INNER CHAMPION – PART 2

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Last time I wrote about self-talk and its importance for so many things in our lives: our beliefs, our actions, our presence, our confidence. For example, positive, encouraging, task and solutions-oriented self-talk, can boost your confidence and performance.

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BENEFITS OF VISUAL REHEARSAL – PART 2

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As mentioned last time, imagery is a very useful and beneficial mental training technique for many different reasons. It can be used as additional off-court training for various performance areas, such as skills development, rehearsal, and mastering; tactical rehearsal & positioning; game management; problem-solving; recovery after injury, and many others. Whether you are a player, referee, or coach imagery can help you with your performance.

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BENEFITS OF VISUAL REHEARSAL – PART 1

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Today I would like to present one of the most useful techniques of mental training in sports – the technique of visualization and imagery. You may not have realized it, but you’ve probably already used imagery in your life especially when you are thinking about a game you’ll have when you remember the great performance you had the day before, or the missed shot you cannot forget about.

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JOURNEY TO SELF-ACTUALIZATION

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It is the end of the year, the period when most people think about their New Year resolutions. If you are one of them, there is one topic that might serve as your inspiration to the New Year goals – a journey of self-actualization.

To be more specific and explain this interesting topic I will summarize the philosophy of two famous psychologists that wrote about this topic many years ago – Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. In their books, they presented the importance of one’s self-actualization process and the benefits of a personally fulfilled individual.

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THE RISE OF EMOTIONS DURING THE GAME

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In the previous article, I wrote about emotions and how people generally express their emotions, based on their upbringing, social environment, personality, and the culture they live in. In this article, I would like to write a few things about the rise of emotions during the game. As we are all aware, emotions are expected to appear many times during the game and any situation can be a trigger for various emotions to rise.

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THE RISE OF EMOTIONS

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In a sports environment many times we witness the rise of emotions, especially in tight score games with eliminating consequences on a stake. These emotions usually differ in intensity and the spectre in which they appear – i.e. joy, excitement, happiness, pride, anger, frustration, sadness – depending on the result of your team and your ability to control your own reactions.

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