What is Mental Fitness?
Mental fitness development involves building a mental skill set, typically through a mental training program. MOST’s comprehensive mental training programs emphasize the development of psychological skills, including but not limited to anxiety and stress management, imagery, relaxation and activation, goal-setting, focusing, distraction control, self-talk, self-awareness and reflection, pre-competition and pre-performance planning, and confidence building.
BEGINNERS
MOST athletes new to mental training tend to focus on one area of development. Often this is goal-setting or mental imagery. There are, however, many additional skills which can be improved in order to develop a well rounded performance mindset.
PHASES
Mental fitness is generally broken down into three phases. The Pre-Performance Phase involves preparation activities that promote readiness for performance. The Performance Phase involves skill execution and the regulation of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours during performance. Lastly, the Post Performance Response Phase involves responses to performance outcomes and circumstances which can have a lasting impact on future performances if not debriefed.
WHY CHOOSE MENTAL FITNESS COACHING?
Mental Fitness coaching at MOST will help identify what phase of mental preparedness is lacking and develop a comprehensive plan designed to address these deficiencies in your mental preparation and in turn boost performance in any sport or aspect of life you are seeking to perform optimally.
