Tiger Woods has one. Andre Agassi too. Almost every professional college team, major league professional sports team, and Olympic team has one. Virtually every professional golfer and tennis player has one.
What do they have?
A Mind Game Trainer.
These sports stars are smart. They are already good. Even cool. Some are stars and superstars. Why do “they” have a mental trainer? They want to maintain their excellence. And they want to improve. They want every advantage they can get, because they know their opponents have this mental advantage.
I coach America’s top corporate executives, and you can turn on the TV and see the top college sports stars and major league professional sports stars that I coach. This article will help you learn what a Mind Game Coach does for these high performing players and how you can choose the right Mind Game Coach.
Did you know that there are at least 25 types of mind practitioners? The term mind practitioner itself is very broad. Maybe you are looking for a mental health professional. Maybe someone to help you in business. Maybe you want to reduce stress, kick a bad habit, and overcome a fear or phobia. Maybe you need to perform better on the presentation platform or on the competitive sports field and avoid the dreaded choke. You may want to learn to enter the zone more often, on command. Whatever the reason you are looking for a trainer, all of them, to a greater or lesser degree, help you train your brain. Find your mind. Put your motivation in motion.
The mind game encompasses every mental problem you can imagine in business, sports, and life.
A mental game coach can help you in these areas:
1. Consciousness
2. Learning
3.Development
4. Exchange
5. Habit Training
6.Performance
7. Coaching, Mentoring, Management and Leadership
Brain Games Trainers are particularly trained to help you with these critical performance issues:
1. Anxiety
2. Choking
3. Focus
4. Sales rejection problems
5. Reluctance to make phone calls
6. Goal setting and achievement
7. Perfectionism
8. Procrastination
9. Mental Preparation
10. Mind Practice
11. Self discipline
12. Enter the zone
13. Depressions and confidence
14. Interlocutors and psychopaths
15. Perform under pressure
16. The fear of success
17. The fear of failure
18. Impostor Syndrome
FIVE SPECIFIC MIND TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES USED BY COACHES
The public is usually familiar with these five main brain training tools. These techniques are not tied to any particular school of training or therapy. Practitioners of virtually all disciplines use them.
1.Positive thinking
2. Mental practice
3. Visualization
4. Self-hypnosis
5. Cognitive restructuring
MAKE YOUR MIND COACH SELECTION CAREFULLY AND WISELY
When selecting your mental trainer, take your time. One size does not fit all. Each trainer has different limitations and advantages, and not all trainers’ backgrounds and training are the same. Not all trained coaches have the same skills and abilities. As an MD friend likes to say to people who ask, “Every last person graduating in the medical school class is called a ‘Doctor.
Some coach trainings are limited and in-depth and some coaching trainings are broad and general. The field is wide, so be sure to select someone who has had successful experience helping people with their specific problems, desires, and goals. Choose a professional based on their background, reputation, and results, not just their titles. Chemistry and trust are the last two vital issues on which to gauge your potential coach.
Good luck in your search for trainers!
This article covers only a small part of the brain game. A complete mental training program includes motivation and goal setting, pre-event mental preparation, post-event review and analysis, mental strengthening, self-regulation training, breath control training, motor skills training, mental rehearsal, concentration, pressure test. , communication training, confidence building, overcoming mental barriers, relapse prevention, mental toughness training, fluency training, relaxation training, momentum training, mental testing and media training.
To get a complete description of your mental abilities, you need an assessment instrument that identifies your complete mental strengths and weaknesses. For a free and easy-to-take 65-item sports psychology assessment tool you can rate on the spot, visit http://www.mentalgamecoach.com/Assessments/MentalGameOfSports.html This assessment gives you a quick snapshot of your strengths and weaknesses in your mental game. You can use this as a guide to creating your own mental training program, or as the foundation for a program you undertake with Bill Cole, MS, MA to improve your mental game. This assessment would be a great first step to help you get an overview of your brain game.
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