Ideas to Optimize Athletic and Academic Performance
Whether you are an athlete training for a competitive event or a student studying for a major exam, you’ve likely put in the hours required to master your sport or subject matter. But have you committed to prepare yourself mentally for the big day? Without the right frame of mind, we cannot optimally perform regardless of the number of hours spent training or studying.
I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
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I am Caitlin Pederson. I have been playing hockey for 11 years and competitive golf for the last 2 years.
I’m Caitlin Pederson, Founder of Peak Per4orm.
I am in my sophomore year of high school. I have been a competitive hockey player for seven years and really enjoy training with my teammates and competing in games. Recently, I have also found my love for the game of golf and have begun competing in tournaments. Golf is a sport that is easy to become compulsively focused on and passionate about!
In both hockey and golf, I have always understood the importance of regular physical and skills training to be successful. However, I had not fully appreciated the importance of mental focus and training required to compete at a high level until I played in my first golf tournament. No matter how dialed in my game was, I was not mentally in the zone and therefore not prepared to win.
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Rather than visualize the shot and calm my heartbeat before taking my swing, I tried to get it over as fast as I could. I knew that something was missing!…
While I was prepared to stay focused and control my own emotions as it relates to my own play, I naively had not anticipated what to do if others tried to interfere with my game!….
Can we reframe those feeling so that they are not a negative distraction at a time when we need to be calm and focused? Can’t they be viewed as a positive feeling of excitement and anticipation?