice on the sideline that can be acknowledged then understood.
Negative feelings may, in fact, serve a different purpose - they help you see, with clarity, where you should improve. So if you attempt to wrestle them down with positive affirmations or visualizations, you make them real, and provide them the power to really influence you.
In short, the finest way to deal with negative thinking and improve your team's efficiency is to get to know that negative thoughts and feelings are usual, necessary, and possess an often disregarded positive. They are an inborn sign that our thinking (not our life) is away from track, and if we don't look in a different direction we'll be sure to steer into problem. Therefore, stimulating negative thoughts by turning them into something that must be avoided is the last thing an athlete, or any performer, ever wants to do.
Author Resource:-
Garret Kramer is the founder and managing partner of Inner Sports, LLC. His revolutionary approach to performance has transformed the way players, coaches, professional teams, and even parents view the athletic and life journey. To know more about Garret and peak performance visit http://garretkramer.com/ NOW.
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