Sports Psychology For Dummies by Leif H. Smith & Todd M. Kays

Author:Leif H. Smith & Todd M. Kays [Smith, Leif H. & Kays, Todd M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119856016
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2022-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Resilience: Returning to a Better Mindset after a Struggle

Resilience is a crucial aspect to life and sport. We feel that the importance of resilience in athletes and sports competition is a critical factor of sustained success over time. In fact, in Leif’s work with professional teams (such as the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League), he emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining resilience, on par with physical skills such as speed and power.

What is resilience? It is a mindset, really, that determines how athletes will respond once adversity strikes. Bad referee calls, sickness, injury, bad bounces, or coaching changes can all disrupt your attention and focus, but only if you allow that to happen. Resilience implies managing your mindset so that these disruptive factors don’t affect your performance to any great degree. It is important that you take a proactive mindset — one in which you actively decide how you want to respond to the events around you — if you want to become more resilient as an athlete.

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