Building the Fight ON! Mentality
After COMPETING in practices, games, & events
Letting a game affect your life outside of competition can lead to lack of sleep, stress, and ruin your relationships with family and friends. So how do you shut down your mind after a high-stress game? You develop a post-game routine!
Routines help us funnel our thoughts into a state of high-focus. Much like your pre-game routine helped you focus better on the upcoming task, developing a solid post-game routine will help you relax and recover.
Remember our 3-step process - the BE POSITIVE methodology.
Visualization
Complaining and having unproductive conversations in your head will keep you stagnant. You can’t get better moving forward if you’re still trying to change what happened in the past. Visualize moments in which you played well, when you were “in it”, or performing at your peak. Think of it as a success review.
Picture yourself when you made a 3-point shot and ask yourself: How did my body feel and what was I thinking? Continue to cue your mind back to these highlights.
Self-Talk
The things you say to yourself after a bad performance will determine if one bad game snowballs into the next few games. If you want to rebound after a bad game, you need to manage your self-talk instead of allowing self-criticism to dominate your mind and ruin your future play.
Control the conversation in your head. Don’t let your thoughts run wild. Remind yourself of these three things:
Goal Setting
Goal setting is about identifying what you want to achieve, how you will achieve it, and how you will measure that achievement. When you take a challenging goal and break it down into realistic steps your motivation, commitment, and self-confidence will grow.
If you want to become the fastest player on the team, assess what your first step should be. A smaller goal could be to run a certain amount each day or to increase your 40-yard dash by half a second. Focusing on achieving these smaller goals will keep you motivated because your progress is tangible.
Use the Fight ON! Mentality to prepare for upcoming practices, big games, and competitions.
Routines help us funnel our thoughts into a state of high-focus. Much like your pre-game routine helped you focus better on the upcoming task, developing a solid post-game routine will help you relax and recover.
Remember our 3-step process - the BE POSITIVE methodology.
- THINK positive thoughts
- SAY positive words
- DO positive acts
Visualization
Complaining and having unproductive conversations in your head will keep you stagnant. You can’t get better moving forward if you’re still trying to change what happened in the past. Visualize moments in which you played well, when you were “in it”, or performing at your peak. Think of it as a success review.
Picture yourself when you made a 3-point shot and ask yourself: How did my body feel and what was I thinking? Continue to cue your mind back to these highlights.
Self-Talk
The things you say to yourself after a bad performance will determine if one bad game snowballs into the next few games. If you want to rebound after a bad game, you need to manage your self-talk instead of allowing self-criticism to dominate your mind and ruin your future play.
Control the conversation in your head. Don’t let your thoughts run wild. Remind yourself of these three things:
- Everyone has bad games.
- One bad game doesn’t mean you have lost your ability.
- What is a recent performance where you played your best?
Goal Setting
Goal setting is about identifying what you want to achieve, how you will achieve it, and how you will measure that achievement. When you take a challenging goal and break it down into realistic steps your motivation, commitment, and self-confidence will grow.
If you want to become the fastest player on the team, assess what your first step should be. A smaller goal could be to run a certain amount each day or to increase your 40-yard dash by half a second. Focusing on achieving these smaller goals will keep you motivated because your progress is tangible.
Use the Fight ON! Mentality to prepare for upcoming practices, big games, and competitions.