Volleyball Training Tips

Athletes Need to Stay Focused But What Should I Focus On?

admin@volleyballadvisors.com (www.VolleyballAdvisors.com) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:31:26 +0000

Staying focused is important for athletes – but what should I focus on?

You shouldn’t just repeat the mantra “stay focused” – you need to have specific things to focus on.

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How to build confidence in sports?

admin@volleyballadvisors.com (www.VolleyballAdvisors.com) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:19:49 +0000

We discovered a nice article about building confidence in sports.

Prime confidence keeps you positive, motivated, intense, focused, and emotionally in control when you need it most. With prime confidence, you're able to stay confident even when you're not performing well (it happens to even the best athletes periodically).

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How to use flow to improve athletic performance?

admin@volleyballadvisors.com (www.VolleyballAdvisors.com) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:19:04 +0000

What is flow? How to use it to improve athletic performance?

Their mind fully connects with their body, fusing peak mental performance with skill – creating an elite athlete.

In his explanation of flow, there are several components in the process:
1. Completely involved, focused, concentrating – with this either due to innate curiosity or as the result of training
2. Sense of ecstasy – of being outside everyday reality
3. Great inner clarity – knowing what needs to be done and how well it is going
4. Knowing the activity is doable – that the skills are adequate, and neither anxious or bored
5. Sense of serenity – no worries about self, feeling of growing beyond the boundaries of ego – afterwards feeling of transcending ego in ways not thought possible
6. Timeliness – thoroughly focused on present, don't notice time passing
7. Intrinsic motivation – whatever produces "flow" becomes its own reward
(Source: Austega.com)

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Does stress improve or worsen your athletic performance?

admin@volleyballadvisors.com (www.VolleyballAdvisors.com) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:15:06 +0000

How stress affects athletic performance?

An athlete might be de-motivated by the stress of losing (even quit before the game is over) but motivated by the stress of competition.

Read about 1) Competition Stress, 2) Stress of Anticipated Failure, 3) Stress of Anticipated Injury, 4) Stress of Unpreparedness .

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How Positive Attitude Helps Us to Reach our Potential in Sports?

admin@volleyballadvisors.com (www.VolleyballAdvisors.com) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:30:06 +0000

Practicing a positive attitude keeps us out on the road or track performing to our potential and having fun (that’s why we do it in the first place) year after year. How full is your glass?

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