Sports and Stress
Peak Performance Sports
Stress Management in Sports
Do sports and stress have a relationship? In fact they do, but it can be positive or negative, depending on your attitude and your self-discipline...How does stress affect sports? A successful athlete will use the pressure of performance to bring himself into the zone and a peak performance sports state.
When he does this, he is using the good kind of stress - Eustress - to get himself pumped up and to provide that rush of adrenaline--which will, in turn, give him the extra drive and power to go for the win!
You can achieve mental toughness
and get into the Zone, just like the pros.
Sports and Stress
Peak Performance Sports
When you have a good attitude, mental toughness, and you approach sports positively, your stress level can put you into the zone, the place where absolutely nothing can go wrong!Athletes, including Olympic athletes, aim to be in The Zone
. This is where you achieve peak performance sports, and you do your very best at absolutely anything! Successful athletes are known to have these perceptions: - No fear of failure
- No thinking of performance
- Not forcing performance
- Complete concentration
- Total immersion in the sport
- Feeling of being in complete control
- Feelings that time and space have slowed down
- Playing with intensity
- Feeling extreme enthusiasm
Top athletes like Tiger Woods, Ken Norton and Nolan Ryan have used hypnosis to improve their focus, their skills and to get into the Zone when competing.Dr. Jack Singer is a sports psychologist who works with sports professionals and college athletes to teach them how to get into the Zone and compete at the top. Dr. Singer has developed a program, Core Sports Performance, that can help you learn how to use the Zone for sports and other competitive situations.
More Info on Dr. Singer's Core Sports Performance Here
Learn to control anger, stress and anxiety
or stress will affect your health and YOUR performance!
How does stress affect sports negatively?
Do you know an athlete who is a “hot dog" or a “hot head"? Chances are that this person can ruin the game for others--and that he may, himself, suffer from a health condition--caused by his own stress. An athlete is responsible for his own behavior during a game. And that behavior determines whether an athlete will feel relaxed and relieved of stress after the game--or angry, upset and stressed, after the game! Not only does an athlete who exhibits anger, hostility or anxiety during a game, feel upset--he also is compromising his ability to perform. Sports psychologists actually measure athletes’ mood states (reaction to situations) to determine how well an athlete will do during competition. They can also tell when an athlete has over-trained and is on overload!
Stress and Sports
So, the effects of sports and stress on an individual--depend entirely on that individual. In effect, you can decide to have a positive attitude and decrease stress levels by playing sports, or you can use anger, intimidation and anxiety to your disadvantage. Using negative emotions will just turn positive stress or eustress, into harmful stress or distress--which will affect your health, your relationships and your emotions. The choice is yours.
Get info on Dr. Singer's Core Sports Performance Program.
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