Mental Toughness in Athletes: Sports Psychology Secrets to Dominate and Win (A Talented Mind Book 3) by Michael Cerreto

Author:Michael Cerreto [Cerreto, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

Self-Criticism Impacts Your Emotional Tank

Athletes tend to be a self-critical bunch. They are always looking for ways to improve. While athletes need to be critical of their performance at times, they can take it too far. Some athletes go beyond evaluating a skill that needs improving and start criticizing them personally. How you criticize yourself impacts how well you fill or drain your own emotional tank.

For instance, a 1,500 meter runner who needs to improve her speed during the final 60 meters of races can tell herself “I keep losing races because I don’t have a fast enough kick. I am getting worse not better. I let people beat me this year that I used to dominate. I should just give up. In one year I went from a winner to a loser. I’m just not as good anymore. I seem to always fail these days.”

If this athlete were going to give herself healthy criticism about her final kick instead of criticizing herself personally, she would say, “In my last three races, I got beat during the final 60 meters. I don’t like being out-kicked. I need to improve my final kick. I am going to set a training schedule to do it. I am going to ask my coach to help me.”

You should pay close attention to what you say to yourself so you have positive conversations with yourself that fill your emotional tank.

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